libera/#maemo/ Tuesday, 2018-12-25

brolin_empeyMy home computer is unreliable, apparently due to flaky hardware, possibly due to bad connections.  A possible solution that does not directly cost me money but costs a significant amount of my time is to try using the spare LGA775 motherboard I already have with all solid capacitors and that officially supports up to 16 GiB of main memory.  However, I am curious about the current feasibility of using a stationary x86-64 computer with non-volatile main10:58
brolin_empeymemory and running Windows NT or GNU+Linux.  How much money would I have to spend on a new motherboard, CPU, and RAM to have such a computer?  Is it reliable even if it runs continuously for months at a time?  If I want to use Windows NT instead of GNU+Linux, do I have to start over with a new Windows installation Yet Again instead of continuing to use my current Windows installation that has always run on a computer with volatile main memory?10:58
KotCzarnyjust buy thinkpad and be done10:59
KotCzarnyinstead of asking newbie questions like a bot10:59
KotCzarnyalso, offtopic.11:01
brolin_empeyWhen I last researched NVDIMM technology maybe already at least a year ago by now, I recall that one of my conclusions was that NVSODIMMs apparently did not exist, at least not as a COTS product, which is a problem if you want to use a computer, such as a notebook computer, that uses a SODIMM instead of a full-size DIMM (a LODIMM?).  I am not aware of any model of ThinkPad nor, more generally, any brand of portable (x86) computer designed to use non-volatile11:05
brolin_empey main memory.11:05
brolin_empeyI already have five ThinkPads but they are all x86-32 IBM models, not x86-64 Lenovo models.11:07
brolin_empeyYes, it is off-topic but is there a channel specifically focused on using a desktop computer with non-volatile main memory or at least where my question is on-topic?  I dislike the Windows channels on freenode and my question is about both hardware and software, not only software.11:10
KotCzarnysome forum most likely11:11
brolin_empeyIf I ask about using Windows NT instead of *nix on an x86 computer with non-volatile main memory, will I be as small of a minority as convertible cars with a compression-ignition engine in North America or motorcycles with a compression-ignition engine anywhere?11:14
brolin_empeyOr as small of a minority as notebook computers in 2018 using an AMOLED display instead of an LCD.11:24
brolin_empeyOr as persons actually using desktop/server versions of Windows NT on non-x86 architectures.11:25
sixwheeledbeast^I had a diesel Peugeot convertible once, cracking little car.11:31
brolin_empeyWikipedia says that a turbodiesel Peugeot car holds the world record for lowest fuel consumption of a production model of car.11:37
brolin_empeyYes, fuel consumption, not energy consumption, so a purely electric car that uses zero fuel does not count. :-P11:38
sixwheeledbeast^A purely electric car would use a fair amount of fuel and energy before you drive it for the first time.11:49
sixwheeledbeast^Peugeots Diesel efficiency has won them the Paris-Dakar many times over the years I recall11:52

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