[plug] Windows upgrades for people and Macs

[Kai]

James,

Thanks to Paul Dean I have a fresh install of Red Hat 7.3

The basics of my system is:
AMD K6/2 400
192 Megs of SDRAM
VIA PT-5VMD mobo

I haven't had any problems with the install as the default RH
configuration or the customised one I have now.

Have fun ! :)

/Kai

On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 11:29, James Elliott wrote:
> Hi Craig, the AMD man, and others ........
> 
> I have an AMD K6 233 MHZ and Iam thinking of upgrading by simply replacing
> the mainboard and CPU because everything else in the box is reasonably up to
> date:
> 
> 256 Mb SDRAM 133 MHz
> 48x CD-ROM
> Brand new Sony CD-RW
> ATX case
> 2x 20 GB HDD  (one for Windows and one for Linux)
> 
> I was wondering how "current" I should go with regard to Linux
> compatibility.  What I mean is that Linux RH 7.1 is obvioulsy compatible
> with my old AMD K6 233 but would Red Hat 7.3, which Paul is sending me, be
> written to accommodate and use all the features of an AMD 1800XP Athlon CPU
> (1.8 GHz) ... or isn't this an issue?
> 
> BTW.... I sold a graphic artist / Web Page Designer friend of mine an
> Atholon 1.8 GHz (he uses Windows ME), and talk about Faaaaasssst!!!!!!   In
> real life, not just in bench tests, if you look closely at a computer
> working with graphics and animations, the latest PIV seems to be a bit
> faster than the old Celeron 500 (my friend has both), but he is still
> shaking his head and raving about the speed of the Athlon - and this is
> after having it for many weeks.
> 
> 
> James Elliott
> Ravensthorpe Computers
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Ringer" <craig at postnewspapers.com.au>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [plug] Windows upgrades for people and Macs
> 
> 
> > >     http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25179.html
> >
> > Heh, heh.
> > I don't own any "Pentiums, Power Macs and iMacs" nor "486s and below,
> > UNIX machines"
> >
> > I use AMD.
> >
> > Heeheeehee...
> >
> > (they probably define "Pentium = Pentium CPU or compatable" somwhere but
> > then it'd serve them right for Intel to sue them, give them a dose of
> > their own medicene).
> >
> > --
> > Craig Ringer                                IT Manager, POST Newspapers
> > http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/
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