Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 02:30:50 -0500 From: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why dual boot? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020127022351.01e30e40@threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <001b01c1a635$636a4170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <3C4FBE5C.2AE8C65@mindspring.com> <20020123114658.A514@lpt.ens.fr> <20020123223104.SM01952@there> <3C4FBE5C.2AE8C65@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020124213809.00e6e5d0@localhost> <20020125131659.GB7374@hades.hell.gr> <3C51CD33.4E69B204@mindspring.com>
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At 01:47 AM 1/26/2002, you wrote: >Dual-boot configurations are really not necessary today. Even the cheapest >second-hand PC will run FreeBSD quite nicely, so there isn't any reason not >to run it on a separate, dedicated machine. If you need both Windows and >FreeBSD, just use one machine for each. I've heard of throwing hardware at the problem, but sheesh. :-/ For those of us who aren't rolling like J.P. Morgan, getting another computer every time we want to test drive a new operating system isn't practical. I can't imagine that it would be good advice for getting new recruits into the FreeBSD camp either. "Now, once you've gotten that additional PC, just stick this CD-ROM into the...huh? what's that? No, no...only the operating system is free. Actually using it will cost you around $300 minimum." Still wishing I had more partitions, Chip Morton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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