Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo box

On 11/05/2015 11:06 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> Please do not top-post.

Thank you for reminder :-/

>
> On Thursday, November 05, 2015 07:17:38 PM thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
>> When it comes to price I think the 1TB SDD is expensive in my case +
>> $177.99CAD warranty (though I don't know if I need warranty, or why they
>> are charging me for it)?
>
> It might be extended warranty. IOW, more then the usual factory warranty.
> I would ask them about that.

I think it might be Extended Warranty (I'll take it out), it is not
worth it.

>
>> =========
>> GRANT TOTAL: 							$1420.98
>>
>> PS. Expensive like for a small box.
>
> I can't comment on prices, been a while since I looked into a new desktop.
> If that were Euros, I'd find it a lot for what you get.

No, that was in Canadian Dollars $1420.98 in Euros it would be 952.53
and in USD 1054.92

>> Maybe I don't need 32GB or RAM but even 16GB RAM would save me only $112.99
>
> My laptop has 16GB Ram and it works quite nicely. Doesn't use swap often.
> Also allows me to run VMs comfortably.
>
>> You might be right, maybe I'll add one HDD for backup (good suggestion).
>> The killer is my 1TB SSD $499.99CAD
>
> Get 1 SSD for the OS, software and your home directory. (240GB is usually
> enough)
> And 1 big HDD for your data.

I think I'll get rid of Extended Warranty and take a this 1TB SSD

>
> Keep your documents and other data out of the home directory if doing this.

I'm not sure I understand. Why keeping document our of the home dir.?

> Reason I suggest your home directory on SSD is because programs tend to store
> a lot in your home directory which can benefit from a faster disk.

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Thelma