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Hello Wayne - 

WC>> I'm for putting a lot of stuff on the motherboard BUT only
WC>> if you can disable it in CMOS and the motherboard has
WC>> sufficient slots for the latest and greatest. 

CA>> Usually the motivation to put this stuff on the mb is/was
CA>> to rationalize the lack of slots available. :-\ 

WC> Well I've seen a number of exceptions to that. Gigabyte is
WC> putting out a board with every imaginable port _and_ has 5
WC> or 6 available slots, 4 gig memory support. Real bleeding
WC> edge critter it is too, optical audio ports and such. 

I know where you are seeing these and they are doityourself
sever class kits, not your typical system at all. 

WC>> Given some of the low cost options on Ebay for SCSI I'm
WC>> even giving that a looksee. 

CA>> According to RedHill (hard drive dealer linked to at my
CA>> hard drive webpage ) there is little to be gained for the
CA>> added cost for home users going to SCSI. 

WC> It's more to free up proccesor resources so I might do some
WC> video editing on the H.P. once I slip in that new T.V. card
WC> that's a couple of months down the road. 

Usually video is accompanied by audio. Just doing audio
properly eats up 100s of man hours here on an 800mhz machine. I
don't think a faster machine would help a great deal. It's just
time consuming to review the results, make changes, and review
the results, etc. Add video to that and you're really into
something best done by a team IMO. 

WC> A hardware 56K modem is desirable too. Done some thinking
WC> on my resources and budget and think I shall in fact soon
WC> go DSL. 

If you are certain you want DSL skip the modem you'll seldom
use afterwards. DSL spoils you. ;-) 

WC> Than I'll be able to burn my own Linux releases right off
WC> the net! 

Dubious privilege with CDs selling for 99 cents plus shipping. 

I would personally want DSL when streaming video/audio becomes
desirable here for me. Right now it's mildly entertaining but
of no real significance to me to stream video. 

WC> 6 month goal along with the beer making equipment. BTW the
WC> URL for my local supplier is www.beerandwinemaking.com 

Saved to my files. :-) 

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