Thanks to Gideon for his wonderful answer. I wasn't trying to be combative with astra -- I was just looking for a fuller explanation. What is it in particular that he found unfriendly, and did he have first-hand experience with it? Gideon's answer makes it much more clear.
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The question you need to answer is whether or not you can live without MS-Windows applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PhotoShop, Dreamweaver, etc.
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I already do. They're way too expensive to constantly upgrade, so I've been using OpenOffice for awhile now when I do need to use something similar, though by and large, as I mentioned, I use LaTeX not Writer for "serious" word processing projects.
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Miming does more than enough and investing time in learning to talk is not worth while for them. Unless you are making money on it, or it is your hobby then miming is the way to go.
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f you want to stop fiddling around with your system and just use it to get things done, get a mac.
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Well, I admit I actually do enjoy "fiddling around" with my system. It is kind of a hobby, and learning how to do some more sophisticated things is fun too. I do occasionally have to get things done too (grumble grumble if I
have to), of course. I want that to be possible.
Lately though it's more of a philosophical preference for open source, combined with lack of funds to constantly upgrade stuff that isn't, that's pushing me towards the open source Linux systems.