Re: Most constructive Windows -> Linux conversion article I have ever seen...

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:22:36AM -0400, Jonathan D. Arnold / Daemon Dancing wrote: 
> I wrote up some comments on the conclusions found in another series on looking at 
> Windows alternatives by a Windows native here: 
> 
> http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/09/13/commenting-on-a-simple-user/

A quick comment on cost. 

When I buy desktop machines for the office, my current 
configuration looks like this: 

CASE:    (+29.00) Broadway 72-4HL-S ATX 420W Mid-Tower Case 
MB:      (+65.00) ASUS M2V-MX AM2/VIAK8M890/DDR2/PCIE/AVL/mATX 
CPU:     (+ 89.00) ** ATHLON64 4200+ DUAL CORE AM2 SKT940 ** 
Retail BOX CPU, W/3 YEAR MFG WARRANTY 
MEMORY:  (+ 50.00) Crucial 1GB DDR2-667 PC2-5300 Memory 
HDD1:    (+ 85.50) Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB 
Hard Drive 
HDD2:    (+ 85.50) Seagate ST3320620AS 320GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB 
Hard Drive 
CD-ROM1: (+48.00) SAMSUNG 16X Dual DVD+-RW Drive W/SF 
VGA:     (+48.00)** ATI/SAPP Radeon 9250 AGP 128MB W/TVout 
KEYBOARD:(+ 6.00) AOPEN KB-858 white 107 KEYS PS2 KEYBOARD 
MOUSE:   (+14.00) Logitech OPTICAL Wheel PS2 Mouse 
WARRANTY:(+0.00) No Charge on 1 Year Parts Warranty 
ASSEMBLY:(+15.00) Assembly All Parts, Test System 

That's $535 plus shipping. Call it $600 total. 

Add XP Pro and Office Basic and it comes to $850. 

That's almost a 50% premium for a Windows system over a Linux 
system. And XP Pro doesn't even know how to do RAID-1, so we do 
a basic install on one drive and then copy it over to the other 
one as a get-back-on-your-feet measure. 

Not to mention that Microsoft apparently feels that they have 
the right to install software on your system anytime they feel 
like it without notifying you or giving you a chance to stop it. 

-dsr- 

-- 
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http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. 

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