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To: Swordmaker
Oh come on,now people will spend their computing time using Windows to do the office work,homework,etc.It will just be natural to 'net using the already running Windows side.And all those cool games that come out in Windows FIRST.....why would you buy the Mac version sixmonths later IF it comes out?And why would the game people bother developing a version when all they need do is say "runs under Windows"?Games and video drive machine performance,we long ago had all the power needed for letterwriting.I anticipate more websites requiring Windows in order to funcyion for the viewer (why it is needed for the site to know which computer I don't know,but some sites already balk at Netscape).

The diehards and those comfortable with MacOS or the "cats" will use that but new users will Windoze because of familiarlity. Never underestimate inertia.I'm tired,too.

47 posted on 04/06/2006 7:10:16 PM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
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To: hoosierham

Like I said, if I have to use a Windows-based app, I have three options :

1. Crossover Office

2. Netraverse Win4Lin (let you install and use Windows 98; in fact, with Win4Lin you can run Windows 98 and your Linux distro [such as Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu, Linspire, or Xandros] at the same time)

3. Transgaming Cedega (lets you install and play some Windows-based games on your Linux box; not at 100% compatibility yet)

I've been using Linux since 2004 because I was tired of Windows and wanted something different. I love playing around with apt-get, and I also like having my hardware automatically work without installing any drivers (so far Linux has been better for me in that aspect that Windows). I've even gotten to the point where I can easily install and use GNOME on Xandros (which is KDE-based by default) and have a choice of using GNOME or KDE.

And my dial-up ISP (NetZero) actually supports dial-up, which is all I have around here (apart from using a WiFi hotspot at the local pizza place).


49 posted on 04/06/2006 7:57:05 PM PDT by bigdcaldavis ("HYAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" - Howard Dean; Xandros - Linux Made Easy)
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