Not a Mac Guy..

Drew Barrymore is dating him.

I like Macs, hate the pricing. That said; even though I'm a computer networking guy; my house is not run by computers. I don't watch TV or Movies via computer, I do have music on it, but it's just more easier than swapping out the CD. I listen to Podcasts. And, I work on mine.

Last year, my primary workhouse died after 5 years. I looked at an upgrade, but found a sweet deal on a Dell Vostro (loaded with XP home). For about $650 I got a dual-core processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, a media reader for various types and a 20 inch Wide Screen LCD monitor. That was about $100 more than the upgrades I was looking at. It's running Linux, with XP Pro running in Virtual Box. I'm not much of a gamer, so I don't need Direct X calls. (and a 12-second boot time from powered off for XP is sure sweet) and I couldn't beat the price.

We bought a new house last year, but once things settle down from her dad's estate, my wife plans to buy a laptop for herself, and I'll get back my 5-year old Insprion laptop, which will get a new lease on life with much-faster (on it's 256MB RAM) xubuntu desktop. I'll use it for my portable surfing/email machine when I go to Panera or on vacation; or if I want to goof off and watch TV.

My kids use an old Micron PIII 700 for web surfing and e-mail to their friends. I have an old Gateway that had been my wife's that is going to become a LAMP server for me to use as a development location for several WordPress sites I support and also for me to learn JOOMLA on.

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