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** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.553927 SDRAM DDR2 800Mhz] (2GBx2=total 4GB, 85€) | ** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.553927 SDRAM DDR2 800Mhz] (2GBx2=total 4GB, 85€) | ||
** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.558286 Core 2 Quad] (4 cores at 2.66Ghz, FSB max, 152€) | ** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.558286 Core 2 Quad] (4 cores at 2.66Ghz, FSB max, 152€) | ||
| − | ** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER. | + | ** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.301683 Hard drive: 1TB, SATA2, 7200rpm with 32MB Cache, Average Seek Time: Unknown] (~55€, rounded up) |
** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.802815 Is this PSU any good?] (50€ rounded up) (I was reading about.com's PC Power Supply Buyer's Guide, (PSU)) | ** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.802815 Is this PSU any good?] (50€ rounded up) (I was reading about.com's PC Power Supply Buyer's Guide, (PSU)) | ||
** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.911002 Case -- Asus Vento TA-863] (24€ rounded up) | ** [http://www.e-shop.gr/show_per.phtml?id=PER.911002 Case -- Asus Vento TA-863] (24€ rounded up) | ||
Revision as of 18:51, 21 November 2010
A good example and good question asking if hardware specifications are available for the graphics driver in the Lemote Yeeloong: lemote SMI VGA chip - is a datasheet available?
Note: The above mailing list post is a good example of politeness and at the same time asking a question that I've had a long time on my mind, although maybe because I'm not very good at diplomacy and/or politeness I could not ask it yet.
Interesting to know that. More women involved in computer science for a male/female balance in community:
From wiktionary: caucus (plural caucuses)
- (US) A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.
- (Canadian) A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.
(I've stalled. Maybe I've become bored. Maybe it was a too big task for me.) Working on to free this game: Starfighter which resides in the Software blacklist
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Buying computer hardware that respects software freedom
I'm thinking of buying a computer which supports FLOSS 3D accelerated graphics. (careful that all software even in 3D graphics, including the microcode is documented and FLOSS). I'm afraid I can't support companies which support coreboot, like AMD. I want Intel's X4500 GMA, and from what I read it has released it's 3D acceleration hardware microcode.
Searching for FLOSS 3D hardware acceleration
Intel GMA. (Intel Motherboard integrated graphics accelerator hardware)
But avoid:
- Intel GMA 500 (No FLOSS and badly documented. Seriously! Avoid it at all costs!)
Motherboard evaluation -- e-shop.gr
- GMA X4500 ---(Wikipedia)---> "G43 chipset" , e-shop.gr --> Click on G43 under 'chipset'
ASUS P5QL-CM (with DDR2)
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ASUS P5QL-CM (G43. GMA X4500, 70€)
- SDRAM DDR2 800Mhz (2GBx2=total 4GB, 85€)
- Core 2 Quad (4 cores at 2.66Ghz, FSB max, 152€)
- Hard drive: 1TB, SATA2, 7200rpm with 32MB Cache, Average Seek Time: Unknown (~55€, rounded up)
- Is this PSU any good? (50€ rounded up) (I was reading about.com's PC Power Supply Buyer's Guide, (PSU))
- Case -- Asus Vento TA-863 (24€ rounded up)
ASUS P5G43T-M PRO (with DDR3)
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ASUS P5G43T-M PRO (G43. GMA X4500, =89€)
- SDRAM DDR3 1066MHz (2GB CL7. ~30€ rounded up, ~30€*2=60€. Total 2GB*2, 60€)
- Same as with ASUS P5QL-CM
Not too much bound to the motherboard
- Philips LCD (100€ rounded up)
- Keyboard (can't I choose the meta key saying "GNU"?, 11€)
- I already have a mouse
