Re: OT: Computer advice

Dale Miller wrote:
Yenidje wrote:
I work in Enterprise Information Security for a big Telecomm and use
XP, Unix (Sun), and Linux on a daily basis. I would definitely upgrade
your box for sure. If you wanted to go the Microsoft route, I would
wait until Vista comes out sometime next year. In the meantime, you
could find alternative methods to load your wifes MP3 player. If you
wanted a user friendly Linux flavor, I suggest Fedora.

My best advise, if you're like most who use the computer to surf,
email, and do a few MP3s and edit a few pics, then I suggest buying a
Mac. Here's the deal. Look at how many worm/virus/hacks there are for a
windows OS. Now the unix and Linux folks can tell you there have been
infinitely fewer viruses/hacks written for those OSs. So why a Mac? OSX
is written on a unix shell. Macs are basically point and click out of
the box and contain pretty much all the software and hardware you
already need to surf, email, MP3, DVD, etc etc and is way more secure
than any Microsoft box.

Hope this helps,
Thom

Yep OSX is built on BSD

I kind of like tinkering with the OS. I run Linux, Mandriva distribution because it seem to be the only one inclined to target straight at those who normally use Micro$loth Winblows machines.

Mandriva does seem to invariably ship a buggy system each time they do a major upgrade (2007 version will be out in September) but within a few weeks they will have updates available that will turn it into a solid system. But you still have to install
the buggy system and update, because the initial distribution
is set in concrete.

My wife does the usual stuff plus more audio and video than most, and she just wants it to work. Doesn't even want me tinkering with it. She has a an iMac G5 for the desktop and
a Mac laptop with wireless so she can carry it around the house (or anywhere else).

Cheers!

--
Unix is not user-unfriendly; it merely
expects users to be computer-friendly.
.

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