Hi, i recently read a post here for a new Dell Zino.
I plan to purchase a new system around new year and i want to do some research as to what system might be a good buy for Linux.
My goal is to have small PC (Zino will meet that).
Of course i could build a system, but in my experience just from the money, i might be better off to just buy a system.
Has anyone any advise and perhaps pro and cons. This was just the first one i looked at it and with all the option i choose and i end up to spend $750 Dollars.
Buying a PC said to work with openSUSE would be a good start. It does need to be something new as PC’s age really fast on your desk. I have more than one PC, but nothing new, not even from this year. None the less, if you decide to buy and not build, determine if you have the ability to intall your own video card, sound card or network card if you need to. This is the reason I go for a PC you build yourself as you can decide what individual components you want or need to use with Linux. One thing is for sure, a new PC with software is hard to beat by a DIY PC, but you don’t actually need any software. cause you got openSUSE. I would look really close at some of the build it yourself deals out there from newegg.com, TigerDirect.com and even amazon.com which are good places to start.
Yes, thats why i think i do myself to hard with that.
I think what i want to accomplish is to have a very small PC. Not sure if someone has build a small Pc him/herself.
My current Pc is a ATX style which is kinda big, sitting in a midsize tower.
I like to get it smaller if i can, but i understand that it might be kinda a challenge (air, cpu etc…).
But not to say, that i like the Zion as it looks good and is small, but it has an ATI gfx card which don’t work to well, so i heard.
Hello, here is some tips on SUSE computers. first decide if it will be a small unit the DELL vostro line is a smaller desktop line and is very powerful you can spec it out to have the NVIDIA card that works better than the ATI, most folks would not think the business line is the way to go, but they are very durable sytems and can be the answer to size issues. i have 4 computers and the one i always go back to for SUSE is a HP ZD7000 laptop it is a 17" and is very powerful running at 2.6 GIGHRTZ and 4gig ram with a 500 gig hard drive it is a older desktop replacement and has never failed. a lot of the computer companies have the slimline desktops but are very limited due to size issues and can cost up to 1200.00 to spec out. the smaller components usually cost more. but this is where a dell might be a way to go for around 599.00 you can spec out the smaller vostro and make it very powerful.take a look at Laptops, Desktop Computers, Monitors, Printers & PC Accessories | Dell and look at the business line for the vostro.
I really enjoy having laptops. I have a dell xps 1580 and a new asus 10.1 eee pc netbook. The netbook is still running windows but I plan to duel boot it soon ( cant live without netflix streaming).
Laptops are getting really affordable these days. They use a heck of a lot less power than a desktop and they are portable. The pros outweigh the cons of a desktop in my book.
I have been relativly happy with my dell xps as a main pc, but my asus has really impressed me…I mean REALLY impressed me. They have a quick launch button that boots up into Express Cloud linux to surf the web, skype, jack with photos etc. This is loaded directly on your motherboard so its power consumption is lower than launching the main os (comes with windows) from another power button. In a couple more years I may replace my main laptop with an asus laptop. I feel they offer a lot of functionality. I have not tried suse on my netbook yet but Linux Mint boots off usb just fine and everything works.
P.S. The netbook runs for about 8 hours off a fresh charge running windows. Supposed to be longer on express cloud.
I like laptops in general, but i am not ready yet to have everything on a laptop. It would require me to really have external harddrives for all the stuff i store. But mostly, i either have to use the screen that comes with the laptop or connect a monitor to it, which is not complicated to do, but needs adjusting of the workspace (open/close laptop).
And i have no plans about laptops at all. I used to have a dell laptop once and it was nice, but for anything heavy duty i had to use a desktop.
Anyway, i think i assembled a list of parts i will buy. I might go with an i3 cpu which should be ok for me unless i get converted to AMD where i again have no plan.
Its funny, i used to know things about computer but now i see that i am outdated myself and have to figure out whats good and makes sense and what not.
I would say it will run openSUSE just fine, with the exception of the ATI card.
So far I have seen no complaints about the Dell Zino, but thats mainly searching on the Ubuntu forums.
But if it works fine with Ubuntu it will work fine with openSUSE, if not better depending on the case.