__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 28 March 2006 21:59 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:12:56 +0100
> <e0c1v2$2brj$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Tuesday 28 March 2006 19:59 \__
>>
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rick
>>> <trollfeed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote
>>> on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:45:21 GMT
>>> <pan.2006.03.26.21.45.19.404311@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:33:35 -0500, flatfish+++ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:56:31 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://neosmart.net/blog/?p=119
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In a nutshell:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Easier to Get: It?s Free!
>>>>>
>>>>> Buy a Mac and turn it on. Instant OSX.
>>>>
>>>> Buy a box with Linux installed. Instant Linux.
>>>
>>> That's hardly instant, although it's quick enough.
>>>
>>> [1] Buy Mac box.
>>> [2] Plug in, turn on.
>>> [3] Use.
>>>
>>> versus
>>>
>
> [snip for brevity]
>
>>> [1] Buy blank box.
>>> [2] Plug in, turn on.
>>> [3] Slap in disc.
>>> [4] Install.
>>> [5] Use.
>>>
>>> The last is clearly the most complicated (though not by all that much
>>> with modern installs).
>>>
>>> [rest snipped]
>>
>> Linux could fit in line with the Mac. They are on par in many senses:
>>
>> http://www.schestowitz.com/temp/screenshots/dell-gives-choice.jpg
>>
>> Unless you insist on hunting and then cooking your own lobster,
>> you can just sit in a fine restaurant and be served. You benefit
>> from skills and production-line-type work. The cost would be
>> merely the same (c/f eSys and others).
>
> Works for me, to some extent; the main issue is now
> inertia. :-) I don't know if I've seen a good price for
> Linux preinstalls yet, though -- but I've not really been
> looking, either.
You seem to be posting from America. Here's a useful links, perhaps:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1932801,00.asp
Think of it as 'proof of concept'. I know you can afford better...
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