m/b and chip recommendations

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 12/31/07, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> > On 12/31/07, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I am wondering about opinions on asus motherboards, and whether amd or
> >> intel chips are preferred lately. I am looking to buy a couple of office
> >> computers. (They would like them to be quick but not expensive. ;-) )
> >> Looking to have them built locally.
> >>
> >
> > Generally speaking, Asus manufactures good quality motherboards,
> > however they do occasionally put out some crap.  Unless performance is
> > very important, you're not going to notice any differences between AMD
> > & Intel. Of course it also depends on the OS you're planning to run.
> >
> >
>
> Probably dual boot, XP and some flavor of Debian. Not Vista.

Whenever it comes to Linux, I usually stick with products that have
been on the market for at least 4 months to ensure that its supported
and all the show stopper bugs have been found & eliminated.  I can't
speak about how well or quickly Debian keeps on top of this stuff
though.


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