Peter Salisbury wrote:
> Hi, we 'need' a new PC and the Tesco Ubuntu offering seems good value
> for money and saves building a machine myself. It also tells the
> market there's a call for Linux.
>
> The more expensive one [1] has a DVD rewriter and more memory which
> probably make it worth the extra £50. It also has an AMD 3600 64 Dual
> Core processor. Can anyone comment on how well Ubuntu handles that,
> and whether you really do get any better throughput for normal
> operations? (The cheaper PC [2] has a 2.66 GHz Celeron).
>
> TIA, Peter
>
> [1]http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-6129.aspx
> [2]http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-3224.aspx
>
>
Peter, it is the Linux kernel that matters and it can handle either of
these PCs very well. Go for the dearer one as more memory and DVD writer
are well worth the extra money. The extra processing power is useful,
though not necessary. Unless it comes with a 64 bit Ubuntu (I doubt it),
they will both run well as 32 bit.
John.
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