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For the most part, I usually just web-surf, word process, chat and program on my computers. I went through a phase of overclocking which is why I have the Core2...that and for games. But I don't really have time / play games anymore that much so it's more or less just dead weight except for the hard drives.
I basically just want a really really small, really really quiet, really really efficient machine. I don't care so much if it's a C7 or an AMD or Intel, I just don't know if I can make an mATX machine as small as a C7 machine.
Also, I will be running linux on the C7 if I get it so, really, processing power isn't an issue. I have on the P3 that I'm running on currently, installed Ubuntu 7.10 and I did a lot of clean up and hacking away at processes to get it to run on about 60MB of RAM and installs just under 2 GB on the hard drive (not including swap). That's not bad considering it started it's life at a 4GB install and 256MB minimum requirements.
My only complaint is that programs like firefox and movies are very choppy. I think this is mainly CPU related since I see the CPU spike to 100% when opening either firefox or playing a youtube movie...will the C7 be better at these things or will I see similar performance?
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