On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:41:51PM +0000, stevejohnson46@comcast.net wrote:
> 
>   I am looking for some suggestions for a under $1000 desktop system on
>   which I plan to do significant netbsd development. I would not have
>   any significant time struggling with NetBsd porting related
>   issues. For this reason, I am ready to settle for a less than
>   bleading edge system.
> 
>   I am looking for some suggestions on motherboard (Asus ...),
>   graphics controller (Nvidia ... - I intend to run X) and a wireless
>   adapter.

Well, I would avoid at all costs NVidia video cards. The ATI Radeons are
just as good if not better at most things, and also have much better driver
support. True NVidia support requires running current with some hacked in
binary driver from FreeBSD that is not without side-effects (I've tested it)

-Sean


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