Couple of questions: 1) is your gateway laptop good? 2) could someone educate me on OS other than Microsoft. I'm sick and tired of this crap just breaking down. I assume you can still run Microsoft software, such as Office. Getting a new computer soon. What should I go with?
it's the annual geek flexing post!! Windows 2000 Pro dual with boot SuSe 8.2-- main machine Windows XP Pro -- main machine 2...the local web server/db server Windows NT -- retired main machine still used for extra burning capacity Windows NT SuSe 8.2 -- Apache/Tomcat testing machine Window 98 -- Laptop Cobalt Rh something, bastardized -- remote DNS/mail/web server and App server for testing And the new prized puppy-- No brand name fully Open Source Linux--remote DNS and app deployment server running Apache/Tomcat and 9 iAS with two more IPs available.
Almost every peice of MS crap has its alternative open source version. My Gateway NB is a 2.4 P4 with 512 DDR. check justlinux.com if you do decide to convert.
RaQ. I have vacated it except for a few apps/ftp/mail sites. This is the one that I am offering to turn into the party machine for Hangout X. spamgourmet.org and my J2EE development has moved to Hurricane Electric in the original Mae West building. ...our dream come true.
meant to write spamgourmet.com and .org. jqh1's contribution to the open source community has now eaten 17 million pieces of spam.
My home machine - Win2k professional My laptop - WinXP professional My wife's home machine - WinME My web server - FreeBSD UNIX My FTP server - FreeBSD UNIX The extra computer - Win98 The extra laptop - Win98
My stepfather has a gateway laptop and a gateway desktop and loves them both. One of the biggest questions you need to ask yourself is "how much do I want to play games on my new computer?" If you are going to play lots of games, you should stay with MS because the newest drivers for hardware take some time to release for LINUX sometimes. Add to that the dearth of games on LINUX and you will probably not want to go that way. If you are not going to play games, but will do lots of graphics work like desktop publishing or photo or video editing, you might be better suited to a Mac. The new OSX is pretty awesome from what I hear and is really a flavor of UNIX with a Macintosh front end (the windowing system). UNIX is still the most stable OS there is and it can't be matched for security, either. If you are going to use the computer to do light word processing, check email, and post on the board, then a cheap LINUX machine might fit the bill. They are selling cheap LINUX based PCs at Wal-Mart for as little as $299 sans monitor.
main machine: xp pro bedroom machine: 2000 pro laptop: 2000 pro home server: gentoo test machine: gentoo router: smoothwall - linux based router distro
Get a Mac. Macs can read and create programs for use on PCs, whether its MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. It can read/write all the various Adobe documents and translate them cross-platform. Unless you're doing CAD or something that is strictly PC, get a Mac. IMO, a Mac is still the best, easiest to use, and (one of) the most secure machines out there, regardless of what you want to actually do with a computer. Macs do lack in the gaming department, but 99% of the most popular titles get released for the Macintosh. That said, I love computer games (and console games), but a Mac is still my #1 choice when buying a computer, hands down.
Cheap - LINUX Gaming or on a budget - PC (or buy a Mac for computing and a console for gaming) Most other things - Mac
