[CIMC-working] hardware wish list for office computers

[Chris Kaihatsu]

Ian, all,

> I'm anti-radical-upgrade.

Yeah, I agree with ya -- I think I may have a moderately uncomfortable
bottleneck with my motherboard bus speed. though I installed a processor
upgrade -- I have to make a sole partition for video capture first,
though -- that may be the thing.

So, point being: Yeah....


> I see no reason to attempt video unless someone with
> experience in computer editing can direct the acquisition, preferably
> with an expectation of using them.  It would be easy to overbuild one
> part while underbuilding another.

Well, yeah, I agree we don't need to spend more than we have to, and right
now video capabilities could be seen as being extraneous.... However, if we
got the right box for it (the Dell would be, right?), I got the skills (and
I can print you up a diploma, if you're into that sort of thing....    :-)
Really, though, the learning curve for video is not that imposing,
'specially in these days of good hardware -- and software.


Chris


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----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Bicking <ianb@colorstudy.com>
To: Chris Kaihatsu <ckaihatsu@myrealbox.com>
Cc: <imc-chicago-working@indymedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [CIMC-working] hardware wish list for office computers


> On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 16:32, Chris Kaihatsu wrote:
> > (Ian-- Yeah, read your mail now.... That blows. Maybe cuz the cards are
old?
> > (???) They're so cheap anyway.... )
>
> I wouldn't think that's the problem -- I think a new card will work
> better than an old one, considering its an old computer.  I think we
> should try the OS upgrade, and see where that gets us.
>
> > Oh, let's do a wish list real quick for this Mac:
> >
> > [  ]  RAM, ~$200/gig -- pro. it down from that....
>
> We can only add 64Mb RAM to that computer.  Anything else is essentially
> all new guts.  I don't see any reason to invest in the computer more
> than the RAM and perhaps a USB card.  I'm anti-radical-upgrade.
>
> > [  ]  Ethernet card -- $20, tops
> >
> > [  ]  G4 upgrade card? (to do video, etc.) ~$250
> >
> > [  ]  PCI ATA card to allow ATA/EIDE devices?  ~$100
> >
> > [  ]  60 GB hard drive (ATA) $100
> >
> > [  ]  burner (EIDE) $40
> >
> > [  ]  blank CDs  $0 (Office Depot) - $20
> >
> > [  ]  speakers/headphones $50   (I got a terrific 3-piece system for
$50,
> > again, Office Depot)
> >
> >
> > Most of this stuff translates 100% to the Dell (PC) side of the issue,
so
> > I'd support these purchases for either computer to get them to full
(video)
> > functioning ability. Also keep in mind that blank CDs can be burnt with
> > video files to play an hour's worth of video/audio in DVD players --
that's
> > $0.00 - $0.10 per hour of video distributed (not including labor and
> > hardware). DVD writers are down to $300, media is $1 / DVD / 2 hours of
> > video, in bulk.
>
> The Dell is in pretty good shape.  Maybe with RAID disks, a firewire
> card, some more RAM... it's not unreasonable to upgrade it to be used
> for video.  For video of web quality, I'm sure it's fine right now (web
> quality being sucky).  Of course with streaming on Stallman down
> indefinitely, it doesn't really matter.
>
> To do it for real someone needs to be completely clear on what really is
> required, though.  I see no reason to attempt video unless someone with
> experience in computer editing can direct the acquisition, preferably
> with an expectation of using them.  It would be easy to overbuild one
> part while underbuilding another.
>
>   Ian
>
>