From: a@b.c   
      
   J.O. Aho wrote:   
   > Wim Cossement wrote:   
   >   
   >> It would be a PC for sure but the biggest question is about the type of   
   >> CPU I'd be using.   
   >>   
   >> AMD or Intel?   
   >> How many cores?   
   >> 32 or 64 bit?   
   >   
   > Much depends on to what you will be using the computer too.   
   >   
   > I have a variety of architectures on my computers, Sparc 64bit, PowerPC   
   32bit,   
   > x86 (AMD), amd64 and at work x86_64 (Intel). Thats in reverse CPU power order   
   > and I must say that the x86_64 feels a lot more laggish than my x86, but it   
   > could be the crap that HP makes that makes so bad.   
   >   
   > I favor AMD CPUs, even if they aren't as powerful as the Intels nowadays.   
      
   Well I don't have any expercience yet with AMD 64 so perhaps this is a   
   good chance... :-)   
      
   > When it comes to the number of cores depends on how much larger you want your   
   >  power bill to be. As we have working SMP in Linux, 2+ is ok.   
      
   I don't have to pay it but it would be nice to have something that is   
   capable of using less power when it's not needed.   
      
   > If you mean the CPU, 64 bit, as you will have to pay a load more to get those   
   > few 32bit CPUs, motherboards and AGP graphics cards and you will get a quite   
   > weak machine too.   
   > If you mean 32/64 bit OS, then it's a bit question about who important all   
   the   
   > win32 codeces for the mediaplayers are for you, if not that important go for   
   > the 64bit OS (install multilib, so you can use all the 32bit binaries).   
      
   I won't be needing those codecs too much so that's not really an issue.   
      
   Thanks for the tips y'all   
      
   Wimmy   
      
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