New Horizons 2
Ziff Davis editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols suggests four reasons that Windows Vista is superior to Linux.
I’ll share number two. Follow the link the see the rest:
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January 25, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Hah! I got my copy for free from Microsoft and when I built this computer, I put enough high end parts in it to carry me well into Vista’s break-through to mainstream computing. And if my chip ever gets too slow, I’m running on a AMD-939 pin board, which is the pin assignment AMD chose to use for the foreseeable future for their mainstream workstation and home/office computers.
I won’t be outdated for a little while, at least.
January 27, 2007 at 6:56 pm
And your point is?
My webserver is an IBM PC300. It’s faster on Linux than my Pentium IV (for work) is on XP.
I guess one has a choice. Walk up the mountain unfettered, or walk up the mountain with a 50 pound, $300 pack on one’s back.
Oh well.