On Thursday 14 October 2004 09:13 pm, Eben King wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Ken Elliott wrote:
> > So, assuming I want to run medium quality at 1024x768, I can use a $180
> > video card and free OS, or a $99 card with a $300 to $100 (oem) OS.
> > Hmmm.... Sounds like a tie...
>
> $180 + $0 < $99 + $100 in my experience
Well if we're going there, I think that $180 + Linux < $0 + windows
I'd probably say that offering me $1000 to use windows for a year would not
have cought me.
At $5,000 I'd start looking for loopholes in the "use windows for a year"
agreement. How much do I really need to use it? Can I have it sitting on a
computer by itself collecting dust, except for some occational game maybe?
$25,000 to replace my Linux machines with windows for a year, I would have to
turn down as that would have ruined my business.
Not that $25K is not a lot of money. But to have to back into that state of
mind... Noo thank you! With whatever problems Linux has I always know it can
be fixed, and within a reasonable amount of time and effort.
Besides, my used-to-be $150 nVidia card could play Doom 3 fine. : )
--Steve Szmidt
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