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To: nina0113
> Guess I’m finally going to have to dump Micro$oft. I’m a little short on research time - do you recommend Mac or Linux?

Mac, unless you're into playing -with- the computer as much as -on- it. I love Linux too, but it does engender a more geeky mindset.

With either one, get VMware and you can also run Windows XP whenever you want to, for as long as you want to, without driver worries (because the hardware is virtualized, so no driver issues!)

9 posted on 12/26/2007 7:48:45 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored
"With either one, get VMware and you can also run Windows XP whenever you want to, for as long as you want to, without driver worries (because the hardware is virtualized, so no driver issues!)"

Yes. Way to go. That's how I do it. Right now I have two XP virtual machines and a Linux virtual machine running. Sweet.
15 posted on 12/26/2007 7:52:51 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast ([Fred Thompson/Clarence Thomas 2008!])
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To: dayglored
With either one, get VMware and you can also run Windows XP whenever you want to, for as long as you want to, without driver worries (because the hardware is virtualized, so no driver issues!)

Is that going to be the solution so that individual machine drivers will become unnecessary?

18 posted on 12/26/2007 7:55:06 PM PST by CedarDave
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