Mark Boon wrote: > Yes, you do need to factor in the cost of the OS. I have an official > version of Windows XP, I haven't heard much good about Vista. I > believe it costs something like $150 when buying separate. It's not > exactly free when buying a PC either, of course. Yes, they do try to > limit using it on only one computer. > > Cost-of-ownership is different for everyone of course, but despite > Linux being free it never seemed worth it to me. My main point is that MS has been very successful at making you feel the way you do.
By the way, has anyone seen the Philip Morris commercials? This is totally mind numbing - they have calculated that the general public is completely ignorant and stupid. Their web site has a big section on "smoking and health" and urges you to quit smoking! They say, "there is no safe cigarette." Wow, the Philip Morris really cares about us! It makes me want to buy their cigarettes even though I don't smoke! - Don > > Mark > > > On 8-apr-08, at 12:00, Don Dailey wrote: > >> >> >> Mark Boon wrote: >>> >>> On 8-apr-08, at 08:50, steve uurtamo wrote: >>> >>>> There's another way, and it's not too bad, depending upon how >>>> often you want to switch operating systems. >>>> >>>> Get a second drive. >>> >>> Oh, that is so passé! ;-) >>> >>> I gladly pay $80 for VMWare Fusion and can use whatever OS pleases me >>> at the same time as Mac OS. The windows can even interact with >>> copy-paste and drag-and-drop. I just haven't found a reason yet why >>> I'd install Linux or FreeBSD. Who knows someone will write a Go >>> program that only runs in Linux that I'd like to have? >> If you have Mac OS you already have a reasonable OS so there is no >> reason to go to Linux. >> >> But how do you get Windows on VMWare? Do you use an illegal copy or >> do you buy a new copy of Windows for installation? >> >> How much does it cost for Vista if I were to go to the store to buy a >> "legal" copy? I would never do that unless my job or some other >> compelling reason required this, but just to put things into >> perspective, how much would it cost? >> >> I don't have a problem with paying for VMWare, and there are other >> simulators too that are open source) and I would even put Windows on it >> for those rare occasions when I could use windows, but not if I have to >> support MS to do it. I'm pretty sure Windows forbids you run a payed >> for copy of their OS on more than 1 computer at a time without paying >> them. >> >> Years ago I used VMWare at my job and it worked fine but it's still not >> quite the same as running a dedicated OS. But I hear it's not bad >> these days. >> >> - Don >> >> >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> computer-go mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >> _______________________________________________ >> computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
