Why do people run/buy such overpowered computers just to run ubuntu?
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Why do people run/buy such overpowered computers just to run ubuntu?
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Because their inner nerd appreciates the latest and greatest in hardware. The power could also be used for very resource intensive tasks like encoding, compiling, etc.
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why wouldn't they? many of us use more than one os.Originally Posted by carlee
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I am wishing I got a more powerful setup. Encoding and other resource intensive processes still take longer than I would like
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i wouldn't need a core i7 to run vienna would i?
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Also, you can end up saving energy. With a CPU governor installed, I can throttle down my 3.6gHz quad down to 800mHz And back up ondemand. Whereas a slower CPU would need to run high/hot to keep up.
I also have resource intensive apps that I need to run, when I'm in Win, aside from games.
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dunno. whats vienna?
there are lots of factors to why somone picks a particular peice of hardware.
in my early days I prided myself on getting sub-optimal performance out of really terrible hardware (old, broken, or cheap). after a few years of that though, I came to the conclusion that to progress beyond a hardware junkie (eg development) I would need a solid box that didn't require monkeying with every 2 days, and didn't produce bizarre aberrations from the simplest of tasks.
personally I don't by high performance kit, I buy high quality kit.
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Because very few people who build their own computers (which are usually the "over powered" ones) don't "just run Ubuntu". That, and everybody has their vice. Mine is electronics. Once you know how good something can be, why ever go back?
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just because its possible.I don't need excuses like "I do resource intensive work" because I don't. I just want a ******* fast machine!!
Before I had an old AMD Athlon Xp 1600+ and 1 gb RAM. It was too slow for me. Even when Ubuntu ran much faster than the previously installed XP.
Thats why I bought a new one. Why should I buy a slow machine when I can get a much faster one for just 50 Euros more?
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