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waynejkruse10 · 12-03-2004, 05:01 AM

Many people just simply dont have the money to buy even a low range mac. Thats why they have such a low percentage of the market. And suprisingly nobody has mentioned linux. Its free, and it has the stability and basicly no virus protection, along with Panther and ofcoarse linux is free. I recomend a Athlon 64 3500 + with a Gig of ram and a 6800GT. You set a dual boot system with Windows XP, and Mandrake, Slackware, or Fedora Linux. This will cost less than the Dual 2.5ghz G5 and peform better in games. Linux is good for everything but games. Windows is great for games. Also suprisingly, I have found that while using Windows, i havnt had 1 virus, and run Adaware every few days. Lots of anti-windows people overeact about the likeliness of getting a virus in windows but by experience, its really not that bad.
Wayne

12-03-2004, 05:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
waynejkruse10 Wizard Techie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,784	Many people just simply dont have the money to buy even a low range mac. Thats why they have such a low percentage of the market. And suprisingly nobody has mentioned linux. Its free, and it has the stability and basicly no virus protection, along with Panther and ofcoarse linux is free. I recomend a Athlon 64 3500 + with a Gig of ram and a 6800GT. You set a dual boot system with Windows XP, and Mandrake, Slackware, or Fedora Linux. This will cost less than the Dual 2.5ghz G5 and peform better in games. Linux is good for everything but games. Windows is great for games. Also suprisingly, I have found that while using Windows, i havnt had 1 virus, and run Adaware every few days. Lots of anti-windows people overeact about the likeliness of getting a virus in windows but by experience, its really not that bad. Wayne __________________ Core 2 Duo E6400, DFI Infinity 975X/G, 2x 512mb DDR2 667mhz, Albatron 7900gt, WD 200gb SATA, Samsung DVD-RW, Silverstone ST-50EF 500w PSU.