Re: Building computer
On 9/26/2013 5:45 AM, Joel Rees wrote:
> (sort-of-thread-hijacking)
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
>> On 9/25/2013 12:52 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
>>> [...]
>> And I'm at a loss here. The detailed list below suggests that you were
>> sand bagging to an extent in your previous post.
>>
>>> Haswell quad-core i5
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>>> 8 gig DDR3 1600 ram, Corsair (should I get 16 and use all 4 slots?)
>>
>> What desktop applications are you using that require 8GB, let alone
>> 16GB, of RAM? I'd think 4 would be plenty. If you wish to over buy
>> DRAM, that's a personal choice. It will likely not improve performance
>> in any meaningful way, for WOW in Wine, or anything else.
>
> Maybe she's trying to avoid admitting that she's really intending to
> emulate an SH4 under QEMU to port Android? ;->
>
>>> [...] Disclaimer: For many years I've been
>> AMD only and don't tend to keep up with Intel's offerings.
>
> Stan, joking aside, are there any AMD processors you would recommend
> for doing kernel and driver level Android/ARM development in a VM?
>
> How likely would I be to find such a processor in a netbook or laptop?
How likely is one to find a kernel developer doing any real work on a
laptop? Throwing a netbook into the question is just silly.
--
Stan
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