Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:51:03 -0500 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fquestions Message-ID: <BCAD87F3-844D-46F4-82B0-478518608D27@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20051214171014.GB37495@thought.org> References: <20051214171014.GB37495@thought.org>
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On Dec 14, 2005, at 12:10 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > I'm looking at buying a Celeron 3GHz m'board with the > Via chipset. I'm not familiar with the via, but according > to the Bsdforums, it works with FBSD. Does anybody know > what kind of builtin audio of video is onboard? In other > words, is this a good deal? You forgot to tell us which VIA chipset or MB-- there are lots and lots of VIA-based motherboards around, with a wide variety of hardware. I wouldn't get a Celeron + VIA combo; I'd rather use an Intel MB with an Intel CPU, and I'd much rather get a Pentium-3/-M CPU then a Celeron. Otherwise, go with an VIA socket-A motherboard and a Athlon- XP/Barton/Sempron CPU, those should be quite inexpensive and yet perform quite well. -- -Chuck
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