Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:35:09 -0500 (EST) From: Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net> To: Conrad Sabatier <cjsabatier@home.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Finally took the plunge Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101200030160.18779-100000@zoraida.reyes.somos.net> In-Reply-To: <20010119224851.A96829@home.com>
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Conrad Sabatier wrote: > Well, after 4 1/2 years with FreeBSD, I finally decided to do it: I hosed > my Windows installation, reformatted my discs in "dangerously dedicated" > mode, and now have a totally FreeBSD system. Congrats on your decision. In my case at least my decision was buying a machine for FreeBSD. It was a Pentium 100Mhz with 32MB RAM I picked up for $100 while my main machine was a 233Mhz Windows 98SE with 96MB. The FreeBSD machine was so much better than the Windows 98 machine that I ended up getting a 500Mhz machine just for FreeBSD. Yesterday I received a Duron 800Mhz and installed Windows 2000. The 500Mhz FreeBSD with 32MB less of RAM (win2k has 128MB) is still more responsive. Unfortunately as long as I have clients using windows I have to have a windows machine to test/program. I do as much as I can on the FreeBSD machine.. not out of been a puris, but simply because it is snappier. I also love the virtual screens at the console prompt and and my WM Xfce. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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