On 03/09/2015 06:11 PM, Yamaban wrote:
On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 22:37, Roman Bysh wrote:
On 03/09/2015 05:00 PM, Yamaban wrote:
On 03/06/2015 05:14 PM, Yamaban wrote:
On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 21:23, Luca Beltrame wrote: [snip] So, "having fun" out of the box is much easier with win8 cert on
On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 20:25, Roman Bysh wrote: 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.
If you have the time, wait for a Win 10 cert. mobo with Skylake, and go for 64bit OS / 8GB Ram or more / SSD, that should last some years.
Win 7 works fine in a VM if absolutly needed, most apps I've tested so far work just as good or better on Win 10 preview.
If the comp is still good for daily work, it will last a little longer, maybe until the Black Friday offerings are reached, ne?
- Yamaban.
That's a good idea. My system is very reliable and should last for another several years. I just need a newer more powerful graphics card. I am presently using a GeForce 8600 GTS. But for daily computing it's quite satisfactory. I have 8 GB of RAM and looking into installing an Western Digital 1 or 2 TB hard drive. Or, purchase and Crucial SSD 256 GB for system and save all /data to the hard drives. -- Cheers! Roman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org