[plug] Advice please

[Bevan Broun]

on Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 03:47:15AM +0000, Christian <christian at global.net.au> wrote:
> skribe wrote:
> > It depends on what I'm doing.  Linux work I use the P-133.  For real work I
> > use a laptop running evilos.  My wife's machine is a PIII-450 also running
> > evilos.
> 
> Hmmm... so perhaps the reason you're tossing $$$'s at this new machine
> is really a cry for help?  That is, you want to beef up your Linux
> machine so that you can migrate to Linux for doing your "real" work and
> escape from a life of agonising waits, over-priced software, blue
> screens and erratic failures?  Am I right?  If not and this new machine
> would just be an idle server sitting in the corner of the room that
> nobody notices and never gets used then the advice to upgrade the memory
> and hard disk a little and spent the rest of the money on something else
> is a very good idea.  However, if I'm right and you actually want to
> start using Linux as your main desktop system then spend away and enjoy
> what will be a truly blissful piece of machinery.  (I run Linux at home
> and work on a K6-2/300 and PII/266 respectively and I don't remember the
> last time I had to wait for something so I can barely imagine what you
> have in store for yourself.)

You should be able to get a dual PIII 450 with 256MB RAM for less then
$3500, but dont use it as a small server. Get vmware on it so you can
still use evilos when needed.

BB
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