Desktops...

dragonhead · Post by **dragonhead** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:04 pm

sam wrote:What are alternitives to microsofts windows?
A list would be helpful(with ease of use in mind )

Ease of Use?

Mac OSX my man!!

Think different!

as stable as linux, but easier to use!

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:07 pm

dragonhead wrote:
sam wrote:What are alternitives to microsofts windows?
A list would be helpful(with ease of use in mind )

Ease of Use?

Mac OSX my man!!

Think different!

as stable as linux, but easier to use!

yeah, but that needs a whole new computer, and a pretty expensive one, too.

dragonhead · Post by **dragonhead** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:10 pm

no, the new imac mini is only 500$

oh and to do the exposÃ© accent, hold option+e then release and press e again

same for the Ëœ Â¨ and Ë† (n, u and i respectively)

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:11 pm

Plus ive had awful experiances with Macs, old school had them, they were like the first macs ever.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:13 pm

This is the desktop of my windows partion, my linux which I havent touch until tonight (for homework) is the standard RH9. I'd put up my Mac but that too is standard.

As for how I got my computers; The first one I built from the corpse of my dad's old one and some parts donated by a friend. My currnet I got as a birthday present and the Mac I paid about $200 for, my mother picked up $100 and counted it as a Christmas present.

If you want a computer you can build one really cheap for like $150 on the lowend and TSS built one thats on par with Alienware for around $500 maybe a little more.

Edit 1: If your looking for an alternetive to windows and dont have any experince with linux or anything try out RedHat Fedora, I've heard from many sources its better for learning than any other distro. Otherwise if your willing to spend money on some hardware thats a little out of date go for a G3 or early G4.

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:19 pm

Sparkfist, sorry to go oftopic, but who is that dog in ur avatar?

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:19 pm

sam wrote:Plus ive had awful experiances with Macs, old school had them, they were like the first macs ever.

I used to hate macs, too. Then I found out OS X (much better and quite a bit different than any older mac OS) is based on Unix. (BSD, to be more specific) Seeing that Linux and OS X were basically cousins, I was thinking it would be fun to have a mac for playing with OS X. Then I took a computer software class, and now I really want a mac.

Also, I was assuming that sam wanted to use his existing hardware, dragonhead.

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:22 pm

Hells yeah, I didnt work for a year to get this comp, just to get another different computer.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:28 pm

sam wrote:Sparkfist, sorry to go oftopic, but who is that dog in ur avatar?

Jack did the samething in another thread. Its my scottie (half westie though) dog, named Macbeth.

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:32 pm

Nice name. im starting macbeth in english soon, i think.

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:28 am

sam wrote:
JackFrost22 wrote:how do you guys afford this stuff. My BEST computer i got form my school. I was helpping out in the computer lab and they were upgrading from P3-P4. I have
733mHz P3
512 Ram
3 Cd drives
1 3 1/2 inch floppy
1 smart card reader
1 5 1/2 inch floppy drive
1 tape reader
2 hard drives 1 500mb and 1 160gb
1 crappy ass 9 inch monitor
Yeah a lot of coponents I have an extra power supply and there in a whole nother box. I should post a pic of my media tower of doom. Strangly my OS doesnt support all of my different media
9 Inches? ive never ever seen a screen that small. And i saved up for a long time to get my computer, and now it can be upraded easly, so no new comp for a long while.

yeah 9 inchs I have bigger one in my basement but they are either burning out black and white or phosphger on green. Its hell doing any games on it.

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:32 pm

Your right jack frost, not everyone can afford a pentium 3 450mhz with a riva tnt2 m64 32mb

(that's my pc by the way...) ya right... Although some of these systems are on the pricier side...

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:00 pm

But was your pc built out of parts found behind a school or computer repair shop

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:40 pm

heh, nice