Crossed to the dark side, for now…
Since I had been wanting a new computer to run Linux on, and Circuit City is going out of business, I decided it would be ok to buy a computer from them. Now, buying an HP desktop from a brick and mortar instead of buying parts and building my own machine has never been my favorite thing. But, I decided for $700 I’d be lazy and buy an OEM machine this time.
So far, the new machine is doing fine. Why is this a surprise? Because it has Vista on it. I’m thinking of keeping this system with Vista and converting the XP system to Linux. The older machine still has lots of life left in it, especially if I put Linux on it.
We’ll see how the Vista does over the next couple of weeks before I make a final decision. I don’t really like having this much Microsoft in the house…