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Date:      Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:15:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>
To:        "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is the "better / best " method to multi-boot different OSes natively WITHOUT VirtualBox(es) ?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.2010282212580.14165@tripel.monochrome.org>
In-Reply-To: <20201028145646.640903ef7b37875a2b0b7347@sohara.org>
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On Wed, 28 Oct 2020, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:26:33 -0500
> Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
>> My boss almost 2 decades ago said: you buy new computer, but the 
>> moment you unpack it it is already obsolete.

I'd even modify that statement to "the moment it's available for sale, 
it is already obsolete."

> 	There are great bargains to be had among the cast-offs of those 
> who must have the newest.

True fact. I've had excellent luck buying refurbished computers that are 
just off of a corporate lease, so about 3 years old.


-- 
Chris Hill               chris@monochrome.org



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