On 03/09/2015 05:00 PM, Yamaban wrote:
On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 20:25, Roman Bysh
wrote: On 03/06/2015 05:14 PM, Yamaban wrote:
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 21:23, Luca Beltrame wrote: [snip]
Maybe we should communicate the the Hardware needs clearly. Dual-Core or better at 2.4 GHz or more, with 4 GB Ram or more. Made in 2012 or newer, for having fun. (Win 8 cert. HW)
- Yamaban.
My system is from 2007 using a Q6600 Quad-Core on an Asus mobo.
Q6600 is nominal at 2.4 GHz, isn't it?, So just not so much fun with UEFI, and USB3?
Win 8 certification gives you a "working"/useable UEFI and working USB3 (if from Processor Chipset, addon-chips of the early gen are iffy)
for Win 7 the UEFI specs where only partially defined, and it shows. GPT for boot is a case of coin-trow (works/or not), and the early onboard USB3 addon chips where not full up to spec, and not all of them are supported by the linux kernel.
And, on RAM, tell me, how much fun is KF5 /Plasma on 2GB RAM with a HDD (Rotating Rust)? -- Not much, I'll tell you.
So, "having fun" out of the box is much easier with win8 cert on the hardware.
For (new, 2012 or later) Desktops, Win 8 cert minimums where: min Dualcore, @ min 2.0 GHz max, min 4GB Ram possible, UEFI (> 2.3.1 full spec), min 1x Sata Rev3 (6Gb), BootfromUSB
see for yourself: http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/D/F/ADF5BEDE-C0FB-4CC0-A3E1-B38093F...
some other docs: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/hh748188
Those are the specs for enjoyment, not the bare minimum reqirements, the "frust-stopper", below you will have to cut back your expections.
XFCE / LXDE / WindowMaker are much less intensive on the Hardware, but even for XFCE I'd say 2GB Ram is minium, 4GB is more fun.
- Yamaban Yep. It's time to upgrade. This an 8 year old system.
I was thinking about waiting for Skylake to come out. The only problem is that users will not be able to run Windows 7 with that chipset. Or maybe just get a Haswell with an Asus board. -- Cheers! Roman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org