A Computer Problem.....Will My Solution Work...Etc.

ok, one at a time...

Vengeance,

He was talking about getting a AMD mobo combo in an earlier post. Last time I checked, noone had interfaced RDRAM with AMDs...Is this stilll the case?and also, did Rambus ever get the latency problem fixed?

Hydra,
In my experience, PCs are not near as unstable as they used to be. Running a flavor of Linux or 2K/XP on clone hardware(properly configured of course) is just as stable as a Mac for my money...

Pun,

You dont have to use dual hard drives to use multiple OS's...Just get a big hard drive(60+) and partition it to allow for multiple operating systems to be run.

Theonly power issues to worry about is just make sure the case you buy has at minimum 300Watts+...
The number of fans depends on how much stuff you put in the case...or if you are overclocking. one fan in front and one fan in the back, plus a good size fan on the processor should be sufficient if you are just putting together a normal PC.

 

Exactly, where would all the p*rn be stored...

 

I have a question, what if Lil Pun forgets about purchasing the router and just goes with another cable modem. Let's say he has two computers, one in his bedroom and one in his den or office or something. He already gets one cable modem from his ISP and then purchases another modem. Would that work? Is it an ABSOLUTE MUST that he has to have a router to have two computers hooked to cable internet at the same time or could he just as well have to two modems?

 

Either way will work.

But no one in the world (okay maybe not) has 2 cable modems.

2 modems require two different services, meaning you would be paying for cable modem #1 @ around $40/month and cable modem #2 at the same price.

I have a router but I haven't gotten it to work. It just sits here. Oh well.

 

This isn't really true. In the past maybe, but not now. My G4 uses an nVidia video card, the hard drive is your run-of-the-mill 5400 RPM IDE drive, the RAM is standard SDRAM. I use a standard Viewsonic 19 inch monitor hooked up to it. The mobo and the processor, are of course proprietary.

 

No AMD chipset I know of exists that uses RAMBUS, and I doubt any will in the near future. Hell even Intel has started supporting dual-channel DDR memory... they look stupid for every hyping RDRAM. Screw 'em. Go AMD.

RAMBUS is trying to hook up with ASUS and and SiS to make a mobo that uses quad-channel RDRAM. We shall see... but Intel basically spurning them and going the way of DDR was a painful slap in the face.

As for latency problems, no, to my knowledge, they're still there. The trademark of RAMBUS.

I agree. I haven't had any major problems or constant crashing of apps since Windblowz 95. XP and 2000 have been very stable OS's.

 

I don't know how cable companies operate, but theoretically, that's not true. You don't need 2 services to hook up 2 machines separately to the Internet. You need 2 separate IP's if you want to do that and I know in the past DSL providers would give you an additional IP address for less than the cost of another contract. When DSL first came out, they gave me 2 IP's. I used a router, but if I wanted to buy another cable modem and hook it up that way, I could've.

 

Hmm, well if you can find a service that will allow it, then awesome.

But my service provider (Comcast) won't allow it, although I have a feeling they're supposed to say that.

 

Put 2000 or XP on your system

 

It is theoretically possible to use 2 cable modems on the same line, but the each will want to acquire their own IP address, the only way that will work is if your provider allows you multiple IPs, which of course costs extra.
For the cost of the seperate cable modem and the cost of the extra IP address, you might as well use a broadband router to hook all your stuff up to...that way you use one IP and it also provides a measure of firewall protection from the outside.

Mooch,

which router are you tryin to use? Why the problem setting it up?..all routers short of a Cisco router are easy to setup and use..

DoD,
I never thought I would hear myself say this, but Microsoft really did something good with Win2K...stable stable stable...thats all I can say about it. I have eventually gotten used to XP recently, even though I hate the cosmetic "enhancements", thankfully they give you the option to use classic views. So my machine looks like Win2K, but has the gaming support of XP..best of both worlds.

but I still love my Linux box.. Penguins Rock!

 

It's almost entirely not the same! They're based on different kernels as well, although they're both UNIX-like.

OS X gives you the capability to run commercial software like MS Office and Photoshop un-emulated, which can be crucial. And iTunes, iPhoto and Keynote are all awesome. The cheap Macs are pretty cheap now too.

Win2K is a nice OS. But I'm still having to use NT4 at work on occasion, and that is awful. I dual-boot Win2K and Slackware on my x86 box at home.

 

80?? I'm running out of space on my 160GB drive. I think it's time I add the 200+ GB drive. Haven't decided how much over 200 I wanted to buy yet

 

Really? Keep in mind I don't get to work with Macs ever. I had heard that Apple had gone with a BSD Unix base for OSX..even if it is a different kernel, it is still a Unix kernel...which in my own flippant way is basically what I meant.


Cheapest Macs I have seen are still right at 1000-1100,and thats still just an Ibook or an Emac. I could build a cheap PC for right at 300-400. So my assertion remains.

but dont take it as a slam towards Macs. like I said before, I like Macs...I just can't afford them.


dn,

I have 120G or space in my main machine, and I have maybe 5 G free...and I havent even begun converting my taped Rockets games to digital yet. I really,really need to go get one of those 200G drives to add to my 120G I currently have...that should last me for a little while.

 

As much as I hate windows...I doubt I will ever be a Mac user. No, it's not because of the price or anything to do with money. It's because I can't get pirated software! At my fingertips is a zillions peer 2 peer networks that have practically all the software I will ever want or need. Everything on a Mac, except for maybe mp3's and some free crap that comes with OS X, you gotta buy a license for. Horrible...I'm cool for paying for some stuff but paying for everything??? even a .1 upgrade for OSX?? that's ridiculous.

 

Well...I guess it has something to do with money Still...I don't think I can live with the limited software that Apple has.

 

You just don't know where to find pirated Mac software..it's out there..can you say newsgroups?

 

And if you can't say newsgroups, can you say "Acquisition"?

$300-400? With a monitor? Wow, components are more expensive over here. I'm thinking about building a PC, but I can't put anything together for that price.

 

ah sorry...that is without a monitor.

but you can get used 15-17 monitors for about 100 clams these days...some places have them for less..

35--case
100--mobo/cpu combo
40---cdrw
90---20-40G HD
50---RAM
12--floppy
25---kb/mouse
40---vid card
sound card and NIC would probbably be built in to the mobo..vid cards are too on some cheap boards.

I didnt claim it would be first class...but it would be enough for someone's first computer, or one for the kids.

Throw RH9 on there, and woll-a...decent machine

 

I remember back in the olden days when a 128K chip was like $130.