Depends on what you like to do with it. Most computer today are
entertainment center.
I have a DVD player for that.
cheers
DS
On Mon, 5 May 2014 10:35:24 -0400 dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com>
writes:
> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com>
> wrote:
> > Very true. It doesn't mean that a new computer is better than the
> old one
> > being recycled.
>
> Depends on what you consider "better". Most folks think faster,
> more
> powerful, and cheaper is better.
>
> > A new twist I heard that Micro Soft is requiring computer vendors
> to
> > write their bios so that only win 8 will boot on them. They want
> to get
> > rid of Linux.Once a win 8 machine forever a win 8 machine.
>
> Look Stuff Up. It's not that simple, and you *can* dual boot Win8
> and
> Linux. It's just more of a pain to set up.
>
> What you are dealing with is UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware
> Interface), which is intended as a *replacement* for the traditional
> BIOS. This is not just Microsoft. It's a computer *industry*
> initiative. See http://www.uefi.org/ for the website devoted to the
> effort, and look at the Membership tab to see a list of companies
> involved.
>
> > cheers
> > DS
> ______
> Dennis
>
>
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