Re: Building a new desktop: hardware advice

To: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Building a new desktop: hardware advice
From: "Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:36:20 +0300
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2008/9/18 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
> What ever mobo you choose, make sure that it doesn't require Windows to
> upgrade the BIOS.
>

Thank you Ron, that is a great point. Just last week I had a big fight
with Western Digital because they require Windows to update the
firmware of their harddrives. I will document this on my personal site
sometime soon.

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