[TriLUG] Choosing a new home computer

[Carl Crider]

What is the cost of upgrading memory, video card, and a SSD drive; compared
to a new machine? I recently sourced upgrades to an older Dell Inspiron for
$200 total. Runs Linux Mint/MATE beautifully now. Keep your eyes on the
daily she'll shockers from Newegg too. Not to steer you away from Intrex,
as it's good to support them.
On Jan 6, 2014 8:51 AM, "Peter Neilson" <neilson at windstream.net> wrote:

> The box I'm using now is one I bought used about five years ago, and it's
> having trouble displaying Ubuntu. It'll display in "default" mode, but when
> Ubuntu tries to use specific aspects of the display processor it fails.
>
> So I'm thinking, "New machine time!"
>
> From what I can see the new brand-name boxes at Intrex are hardly more
> expensive than the asking price for five-year-old boxes on craigslist.
>
> My specific question for my TriLUG friends is: What current processors or
> configurations are particularly dis-recommended?
>
> Also, the brand-name boxes at Intrex seem to come with Widnows 7 or 8
> installed. Any thoughts? I can't see the use of having it. I've got XP on a
> flaptop and hardly ever use it.
>
> Any other good advice I'm forgetting to ask about?
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