My Computer
When I built my computer for my home office, I wanted a fast, reliable machine for web design and games. While I had a financial limit in mind, I attempted to maximize my purchase and get the best products I could afford. I ended up spending a little over $1,250 for the following:
- Antec Sonata Piano Black Quiet Super Mini Tower
- AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester 200MHz FSB 2000MHz HT Socket 939 Processor
- Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
- Asus EN6600/TD/128 Geforce 6600 128MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
- Crucial Technology 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model CT12864Z40B
- Pioneer DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR-109
- Sony Black 1.44MB 3.5″ Internal Floppy Drive
- Samsung 913V-Black 19″ 12ms LCD Monitor
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 Edition - OEM
I have my drive partitioned where Windows has its own partition, Ubuntu has its own partition, and all my documents are on their own FAT32 partition so they’re accessible from both operating systems.
I’ve run into various problems, mostly related to the 64 bit chip. In Ubuntu, getting Flash to work in most browsers is extremely tough, although I’m assured it is possible. The bulk of my problems relate to my decision to use the 64 bit edition of Windows XP Professional. My advice to you if you’re considering purchasing the x64 edition: Don’t! You will never find drivers find the appropriate drivers for your web cams, your scanners, your cameras or your video editing software.
Another problem I’ve run into recently has to do with iTunes for Windows not recognizing my CD/DVD burner, so I’m unable to burn the Podcasts I download onto CD to take with me on long trips.
I suppose that with any software and hardware there will be problems, I just think my choice of operating system has exacerbated the problems I’m currently experiencing.
May 26th, 2006 at 10:47 am
That’s what I’d call a Lean, Mean , machine. Personally, I think your OS is what did you in though. That x64 thingy is just no good.