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1. Douglas A. Whitfield

   This looks like a good deal too, no? http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11380858&cm_mmc=BCEmail_391-_-FOCUS-_-23-_-ZTQ9300

   Saturday, 07-Mar-09 17:59:57 UTC from web
   • Kevin Flanagan

     @douglasawh Seems OK, but not screamingly great. More RAM and Vista 64 would be better.

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 18:11:24 UTC
   • Douglas A. Whitfield Kevin Flanagan

     @kflanagan um, that machine does come with Vista x64, which I'm glad you brought up. I don't want Windows.

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 18:30:52 UTC
   • Kevin Flanagan

     @douglasawh Vista 64 isn't bad, I use it to host Vmware Server, various other OSes from there. Vmware Srvr on *IX is a pain

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:02:25 UTC
   • Douglas A. Whitfield Kevin Flanagan

     @kflanagan I just don't want to needlessly give MS my money. I'd put Ubuntu (or Linux Mint or Debian) on it anyway...

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:13:02 UTC
   • Kevin Flanagan

     @douglasawh Good luck not having Windows on a new machine. Unless you build it, these days tht's not a big savings either.

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:18:06 UTC
   • Douglas A. Whitfield Kevin Flanagan

     @kflanagan System76, Lenovo, Dell, ZaReason all offer machines w/o Windows. money's not the real reason though. puffed up MS market share is

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:23:53 UTC
   • Douglas A. Whitfield Ubuntu users , Kevin Flanagan

     @kflanagan last machine I bought was a Dell !ubuntu. I've been very happy with it. I'm not actively looking for another, but passively

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:24:59 UTC
   • Kevin Flanagan

     @douglasawh I have 2 home built, and 2 HP, Although I'm a big Open src advocate, it's all about the right tool,RHEL taking hold @ work

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:30:38 UTC
   • Douglas A. Whitfield Kevin Flanagan

     @kflanagan I'm not all #FOSS all the time, but haven't needed Win for anything in long time

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:40:30 UTC
   • Douglas A. Whitfield Kevin Flanagan

     @kflanagan was having issues w/ Skype so tested on Win but that turned out to be wireless issue. just have to plug in to use it on my router

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:41:32 UTC
   • Kevin Flanagan

     @douglasawh Generally I don't need Win, but sometimes it's a lot easier.

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:43:00 UTC
   • Douglas A. Whitfield

     will links not work in sidebars in #MoinMoin? hey, look, #MoinMoin was not my choice

     Saturday, 07-Mar-09 19:50:51 UTC