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Hi Len,<br>I would like to get your take on what a good system is, as I am looking to build one sometime early next year.<br>Cheers<br>Kevin <br><br>> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:39:52 -0500<br>> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org<br>> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Recommendation on Barebone kit reseller<br>> From: lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org<br>> <br>> On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 10:03:12AM -0500, Ansar Mohammed wrote:<br>> > I need to buy 2 desktop systems to run VMWare. Anyone have recommendations<br>> > on places with the best prices?<br>> <br>> I like shopping at canada computers personally, where I go and pick up<br>> whatever parts I want and put them together.<br>> <br>> A Core 2 system should run VMware quite well, and 2GB of DDR2-6400 ram<br>> can be had for about $55, so that makes sense to get.<br>> <br>> Most Core 2 systems support virtualization instructions which make<br>> vmware run more efficiently, and ram always helps too. A pentium 4 will<br>> not and is also immensily inefficient (both power wise and in terms of<br>> getting instructions processed in a reasonable time, so forget that such<br>> obsolete technology exists no matter how cheap it looks). If you are on<br>> a serious budget, look at the Athlon 64 X2 instead, since they are much<br>> better than the P4, although not as good as the Core 2.<br>> <br>> For motherboard I only ever use asus, I never get anything with onboard<br>> video, and I use intel or nvidia chipsets for intel cpus, and nvidia<br>> chipsets for amd cpus (I used to use via but don't anymore).<br>> <br>> I could make a complete list of what I would consider a good system if<br>> interested, but if not I won't bother.<br>> <br>> --<br>> Len Sorensen<br>> --<br>> The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://gtalug.org/<br>> TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns<br>> How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://gtalug.org/wiki/Mailing_lists<br><br /><hr />Are you ready for Windows Live Messenger Beta 8.5 ? <a href='http://entertainment.sympatico.msn.ca/WindowsLiveMessenger' target='_new'>Get the latest for free today!</a></body>
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