jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com wrote:
> vodhner@cox.net wrote:
>
>> Jeff Garland wrote:
>>
>>> Well, except AZstruct gave me Thinkpad memory . . . so that
>>> I could upgrade some laptops . . . which I install Linux on
>>>
>> Really. Give 'em a break, they're the good guys too.
>>
>
> I think you mistook my statement -- I *was* supporting AZstrut. They helped
> me and the school out....I happened to use Linux for that project.
>
>
>> I'm sure AzSTRUT has a lot of clients who need to have Windows
>> (ref. my previous posting) to meet their immediate needs. I recently
>> set up a machine that could run XP but not Xubuntu. (I dual-booted
>> it with Feather Linux, but that was really lame.) XP tends to run,
>> along a fashion, on a lot of those old boxes with PCI devices. So
>> it makes sense for an outfit like AzSTRUT, concerned mostly with
>> the hardware, to use the OS most likely to plug and play.
>>
>
> I'm a big supporter of free software, but I have no problem with people using
> Windows including kids, schools, etc. AzStrut can cater to both. The world
> will be just fine with both kinds of software -- sorry, I don't mean to
> inflame any 'purests' on the list.
>
>
>> BTW, when I got my new 22" monitor, I took the business to Data Doctors
>> expecting to pay a premium. I told them I wanted to do some business
>> with them in thanks for their accepting all my old junk for AzSTRUT.
>> But it turns out they beat Best Buy and Fry's prices for equivalent
>> hardware. :-)
>>
>
> Wow, that's interesting...I'll have to drop in to Data Doctors...
>
> Jeff
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I'll have to remember that. I called them and they have two locations
that accept the hardware (not the one by the house :( ). Still, I will
drop the stuff off with them.
Way off topic, and don't tar/feather me, but I was thinking of getting a
Mac for my mother. Anyone use one? I haven't used one since college.
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