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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Um... you confuse me. Linux is free. and... so is pretty much any software for it... at least your basic productivity software.
If what you had was working so great, why are you trying to upgrade. Once again, I am really confused.
BOb
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BOb, I wanted to upgrade the hardware only, not the software.
Why upgrade the hardware?
1. My current hardware burns several hundred watts an hour, and the new hardware burns 40-45 watts, max. With my usage pattern, the new hardware will pay for itself in less than 5 years, just from the electricity savings.
2. My current hardware uses IDE hard drives, which are basically disappearing from the marketplace. Hard drive will eventually fail, that's part of computing. I want to have a computer with which I can repair wear items.
3. With all the electricity usage on my old machine, I put in lots of fans. (All my packs are cartridge replaceable, each cart has a fan in it, as well as two system fans.) I wanted a low power machine so the fan(s) would be less noisy. As I am not a power user, I am willing to accept a slower machine for quiet.
None of these reasons are software. I'm happy with the software. All I want to do is run the software I already have. Is this too much to ask?
Re: Linux. I don't want to tweak the system endlessly, built GUI package for software that doesn't have them, and so forth. I just want to use the tool. Actually I plan to run a dual system, one box Windows and one box Linux, with a KVM switcher, similar to what I run today, (although today I run a windows internet machine. I've played with Linux Mint, which will do for an internet machine, once I get e-mail set up on it.)