On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Marvin Kosmal <mkos...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/6/11, Unknown <are...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> On 04/07/2011 02:31:27 PM, Phatsakone Chanhchom wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am planning to buy computer hardwares and assemble them by myself, >>> with installing 64-bit Fedora OS. >>> >>> My purpose is to learn using gimp, inkscape, blender, scribus etc. >>> kinda multimedias stuff. >>> >>> Can you tell me both minimal and maximal hardware specifications >>> (system requirements) that meet my demands. >>> >>> [...] >> [...] >> Build using a gigabyte motherboard >> core 2 Duo processor >> Nvidia GT8600 or better graphics card. >> 2 gig ram to start. >> 250 gig SATA hard drive/s >> Power supply, use a very good quality >> get a surge protector. >> Flat screen monitor Dell 24 inch is great and has very good colour >> capability. >> >> [...] > > > It is HARD to get hard drives that small anymore..
Ergo, minumum 250G? And it's not that hard, the requirement just eliminates certain classes of portables and certain cheap boxes being marketed to the unaware. Although, I used to do some basic graphics and sound editing and filtering on an ancient iBook G4 at 1.2G, with 768MRAM, with an 11 inch screen. (But it died the well-known cold-solder-on-the-graphics-chip death, and my soldering iron tip is not small enough.) Which is to say that an ordinary modern netbook could do some of the basic stuff pretty well. Just not blender. And, of course, it's easy to find onself playing around on large images with certain interesting filters in gimp and overpowering whatever you have, so the more CPU and RAM, the better. I think I'd add a Terabyte drive for backup purposes, myself, although keeping to 250G plus a 50 pack of DVD-Rs, may help develop better habits about leaving useless junk around. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
