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Subject: [OM] Re: Old computers - Geeks and nerds
From: Mike <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:02:56 -0700
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> and then on to installing WinXP Pro /x64. ...
John, I too am putting together some left over bits and pieces for a 
back up box. Started off with a nice case complete with blue lights 
donated by my ISP. Thankfully they are easy to defeat and the case is 
decent and free. I also ended up with an extra MB after the fiasco of 
having to RMA the _3_ previous boards. They were going back and forth so 
fast I guess I ended up with an extra one. I hope it works anyhow.

My question is why XP Pro64 and not Ubuntu or something else? I think I 
will give it (Ubuntu) a shot and spend part of $135 saved on 4gb more 
memory and some other goodies. About the only thing I'd use XP Pro64 for 
would be photoshop. Is there any advantage other than the added memory 
addressed?

On another topic I'm officially revising my review of the Samsung 204b 
monitor. So far it has been a decent cheap monitor. Pretty tight viewing 
angle but otherwise OK for a budget. I do like the 4:3 ratio and am not 
a fan of the short  monitors which are becoming the norm. (we can't 
market them as 'short & squatty'....hmm... Let's call them Wide 
Screen!)  Anyway after I upgraded the video card the monitor now 
randomly just blacks out. Sometimes briefly but sometimes I have to 
reboot if ctrl-Q doesn't work. At first I blamed the video card or a bad 
PCIe bus on the MB but a search turned up lots of similar problems with 
this monitor. Maybe something to do with the timing of the digital 
signal @ 1600x1200. (??) Analog works OK. Not an acceptable solution 
though. Maybe the new ones have fixed the bug but I'd now get a 245T. 
Not 4:3 but big enough to make up for it. Unfortunately 2x price of the 
204b.

Mike

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