On 26 Jun 2003, at 15:44, Darrell King wrote:

> 1.2 GHz and up...
> 
> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_listing.gsp?cat=963
> 56&adid=0100000015
> 942062702498&dest=6205&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A8679
> 6%3A96356

OK, it's faster than *my* stuff. ;-)

> I mostly use SuSe, myself, but even that is a bit much for
> the average Windows user.  I also use Win XP and there's a
> big difference in hand-holding.  Lindows is probably
> easier for many than the run of the mill Linux distro.

Probably so. I use CorelLinux, much easer than most 
Linux distros, and Knoppix (which is so easy it can be 
transparent IMHO). Haven't tried SuSE yet.

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu

> D
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Jones" <dvjones(at)ksbe.edu>
> 
> 
> Check out Knoppix - a Linux distro that runs off the CD
> and packs in all the bells and whistles, including WINE
> (for running Win32 apps), OpenOffice, Mozilla, etc. It
> doesn't touch your existing OS intsllation at all. You can
> download and burn your own copy for free. And I'm pretty
> sure that most PC hardware (even older stuff) is faster
> than the hardware underlying the Lindows PCs. ;-)
> 
> David
> dvjones(at)ksbe.edu
> 
> On 26 Jun 2003, at 8:50, Darrell King wrote:
> 
> > Lindows machines are going for $200 now. Not that
> > everyone is ready to switch, but it's interesting...:).
> >
> > D
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Billy Dean" <billy61(at)earthlink.net>
> >
> >
> >
> > It is my opinion that very few designers want to exclude
> > anybody from their web sites. And you don't have to. It
> > is pretty simple to include code that gives people with
> > old browsers access to your pages, such as no script, no
> > frames and so forth. I just don't spend any time trying
> > to accomodate the idiosyncracies of every browser out
> > there, simply because people cannot or will not upgrade.
> >
> > BTW, you can buy a brand new computer with almost all
> > the bells and whistles for less than $500. I know,
> > because my wife just did...
> 
> 
> 


 

• Web Designer Courses
• Off the Shelf Training Courses

HWG hwg-techniques mailing list archives, maintained by Webmasters @ IWA