Buying new laptop - advice please

**jonbuoy** · 4th January 2010, 22:21

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

Thats because you should buy a new computer, not try to fix it.

And don't even think of using Ubuntu. It's completely boring, with nothing interesting to do whatsoever except just USE it.

Steve

Ubuntu might be a little dull at the moment but every release is looking a little more polished. It does what it should and without wasting resources in making things look "pretty". Its well supported and with a few more years development will be giving Microsoft and Apple a real run for their money. If all you do is surfing and emailing, MP3 playing it will give you a few more years out of your old hardware.

**CookMySock** · 5th January 2010, 08:29

Originally Posted by jonbuoy

Ubuntu might be a little dull at the moment ...

Hehe, yeah I'm just being a dick. I have six Ubuntu systems and no windows. There is always lots to keep IT people busy with windows system, and nothing at all for Ubuntu hehe, it's great.

Anyway, lets not hijack their thread.

Steve

**6ft5** · 5th January 2010, 08:40

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

Hehe, yeah I'm just being a dick. I have six Ubuntu systems and no windows. There is always lots to keep IT people busy with windows system, and nothing at all for Ubuntu hehe, it's great.

Anyway, lets not hijack their thread.

Steve

Yeah get a perm, buy a MAC

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**Tank** · 5th January 2010, 08:52

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

Hehe, yeah I'm just being a dick. I have six Ubuntu systems and no windows. There is always lots to keep IT people busy with windows system, and nothing at all for Ubuntu hehe, it's great.

Anyway, lets not hijack their thread.

Steve

Thats not quite accurate, so just to settle the discussion.

ALL current OS's have updates published. It doses not matter which name is in the tin - windows, OSX or free linux deritives. There is always maintainance to be done.

Whilst I dont have a mammoth IT shop - we run over 300 production servers - all running Windows operating systems. All of our developers run Windows (except for the couple who do useabilty design and iphone apps who are mac users).

We are launching a cloud based deployment of 15 servers to customers in 2 weeks - with the projected groth we expect this to be over 100 servers in the cloud by the end of the year. Again all running Windows (2008R2).

We never have any issues. It all just comes down to good management.

OP - Really it dosnt matter what you buy - just stick with a known brand and buy it from a place that has repair agents under contract who come to you to fix the problem - not some return to base repaie when you can be without it for weeks.

BTW - the CGA wont cover issues with Windows - only hardware.