[Swordmaker]

Thanks for the heads up from Stayathomemother on this article...

[Swordmaker]

LXer, Linux on-line magazine, Editor-in-chiel recommends purchasing Macs! PING!

Thanks to Stayathomemother for the heads up...

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[xcamel]

Any Time, Any Where.

[SoDak]

One of my corporate customers upon switching all databse operations to AIX based risc systems gave me one of the servers being replaced. I took home a quad-processer Xeon PC-sized IBM Server with 8, 73GB SCSI drives and 4 GB of RAM. I just put the initial SUSE Linux load on it, and am transitioning it into my main home PC. The thing is a rocket. Only problem is with twin power supplies, it sounds a little loud.

[daviddennis]

That was a pretty good article. It does seem like if you want a high-quality computer you can buy at retail, Apple's your best bet. The PCs and laptops I see available at retail look pretty shoddy. It's great that they're cheap, but they're not going to last very long either.

One thing not mentioned in the article is the excellent service offered at Apple Computer's retail stores. If you asked the typical CompUSA salesperson or service department the questions I've asked Apple store people, let's just say you wouldn't get an answer, let alone a correct one.

Apple Retail folks know what they're doing and are extremely helpful. The Genius Bar, where the first level of technical support is free, is a great idea that was implemented extremely well. Nothing on the PC side even comes vaguely close to the quality of service I've gotten there.

I'm not going to say it's perfect - but the competition flunks, leaving the field wide open for Apple.

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[SunkenCiv]

[clyde asbury]

LXer's comment of the day on November 25th:

Places to buy Linux Computers, with links.