Hrm... If you just had an order LINK, not a button, would that not be in violation? Or maybe a link to another page that has an order button? Or what if it was a 'check out' button, or 'Submit', or something of that nature?
As much as I'm a total linux geek, I have to admit, since I installed win2k rc2 on my k6-2 450, 128mb, tnt2, sblive monster, it flies faster than I've ever seen X go. True, you need a monster machine, but w2k is looking to be a fairly good OS for the high-end computers. (And i've always thought NT was so much better than 95/98 anyway) Still can't compete with my speed in console though. I think it's mostly GNOMEs fault anyway, has anyone else noticed how much slower GNOME is than KDE?
To keep this on topic: Linux is good. But if everyone could live off a low end machine and have no problems, why would we have advancements? The large article up there a bit failed to mention today's "Killer Apps", games. Games are the main driving force in today's hardware, always pushing it to the edge. Yeah, Loki is bringing a lot of gaming to Linux, and Q3 is out for linux, but let's face it, Windows _is_ the gamer's platform, hands down. We need OS's that require monster computers in order to keep pushing the hardware further. I'm in the process of building a less impressive linux box, to give myself more hd space on the win2k box. Linux is great, and I'd never give it up.. but frankly, for a home user, on a high-end computer with high-performance hardware (the TNT2 ultra and SBLive come to mind), Windows is the place to be for the time being. I can't really use linux that much on my new box because the SBLive drivers aren't very good (no 4 speaker support!) and I just feel dumb not being able to go play Descent 3 or Half-life without rebooting.
Yeah, this was posted already, but a lot more than just the installer is covered in this.. bad or good? dunno.
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I know a guy who bought an e-machine a few months ago for $400 (flat, no rebates, no monitor either). He thought he was getting a good machine for a low price. So far he's had to pull out the modem and put in an old 33.6 because the cheap HSP Micromodem kept burping out and stuck in an old SB16 because the onboard sound sucked. He also added a Voodoo3 and is having problems with the onboard graphics, there's a short on the disable jumper or something, and e-machines wants to just replace the whole damn computer.. so he's planning on buying a K6, 100mhz RAM, and a new board. The only things he will be using will be the floppy, cdrom, hard drive, and case. (Oh, he bought a 6.4 gig hd because the 2 wasn't near enough). Next time I see him I think I'll ask him how his $400 case is working out.
This point is that cheap PC's are just that: cheap. The only difference here is that they are linux boxes, so you don't need as much power as a windows box. But for a home user looking for a cheap PC, it's not a good solution. For your average geek, it's pretty cool to just add another linux box, though.
I don't really think SCO would be competition for Linux - I can't think of a good reason for a home user to run SCO. I wouldn't be too suprised to see Microsoft incorperate their own version of something like Cygwin into a 32bit command shell, make Explorer into a window manager, and sell it off as Winix or something. Wouldn't be that hard, and the uninformed might buy into it.
I wonder what Microsoft's plan with this is - if they are trying to compete with StarOffice by offering a cheaper product, or just eliminating the competition... The latter seems more likely, It's pretty hard to compete with something that is free, and they still have no grip (and probably never will) in the Linux world, where StarOffice is most popular.
Wheel Of Time looks to be a great game, and even if it isn't, I'll play it just because it's Wheel Of Time =). But what I don't get is comparing WOT, or Quake III, with WarIII.. It's a totally different genre. I wouldn't say Starcraft is better than Quake2, or vice versa. It's apples and oranges.
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Hrm... If you just had an order LINK, not a button, would that not be in violation? Or maybe a link to another page that has an order button? Or what if it was a 'check out' button, or 'Submit', or something of that nature?
As much as I'm a total linux geek, I have to admit, since I installed win2k rc2 on my k6-2 450, 128mb, tnt2, sblive monster, it flies faster than I've ever seen X go. True, you need a monster machine, but w2k is looking to be a fairly good OS for the high-end computers. (And i've always thought NT was so much better than 95/98 anyway) Still can't compete with my speed in console though. I think it's mostly GNOMEs fault anyway, has anyone else noticed how much slower GNOME is than KDE?
To keep this on topic: Linux is good. But if everyone could live off a low end machine and have no problems, why would we have advancements? The large article up there a bit failed to mention today's "Killer Apps", games. Games are the main driving force in today's hardware, always pushing it to the edge. Yeah, Loki is bringing a lot of gaming to Linux, and Q3 is out for linux, but let's face it, Windows _is_ the gamer's platform, hands down. We need OS's that require monster computers in order to keep pushing the hardware further. I'm in the process of building a less impressive linux box, to give myself more hd space on the win2k box. Linux is great, and I'd never give it up.. but frankly, for a home user, on a high-end computer with high-performance hardware (the TNT2 ultra and SBLive come to mind), Windows is the place to be for the time being. I can't really use linux that much on my new box because the SBLive drivers aren't very good (no 4 speaker support!) and I just feel dumb not being able to go play Descent 3 or Half-life without rebooting.
Yeah, this was posted already, but a lot more than just the installer is covered in this.. bad or good? dunno.
I know a guy who bought an e-machine a few months ago for $400 (flat, no rebates, no monitor either). He thought he was getting a good machine for a low price. So far he's had to pull out the modem and put in an old 33.6 because the cheap HSP Micromodem kept burping out and stuck in an old SB16 because the onboard sound sucked. He also added a Voodoo3 and is having problems with the onboard graphics, there's a short on the disable jumper or something, and e-machines wants to just replace the whole damn computer.. so he's planning on buying a K6, 100mhz RAM, and a new board. The only things he will be using will be the floppy, cdrom, hard drive, and case. (Oh, he bought a 6.4 gig hd because the 2 wasn't near enough). Next time I see him I think I'll ask him how his $400 case is working out.
This point is that cheap PC's are just that: cheap. The only difference here is that they are linux boxes, so you don't need as much power as a windows box. But for a home user looking for a cheap PC, it's not a good solution. For your average geek, it's pretty cool to just add another linux box, though.
I don't really think SCO would be competition for Linux - I can't think of a good reason for a home user to run SCO. I wouldn't be too suprised to see Microsoft incorperate their own version of something like Cygwin into a 32bit command shell, make Explorer into a window manager, and sell it off as Winix or something. Wouldn't be that hard, and the uninformed might buy into it.
I wonder what Microsoft's plan with this is - if they are trying to compete with StarOffice by offering a cheaper product, or just eliminating the competition... The latter seems more likely, It's pretty hard to compete with something that is free, and they still have no grip (and probably never will) in the Linux world, where StarOffice is most popular.
Wheel Of Time looks to be a great game, and even if it isn't, I'll play it just because it's Wheel Of Time =). But what I don't get is comparing WOT, or Quake III, with WarIII.. It's a totally different genre. I wouldn't say Starcraft is better than Quake2, or vice versa. It's apples and oranges.