[WinMac] Building a PC.
Subject: [WinMac] Building a PC.
From: Brian Durant (durant[at]cbn.net.id)
Date: Tue Feb 05 2002 - 22:17:28 EST
Hi again,
I am in the process of getting a Win PC built and would like some
comments from the list as to the proposed configuration:
- Pentium IV 1.6GHz
- Mainboard Intel D845BG
- Memory 256MB DDR Ram
- Harddisk 40GB 7200Rpm IDE
- VGA Geforce2MX-200 64MB
- FDD 1.44MB
- Casing ATX P4 300Watt
- Sound Onboard
- FireWire Card 3 ports
- USB 2.0 (4 ports built in)
- Zip Internal 250MB
I was thinking of using my Apple Multiple Scan 15AV Display and a monitor
switch to switch between my UMAX Pulsar and the Win box to start with. I
am having some doubts about the Zip drive. Compact flash seems to be a
good alternative to the Zip, particularly when I have just purchased a
Flash+ Springboard module (compact flash) for my Visor Platinum. Are
compact flash readers (USB or FireWire???) a good (reliable) way of
moving medium sized amounts of data between PCs these days? Are they
fairly common?
I also already have an Iomega Zip 650 (USB 1) CDRW, so I thought that I
would wait getting anything fancy in this area for now as I have only
tried to burn one CDR so far (and that was not successful).
This will be my first Win box (Win 98 SE and possibly Mandrake Linux 8
included as a dual boot), so I need to get some info about what people
use as backup media (not tape drive) as well.
I also already have an MS Natural Keyboard Pro and an MS IntelliMouse Pro
that I intend to use with this system, so I don't need anything for now
in that area.
Cheers,
Brian
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