Time to take the plunge....

[Cojak]

Well I've thought about it and with this MS fiasco I'm going to make the plunge.

Mandrake Linux Discovery 9.2 (39 euros) here I come.

*pumps up rubber ring, prays that drivers don't spring a leak and heads in the direction of the penguins...*

[reynolds]

re

I had mandy; I got rid of it because I needed space for multimedia and windows is best at that. Everything apart from the sound card set up was easy - it even recognised my network card which windows 2000 couldn't. Why don't you download it for free? Oh, and bear in mind Mandrake is half french so it may be a tad stubborn at times..

[OrangeHopper]

Re: re

I suspect you will want to get the towel pretty quickly.

Buy a Mac and get both. Get a fast one and you can have emulated MS as well.

[Cojak]

Re: re

I'm looking for areasonably priced alternative to M$, OH.

Thanks for the advice tho'.

[OrangeHopper]

Re: re

The point is, that over the life of a machine, the Mac is a viable alternative. Macs don't cost as much as they used to and are comparable in price to many leading PC brands.

[Sysman]

Re: re

"The point is, that over the life of a machine, the Mac is a viable alternative."

I have to agree with that.

[Mark Snowdon]

macs

I understand tjhey have now sorted the hardware problems.

Given the current $£ exchange rate it must be tempting to pop across and buy one. Mrs S has a conference in the US later this year and I am tempted.

[Cojak]

Re: macs

Let us know how you/she gets on...

[AtW]

I think original version of Mandrake 9 was destroying (physically!) certain CD-RW drives - dont jump into that hole Alice, you might be falling far deeper than you think

[Cojak]

I don't have a CD-RW on my laptop, so that's ok.

I just hope I can still watch my DVDs.