From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 14 18:51:27 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839A516A41F for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:51:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2037343D8A for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:51:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3C266049; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:51:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 29668-03; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:51:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from [199.103.21.238] (pan.codefab.com [199.103.21.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCF185FCC; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:51:07 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20051214171014.GB37495@thought.org> References: <20051214171014.GB37495@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:51:03 -0500 To: Gary Kline X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: fquestions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:51:27 -0000 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