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Refalm:
When buying a new computer, it's also advisable to look at what hardware are best for Linux.

For example:

SVGA: GeForce (because they have official Linux drivers that work very good, and ATi's drivers suck)

Motherboard: nForce chipset (also official drivers, Intel and VIA provide non for Linux)

Soundcard: Creative SB (only known soundcard that supports eviromental 3D audio in Linux)

Hard-disk: some IDE, not SCSI  :D

CD/DVD(-burner): anything but Philips, and something not complicated

The rest: Many hardware vendors don't support Linux. So the main criteria is that if you have a choice between hardware, try something non-complicated if you're not sure.

jasonlane:

quote:Originally posted by phrostyboi:
linux is the better one for the sake of compatability, specially floppy drives, linux can read and write to windoze formatted floppies whereas you run into problems with using MAC floppies on windoze and vice versa

linux uses regular PC's so compatability is good, plus PC's hardware isn't proprietary so its cheaper generally, also linux or UNIX will run on almost anything oldish
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Floppies?!?!? I used a floppy for the first time in 2 years a couple of days ago and that was to sort out a XPEEEEE Virii problem.

Floppies does anyone still use them????

For a school environment I'd say the Mac (OS X) would be better, you can still learn any Command line stuff if need be  and have the advantage of a OS with a short learning curve.

If you're studying computer science I'd say use both.

Hurrah! my 500th post   :D

[ September 11, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

mobrien_12:
I use floppies.

M51DPS:
Sometimes I use floppies to transfer small files, but more often I use a 100MB Zip Drive or my LAN. Can't Macs format floppies for pcs and read them?

jasonlane:

quote:Originally posted by M51DPS:
Sometimes I use floppies to transfer small files, but more often I use a 100MB Zip Drive or my LAN. Can't Macs format floppies for pcs and read them?
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Mac (OS 9) can format floppies for use on a Wintel box, I don't know about OS X, I'd be very surprised if it couldn't.


 
quote:Originally posted by M. O'Brien:
I  use floppies.
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Yup I guess they are exceedingly useful things, floppies. If Mac's had them (I nearly always work on Mac these days) I'd use them more.

I recant my position   :D

[ September 11, 2003: Message edited by: Zardoz ]

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