[CS-FSLUG] Motherboard recomedations

[Fred A. Miller]

On Thursday 30 June 2005 7:14 pm, Frank Bax wrote:
> At 06:57 PM 6/30/05, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> >On Thursday 30 June 2005 9:41 am, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> > > I'm thinking of getting a new computer (amd processor) and am confused
> > > by all the different makes of motherboards.
> > > I don't really like all the *onboard* stuff which most systems come
> > > with nowadays.
> > > The names that are popular here in Israel are Foxconn, Asus, Gigabyte,
> > > Albatron and Abit.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions or cotchas?
> >
> >LOOKOUT for Asus.....void, if you can.
>
> Why?  I've used ASUS motherboards for several years - Win98, WinXP, MDK91,
> OpenBSD.  Never had any problems or complaints.

'Glad you haven't. I have, and I know a LOT of Linux people who've had more 
quality control problems with ASUS than any other!! NOT to mention their less 
than friendly attitude towards Linux......NO thanks. With all due respect, 
the best is Tyan.....hands down the best quality. If I couldn't get one, for 
whatever reason, I'd get an Abit or Gigabyte.

Fred

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