> been years since i would own up to being a geek. i > spen the last years of my carreer as a mainframe > programmer and my pc was taken care of by systems > admin. i was a 1st class geek up to about 1993. > my hands hurt and i don't like to fool with pc > operating systems. > > --- Brent Edwards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Kat wrote: > > > > > If you have the hard drive space and memory you > > can run Windows > > > programs in > > > Linux using a Windows emulator. There are a few > > on the market as > > > well as an > > > open source one called, Wine. > > > > I should probably stay out of this, as operating > > system discussions often > > quickly degenerate into jihads, but... > > > > Wine is an absolute dog performance-wise. Yes you > > can get a fair amount of > > very well behaved windows apps to run on it, but > the > > speed hit even on a > > fast machine with a ton of RAM is in the range > most > > people would define as > > unacceptable. > > > > In truth (and I say this as one who hates > microsoft > > and runs linux wherever > > I can) if you need to run windows apps, it's best > to > > configure your machine > > to dual boot linux and windows. Also, even though > > great strides have been > > made with linux as far as ease of installation and > > usability go, linux is > > still NOT ready for prime time as a desktop OS. I > > would not recommend linux > > to anyone who is not a geek. > > > > I say this fully aware that I'll likely catch a > lot > > of flack, but that > > doesn't change the plain facts. > > > > Brent > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product > search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com