[TriLUG] Choosing a new home computer

[Dewey Hylton]

> From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson at windstream.net>
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 8:50:50 AM
> Subject: [TriLUG] Choosing a new home computer
> 
> The box I'm using now is one I bought used about five years ago, and
> it's
> having trouble displaying Ubuntu. It'll display in "default" mode,
> but
> when Ubuntu tries to use specific aspects of the display processor it
> fails.
> 
> So I'm thinking, "New machine time!"
> 
>  From what I can see the new brand-name boxes at Intrex are hardly
>  more
> expensive than the asking price for five-year-old boxes on
> craigslist.
> 
> My specific question for my TriLUG friends is: What current
> processors or
> configurations are particularly dis-recommended?
> 
> Also, the brand-name boxes at Intrex seem to come with Widnows 7 or 8
> installed. Any thoughts? I can't see the use of having it. I've got
> XP on
> a flaptop and hardly ever use it.
> 
> Any other good advice I'm forgetting to ask about?

you might try thinking outside the box. i have no idea what your needs are, but this type of thing works perfectly for me: http://cubox-i.com

tiny, quiet, minimal power usage. of course, you're probably not going to run steam games or virtualization on this. but for my typical remote admin and web surfing/webmail this thing works very well.