I absolutely hate Vista (my brother has it and IMO, it sucks), but I hear MS is planning on ditching support for XP in the near future, so I have been dabbling in other OSes. I recently (last week) bought an old original iMac from a fellow INGO member that has Mac OS X v. 10.3 something just to test out the OS X waters. So far I am kind of impressed and kind of dissapointed. It does seem to run a hell of a lot better than Windows and considering that the iMac it is on is weaker than the first PC I ever built over 10 years ago (it is 350mhz, 196mb of ram, and a 6.25 Gig HD), it still pretty useful. That is something I can't say about the PC I just mentioned. However, some things just are working like advertised and I am having issues finding things for it.
My main gripe about Macs is that they are EXPENSIVE. If I could just slap OS X on my existing PC, I would and save a ton of money. That had me thinking about Linux. I hear a lot about Ubuntu on here and a lot of other places. Is this what I am looking for? What are it's strengths and weaknesses? Would I be able to ditch Windows entirely or would it be advisable to keep it around just in case?
As for me, I know just enought about computers to be dangerous. I can usually figure things out on my own pretty well, but mistakes can and usually happen (how else can one learn? ). I HATE programming and networking, so if it requires more than a few mouse clicks, I would rather not deal with it. Lastly, other than your usual uses for a computer (internet, multimedia, e-mail, etc.), I have AutoCAD 2006 on my PC for work and school. Is it Linux friendly?
Thanks!
My main gripe about Macs is that they are EXPENSIVE. If I could just slap OS X on my existing PC, I would and save a ton of money. That had me thinking about Linux. I hear a lot about Ubuntu on here and a lot of other places. Is this what I am looking for? What are it's strengths and weaknesses? Would I be able to ditch Windows entirely or would it be advisable to keep it around just in case?
As for me, I know just enought about computers to be dangerous. I can usually figure things out on my own pretty well, but mistakes can and usually happen (how else can one learn? ). I HATE programming and networking, so if it requires more than a few mouse clicks, I would rather not deal with it. Lastly, other than your usual uses for a computer (internet, multimedia, e-mail, etc.), I have AutoCAD 2006 on my PC for work and school. Is it Linux friendly?
Thanks!