Linux has driven me to buy Windows Vista

[Evan Leibovitch]

Stephen wrote:
>> A weird thing happened though; About five years ago I started using 
>> Linux and F/OSS. By "use" I mean "totally fell in love with". So, 
>> over the weekend my gaming PC died. I decided to rebuild it, and 
>> because of Linux, I bought a proper copy of MS Vista.
Not quite sure how to parse this...

- The quality/usability of Linux as a games system forced you to buy Vista

- Because Linux has taught you respect for intellectual property 
(through the GPL), you chose to buy (rather than pirate) Vista

Was it either or both?

>> So Microsoft, thank F/OSS for getting your hands on my ~$160.
You are aware that it is still possible to buy OEM copies of XP for less...
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=001229&cid=SW.815

> Why did you buy a computer just for gaming?
>
> You could get a PS3 for $400 (and install Linux on it as well!)

Those were my thoughts as well (though I assumed that running Linux is 
less important than the gaming). My friends who are deep into this say 
that the Xbox and Wii are both much better systems (albeit in very 
different ways). And besides, I don't buy Sony -- they've done too many 
lame anti-consumer moves in the last few years.

One would think that, even if you had a moderate software investment, 
replacing the games _and_ getting a new Xbox/PS3 system would be less 
expensive -- and probably better performing -- compared to a 
games-capable PC.

- Evan

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