On Saturday 06 September 2003 05:31, David Krider wrote:
The thought of paying for something that I later disable gives me the willies. I like to buy best-of-breed components for all my peripherals. Adaptec SCSI controllers, Intel NIC's, etc.
Well, LOTS of folks might argue with your definition of BEST... but I digress. ;-) More often than not, if you encounter scsi on a mobo it will be Adaptec, and now days intel nics are very often built in, especially if the chipset is intel. Actually, SSCI is one of the things I'd rather not have built in, because its usually a low-end chipset if its there. But I have to say I've never had an occasion to complain about a built in nic or usb. As for modems, you seldom find this anymore, and I've purchased the last internal modem for linux I will ever buy, and its still sitting here un-used. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen