Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:51:36 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> Cc: David Naylor <blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za>, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP: Motherboard Selection (ASUS) Message-ID: <20080128114839.J1829@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <479DB04C.1050800@math.arizona.edu> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCAEFICFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <479DB04C.1050800@math.arizona.edu>
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> Ted, > I love reading your comments as you are so knowledgeable but you should give > a brake to a poor guy. He is already traumatized > by online experience so we need to conform him. > > There is nothing wrong in buying thins from online retailers as you can > usually save 30-50% in my experience but as Ted said you have to know what > are you buying. > what i always do when have to buy a computer is to (after getting rough knowledge what will work in freebsd) a) go to the shop and say about what i want to buy, telling in advance that it has to run freebsd, and i want to check it before buying. in many shops they refuse to sell at all, but there are other shops :) b) check everything with live cd+my laptop. disks, network, etc. c) if it work - buy it, and ONLY complete machine, not parts. may get slightly more expensive but no problems then
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