How many different hardware platforms (ie Mac, PC, Sun, etc.) do you have at home?

[nsafreak]

Just kindof curious as to how many people in the forums deal with multiple platforms (not just operating system, hardware as well) on a regular basis. Myself I deal with three since I have a P4 PC, Sun SPARCServer 1000E & a PowerComputing PowerTower 225 (PPC 604e). So I thought it'd be interesting to see how many other folks have similar setups as well.

 

[ElFenix]

i wish alpha was still around

compaq/dec, worst computer merger in history

 

[nsafreak]

Same here. When I picked up my PPC today there were a pair of nice DEC Alpha servers, I believe quad processor. Unfortunately they were out of my spare change range. $200 was reasonable for the machines I just didn't have that much to spare.

 

[quakefiend420]

i have 4 pcs in my house...all on windows, but i am about to give a dualboot linux install a shot on my main rig

OT: anyone recommend a good linux distro to learn on, i have no previous linux experience...

 

[Toastedlightly]

I do have to say i do like power PC. Have one in an old mac, thing is rock solid. But slow...

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
i have 4 pcs in my house...all on windows, but i am about to give a dualboot linux install a shot on my main rig

OT: anyone recommend a good linux distro to learn on, i have no previous linux experience...

I thought FC2 was good. I am currently on Gentoo, but I wouldn't reccomend it to someone that has never used Linux, but def. my favorite distro so far...

As for the OP, I only have x86 here, pretty good architecture

 

[nsafreak]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
i have 4 pcs in my house...all on windows, but i am about to give a dualboot linux install a shot on my main rig

OT: anyone recommend a good linux distro to learn on, i have no previous linux experience...

Depends upon how willing you are to learn. Personally I would recommend Debian for those folks looking to learn and willing to spend some time on it. For that purpose it is great and it's a great distribution as well. Gentoo is a bit too hardcore for that purpose however. Your other options would be Fedora Core 3 & Mandrake Linux both of which are good Linux distributions but you may not learn as much as you would using Debian.

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: nsafreak

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
i have 4 pcs in my house...all on windows, but i am about to give a dualboot linux install a shot on my main rig

OT: anyone recommend a good linux distro to learn on, i have no previous linux experience...

Depends upon how willing you are to learn. Personally I would recommend Debian for those folks looking to learn and willing to spend some time on it. For that purpose it is great and it's a great distribution as well. Gentoo is a bit too hardcore for that purpose however. Your other options would be Fedora Core 3 & Mandrake Linux both of which are good Linux distributions but you may not learn as much as you would using Debian.

Damn, there is a FC3 now?

/me formats his old TBred for some Linux action...

 

[Zugzwang152]

2 x86, 1 PowerPC

 

[Bassyhead]

4 x86, 1 powerpc (not mine)

 

[CombatChuk]

x86 (Self Built Desktop), PowerPC (G4 iBook). I prefer the apple.

 

[Schadenfroh]

x86 and whatever SGI is

 

[thraxes]

x86 and an iBook

I prefer the iBook for alot of things... mainly because the CRT on my main Rig is slowly dying and I am still saving for a 20" Widescreen TFT panel. In the meantime the iBooks TFT screen is much easier on the eyes.

 

[phisrow]

I've got the usual x86s, a deeply archaic 6800 Wavemate JupiterII (http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/JupiterII-1975.htm), some old 68020 and 68030 Macs, a PDP-11 whatever core that sucker has, and an old Sparcserver 1000. I have to say that I prefer the x86, though the contest is hardly a fair one, given the fact that some of the other gear is older than I am.

 

[Daishiki]

Originally posted by: thraxes
x86 and an iBook

 

[jdiddy]

Originally posted by: xUCIxDaiSHi

Originally posted by: thraxes
x86 and an iBook

 

[UglyCasanova]

3 pc's and a Powerbook, and the Powerbook is BY FAR my favorite to use.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Currently just one, an x86 ... and it's by far my favorite platform

However, I have owned an older ppc (powerbook 3400) until about a year or so ago.
Also, when I was much younger, my father had an apple IIe ... and I loved that thing

 

[StageLeft]

1. I prefer x86 because it smacks the living hell out of the others in 99.999999999999999999999999% of cases, and the naysayers know it, but can't admit it. Further more I run it on MS. I'm a diehard MS advocate to the core. Belie 'dat, son!

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
1. I prefer x86 because it smacks the living hell out of the others in 99.999999999999999999999999% of cases, and the naysayers know it, but can't admit it. Further more I run it on MS. I'm a diehard MS advocate to the core. Belie 'dat, son!

take some processor design courses, you might learn something

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Skoorb
1. I prefer x86 because it smacks the living hell out of the others in 99.999999999999999999999999% of cases, and the naysayers know it, but can't admit it. Further more I run it on MS. I'm a diehard MS advocate to the core. Belie 'dat, son!

take some processor design courses, you might learn something

I don't need to have it drawn out for me on a board why x86 is better; I already know it is

 

[MegaWorks]

I like my PC.

 

[nsafreak]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Skoorb
1. I prefer x86 because it smacks the living hell out of the others in 99.999999999999999999999999% of cases, and the naysayers know it, but can't admit it. Further more I run it on MS. I'm a diehard MS advocate to the core. Belie 'dat, son!

take some processor design courses, you might learn something

I don't need to have it drawn out for me on a board why x86 is better; I already know it is

You do realize that a lot of the architectural design inherent to the Mac & other RISC type CPUs have become a part of the x86 standard over time, right?