From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 9 17:12:04 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 025EF16A418 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:12:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B101E13C49D for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:12:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so246245nzf for ; Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:12:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=Mq3Gfi47NFmsBP7vbN790tla6tjfjIKwDB5iLgR5/9Cg70iJHcVyFcdR+cDLD1SPPw6uLrKvH/Co3dqvfPaULq1nJpxTCYqqVb7CFrYfL//FIcLKGflQw79FFgwHrv8opCHdLaWNV9yB2hm/eSefcw4qsyL26fcgHbnXTeJJXJI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=APp40LuiYYQMH8DPUgKrNb3bVYpfXsOA5Tlhpl7bkzXY0WBKW25SWhRlOSJRjcu5UEMOhHv80q/fWKE16RTCKm4PBLaG22cWN3G7iWDFCDXGDNni/8gZsBFfFW0vGeGp0rPlfXv+iD3iNh1GNehqW5Z+sYJ8Z4WTojmfdNjp4Ps= Received: by 10.100.142.12 with SMTP id p12mr2246703and.1186677945199; Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:45:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.155.17 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 09:45:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6201873e0708090945m4f9be012t3d95d893a20f8e3c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:45:45 -0500 From: "Adam Vande More" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Convince me, please! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:12:04 -0000 It's already been mentioned, but I would strongly recommend PCBSD for the windows convert. Having PCBSD allows me to easily setup friends and family with systems that function more like they're used while maintaining all FreeBSD funtionality including the ports tree, blessed be the FreeBSD maintainers. However, it's important to have realistic expections. Things aren't the same, and the learning curve usually takes awhile. -- Adam Vande More Systems Administrator Mobility Sales