I would have gone with Asus either way :)
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Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MicroComputer Specialist University of Tulsa
Engineering and Natural Sciences
"I don't remember yesterday. And today, it rained."
On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Jil Tardiff wrote:
>
> >
> > I don't have any personal experience with the VIA MP3, but what's
> > the other choice, just out of curiosity? :)
> >
>
> My backup board would have been a ASUS TX97-X.
>
> Of course, I wimped out and managed to squeeze a little more money from
> the boss. SO, in the interests of maximal expandibility for the
> future....I ended up with an ASUS P2B and a PII-233 processor.
>
> It was kind of amazing, actually. The MB + CPU price differential between
> the TX and 233MMX vs the BX and PII-233 was only $110. Not chump change
> and probably not a real performance difference, but I can upgrade the CPU
> to at least 400 (?450) and add more memory with the BX. Plus, I can use my
> AGP card.
>
> So, so much for cheap. I found a very nice vendor and was able to track
> down good prices on some other linux-friendly components.
>
> I guess I'm too old for "cutting edge"...besides, I can do without the
> associated bleeding....
>
> regards to all,
>
> Jil
>
>
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