On Wednesday 16 January 2002 09:09 pm, you wrote: > Preface: I'm not starting a war, but.... > > I have my linux (HP, Sun et al) machines where I run Oracle, write my perl > scripts, monkey with DBI/DBD/Mod_perl stuff, but I like the M$ Office > suite, IE, and outlook. > > I don't love M$, but I like their above products. I tried to make the > switch to a linux desktop but didn't like the apps. I promise you guys, if > M$ ported Office, IE, and Outlook to *nix, you'd all be using them.
Run win4lin or vmware, so you can run those apps., but have a 'real' OS underneath. ;~) > > Jay > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 6:00 PM > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] Questions about building my own box > > > Hey now, chill out. It's entirely like that he did not know AMD made CPUs. > > You don't need to flame his for using outlook express (although it does > suck), perhaps he is unable to get online under linux for some reason. > > Also, it's quite rude to accuse people of spam, if it was a spam attempt > there likely would have been some mention of a 'great deal' or 'sale' > > On Wednesday, January 16 2002 03:34 pm, Takashi Ishihara wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 03:17:19PM -0600, Jay Strauss wrote: > > > I'm thinking about building a new box, unfortunately I don't know > > > anything about hardware > > > > How unreasonable ppl are these days. > > Kids say the same thing. The difference btwn kids and this guy is > > kids don't know the fact that they are idiot, and this guy at least know > > that he does not know anything. > > > > And this guy is using wintel + outlook. > > For this kind of person, the only convinsing factors are > > 1. bigger is better. > > 2. faster is better. > > Go to fry's or compusa or wherever and ask the sales person. > > They tell you the same. > > > > > I'm using www.spartantech.com (because they're out where I live), my > > > first > > > > Does this line implies that you expect ppl on the mailing list to visit > > aforementioned uri, browse their products, and configure the system for > > you? Or was he hired by that company, and send this kind of ads to the > > mailing lists? > > > > > choice it the chip: > > > > Sure you should stick w/ wintel + rambus. > > > > > I have to choose: > > > socket 423 vs 478 > > > > Bigger is better. Naturally the answer would be 478. > > > > > bus speed 256 vs 512 > > > > Wider is better. Naturally the answer would be 512. > > > > > chip speed - I know what this is. > > > > Make sure to get the fastest one. > > > > > Is the 423 an older style than the 478? the 478 is less expensive, is > > > that good? > > > bus speed, how will that impact the system, is it worth the price? It > > > seems I have have to buy the fastest chip in order to get the bigger > > > bus (maybe it just doesn't make sense with a slower chip?) > > > > Newer ones are a bit more expensive in general, but you should get new > > stuffs. Get the latest ones. They're faster and better. > > > > > Jay > > > > Hi Jay, > > so you're going to install xp on it, aren't you? > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > vox-tech mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
