From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B4BA1384B4 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 06:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 291F221C015; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 06:31:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail101c7.megamailservers.com (mail728.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.38]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2ECA621C009 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 06:31:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Authenticated-User: info.sys-concept.com Received: from [10.0.0.100] (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail101c7.megamailservers.com (8.14.9/8.13.1) with ESMTP id tA66Uw7R028882 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 01:31:01 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo box To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <563BEA07.4070201@sys-concept.com> <20151106015618.GA1125@ca.inter.net> <563C0DC2.50801@sys-concept.com> <29533042.x3D0Mf0YZZ@andromeda> From: thelma@sys-concept.com X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <563C4943.6000808@sys-concept.com> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 23:31:31 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <29533042.x3D0Mf0YZZ@andromeda> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020202.563C4925.00FF,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.1 cv=do/iVTQ4 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=SDcUNfBxAAAA:8 a=BDKbP5mgAAAA:8 a=046jbqsEAAAA:8 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=tOQ6jBhKmivL_ooyqEIA:9 a=bKylExjSGaRWvTt1:21 a=xYR4egVuQzKWoLhR:21 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-Archives-Salt: edbda568-c902-4675-ba27-561906f18b6c X-Archives-Hash: 560ccabdcf15add042332ff0964d15a7 On 11/05/2015 11:06 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Please do not top-post. Thank you for reminder :-/ > > On Thursday, November 05, 2015 07:17:38 PM thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: >> When it comes to price I think the 1TB SDD is expensive in my case + >> $177.99CAD warranty (though I don't know if I need warranty, or why they >> are charging me for it)? > > It might be extended warranty. IOW, more then the usual factory warranty. > I would ask them about that. I think it might be Extended Warranty (I'll take it out), it is not worth it. > >> ========= >> GRANT TOTAL: $1420.98 >> >> PS. Expensive like for a small box. > > I can't comment on prices, been a while since I looked into a new desktop. > If that were Euros, I'd find it a lot for what you get. No, that was in Canadian Dollars $1420.98 in Euros it would be 952.53 and in USD 1054.92 >> Maybe I don't need 32GB or RAM but even 16GB RAM would save me only $112.99 > > My laptop has 16GB Ram and it works quite nicely. Doesn't use swap often. > Also allows me to run VMs comfortably. > >> You might be right, maybe I'll add one HDD for backup (good suggestion). >> The killer is my 1TB SSD $499.99CAD > > Get 1 SSD for the OS, software and your home directory. (240GB is usually > enough) > And 1 big HDD for your data. I think I'll get rid of Extended Warranty and take a this 1TB SSD > > Keep your documents and other data out of the home directory if doing this. I'm not sure I understand. Why keeping document our of the home dir.? > Reason I suggest your home directory on SSD is because programs tend to store > a lot in your home directory which can benefit from a faster disk. -- Thelma