yes, yes, dammit, yes!
having have to live with XP and Microsoft stuff in the office, at home i want BS-free computing. i usually bring home my XP-loaded Lenovo R60 (work laptop) every night, and last night i timed it from a cold boot. the thing took 5 minutes to come up to readiness mode (that's when the hard drive light isn't flashing anymore because it loaded all the junk it needs to load). compare that to my Ubuntu-loaded Shuttle which brings me to my desktop in a minute or less (and shuts down even faster).
i've been e-window shopping for the last few months for a Lenovo that's cheap, light, and preferably, no O/S loaded so i can just load a Linux distro in and start from the ground up. i found a couple (although with XP or - shudder - Vista loaded) but for financial considerations, i always abandon the plan whenever i go to bed. only to revive the dream within a couple of days. sigh.
maybe this Christmas?
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