<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp66b48423yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>The discussion about disk drives caused me to think, Why don't I just replace the whole thing, especially with Black Friday approaching. Which brings up some considerations that would be of importance to Linux install.<br><div><br><div>Graphics: I recall fussing in the past with non-free drivers. Do I want to avoid nVidia? <br><div><br><div>Intel vs. AMD. I happen to have machines with AMD.<br><div><br>number of cores/threads. Despite many years of talk, is real parallel processing real? I'm not into gaming. <br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>