Subj : Re: SD COMPUTER SOCIETY To : TOM WALKER From : ROBERT FOWLER Date : Sat Jan 29 2005 06:18 pm -=> TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT <=- -> I don't know how technically able one has to be. My first PC was a 286-12 -> and I paid over $1800 for it. When I got it home, I opened it up and was -> amazed at how little there was to it. So, I've never bought an assembled -> PC until lately. The author of 'Lindows' (Linux with windows) has placed a -> nice computer with a local franchise for less than $200, including -> everything but a monitor. IMO, the OS sucks, but the computer was worth -> the money. TW> I advise anyone that already has an Operating System CD and CD's for TW> theri Favorate software to buy one of those, dump the "Lindows" OS, and TW> install their programs. About the Cheapest Upgrade arround for those TW> with old less than 800 Meg to 1 gig CPU's. I thought you were the, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," guy. Talk about wishy-washy. :-) Regards, Robert Fowler .... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.43 * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) .