Quote Originally Posted by jaydisc View Post
I agree with all of this.
Quote Originally Posted by Hursticon View Post
@Doubledealer: Forgot to mention you also in my previous post , what you said was spot on though.
@Jaydisc: +1
@Killingspoon: Agreed that one has to start somewhere, Linux certainly isn't for the faint of heart though.
Quote Originally Posted by Ode to a Grasshopper View Post
That's a really good thought, ta. I haven't really used a Mac OS much, so it's less a matter of preference than familiarity. From what I have seen - a friend or two have them and operate on Linux - it seems more accessible than Windows, at least once you've got it sussed. The only major attraction of Windows for me is the games factor, otherwise it seems like everything else works just fine on either as Jay says.
The eventual plan has been to have a Mac laptop for work/travel purposes, and a home PC for gaming and as a replacement TV etc, but that's a future plan for when I've got cash to burn.

Next question: how's the switching over to HTML 5 likely to impact upon the lastability (for lack of a better word) of a new 'puter? 'Cos if it's just going to become obsolete in the next two years or so I might just get a techie friend of mine to have a look through and/or go to security essentials and leave replacing the hardware for later when it'll really be worth it.

God I feel like such a dinosaur.
Thanks lads.

Don't forget young Grasshopper, this is going to be a pretty big year for PC gaming too, the biggest in years! The Witcher 2 recently came out and is a must have, then you've later got Diablo 3, Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Rage, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3, Deus Ex: HR, Duke Nukem Forever...The list goes on! Just food for thought. Dedicated gaming desktop would be pretty sweet too...Getting a big tax return this year?