From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 20 21:28:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14688 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:28:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA14657 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:28:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul2.u.washington.edu (root@saul2.u.washington.edu [140.142.56.21]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id VAA33864; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:27:33 -0700 Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id VAA02041; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:27:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 21:27:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jason@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells" To: Brint MacMillan cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: best configuration In-Reply-To: <362BBF2C.3652B6CA@bslnet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Brint MacMillan wrote: >What is the best and fastest computer configuration,(ie pent. 166, pII >or pro series) >harddrive types, how much ram and so on, to enable FreeBsd to run at its >best! Go to the website handbook and read "Jordan's picks." Also, read http://www.tomshardware.com/ for info on the latest gadgets. The answer to your question is... (drum roll) Get the fastest CPU with the most RAM on the fastest bus with the fastest biggest disc drive with the super highspeed network connection. Make sure it is all supported by FreeBSD and XFree86. Pay 10,000 dollars, Advance to Go. :) Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message