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brizey · 01-21-2010, 10:58 AM

I use Mint for my older computer upstairs. My experience with it is positive. One downside is that their long term releases are pretty far apart. For what we use it for (basically firefox), I have not had to use the command line.

That being said, I think there is a place for Windows. It works on pretty much all currently available hardware (partly because it is a design target for said hardware). It has tons of out of the box functionality. MS has spent the time and money to develop Directx, making windows the go to platform for game developers.

And really, at ~$100 for OEM at unit quantity, Windows is not really that expensive for what it can do. The Dell's of the world pay a fraction of that.

01-21-2010, 10:58 AM	#30
brizey Member (7 bit) Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Metro Area Posts: 83	I use Mint for my older computer upstairs. My experience with it is positive. One downside is that their long term releases are pretty far apart. For what we use it for (basically firefox), I have not had to use the command line. That being said, I think there is a place for Windows. It works on pretty much all currently available hardware (partly because it is a design target for said hardware). It has tons of out of the box functionality. MS has spent the time and money to develop Directx, making windows the go to platform for game developers. And really, at ~$100 for OEM at unit quantity, Windows is not really that expensive for what it can do. The Dell's of the world pay a fraction of that.