[Peter W. Kessler]

That settles it.

I'm buying a Mac.

[martin_fierro]

I hope to have one (or both!) of my old Win 98 boxes running at least a dual-boot with Knoppix Linux here in the next few weeks.

Ideally, I'll have learned enough about Linux to make them exclusively Linux boxes.

[HAL9000]

That settles it. I'm buying a Mac.

If you ever need any technical assistance, we have some good Mac experts on the forum. I hope it will be an enjoyable first-class solution for you.