Re: [LUG] Farseer enterprises - continued

[Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I reckon this bit is important to look at. I think I could start a 
computer business just on support for my mates using windows. Over the 
last month, I have installed two new modems, configured a lan network 
and a wlan network, help the old guy out with his satellite card, 
downloaded and installed Firefox on several machines. It seems that a 
lot of windows boxes I know are buggy and do not work quite perfectly.

Four years ago I took of my installation of w98 and haven't looked 
back. I have way more knowledge than the average user... knowledge I 
didn't have until I started using Linux. I don't have anything like the 
frustrations I had running w98 and I get to meet and chat with lovely 
guys like you lot on the lug!

Maybe we could start compiling a list of boxes and posting to the lug. 
e.g. This box with this motherboard and this ram and h/d with this 
software installed works well as a basic word processor box and costs 
this much to build and set-up. We all seem to have machines!

Rich
www.littlebigfoot.org.uk
"How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger bringing 
good news." Isaiah 52 v 7 (The Message)

On 10 Dec 2004, at 09:40, Rob Beard wrote:

> > so again?
> > Is Linux ready as a 100% replacement for windows for new home users
> > (truthfully),  but also as a system that people can do everything and
> > anything they want.  So I can buy any game for windows and run it on
> > linux which as I said earlier people will expect.
>
> How many games run well on a Windows PC anyway?  Take Doom 3 for 
> instance, I
> tried it on my PC (Athlon 64 3000+, 1GB Ram, ATI Radion 9200), it runs 
> but not
> overly great.  How many normal users would be prepared to fork out 
> £300 on a
> graphics card alone when you can get a games console for £100?
>
> IHO, an average user usually buys a PC from the likes of PC World or 
> Time
> computers, they are fairly decent spec for most things but usually 
> have either
> a low spec graphics card, or even worse - on board video with shared 
> memory,
> so even in Windows, games aren't going to be that good.


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