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

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nsafreak

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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.
 
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.
 
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...
 
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...
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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 🙂
 
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...
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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.
 
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...
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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.
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Damn, there is a FC3 now?

/me formats his old TBred for some Linux action... 🙂
 
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.
 
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
 
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!
 
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!
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take some processor design courses, you might learn something
 
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!
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take some processor design courses, you might learn something
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I don't need to have it drawn out for me on a board why x86 is better; I already know it is 🙂

 
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!
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take some processor design courses, you might learn something
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I don't need to have it drawn out for me on a board why x86 is better; I already know it is 🙂
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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?
 
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