Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-25 Thread Goldenpi
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 12:59 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Is it my imagination or-- > You are partially correct. I've seen a lot, and I mean a lot of crappy PCs > built by people who think they know how to build a cu

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-23 Thread Paul
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Larry Marshall wrote: >> I have 2 machines here, a PentiumII/400 handbuilt, and a P-II/350 >> pre-built. Mandrake 7.1 runs fine on both of them. I think it is more a >> matter of having more or less well supported hardware than where the >> system comes from. > >I agree abou

RE: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Romanator
12:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or-- Hand-built pc will tipically be more stable and faster. This comes with higher quality parts. Prebuilt pcs are less expensive for a reason, lower quality parts. Also prebuilt units will have several applications tha

RE: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Romanator
Has any one seen Netscape 6? It looks very much like Mozilla. Roman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or-- Netscape

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread A V Flinsch
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, you wrote: > Thats what I thought, I knew I was not mad > when I told my roomy that I prefer to hand > select hardware types, he kept telling me My experience has been that homebuilts are of significantly better quality & performance also. > that "parts is parts" and I said

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Robin Regennitter
> > dwyatt > > > - Original Message - > From: "Patti Wavinak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 9:44 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or-- > > > > Vic -- I tend

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Larry Marshall
> I have 2 machines here, a PentiumII/400 handbuilt, and a P-II/350 > pre-built. Mandrake 7.1 runs fine on both of them. I think it is more a > matter of having more or less well supported hardware than where the > system comes from. I agree about the hardware but what about the software source

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread William Presho
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, you wrote: > Vic wrote: > > > > Hello Linuxers. > > > > I just wondered, am I imagining it or do hand-built > > systems tend to run better than a pre-built > > PC bought at like either "?triangle" or > > "?Best Buy" or something of that ilk? > > > > I noticed for myself tha

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Vic
Thats what I thought, I knew I was not mad when I told my roomy that I prefer to hand select hardware types, he kept telling me that "parts is parts" and I said "shyeah, and monkeys will fly out of my butt". By the way Charley you owe me a dollar, I win the bet. Leave it in the candy dish when y

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Vic
lf, but at some ambitious goal beyond it. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > On 9/22/00, 4:26:12 AM, Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread John W
EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or-- >Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 03:54:19 +1200 > >Vic wrote: > > > > Hello Linuxers. > > > > I just wondered, am I imagining it or do hand-built > > systems tend to run be

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread dwyatt
#x27;s any chance of MS release Internet Explorer for linux? :) dwyatt - Original Message - From: "Patti Wavinak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or-- Vic -- I tend

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Vic
ing to by. > > In short you get what you pay for. > > > - Original Message - > From: "Vic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 6:26 AM > Subject: [newbie] Is it my imagination or-- > &

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread dwyatt
they want. I've actually benchmarked this with ZDBoP's suite of benchmarks, and seena 10-15% improvement. dwyatt - Original Message - From: "Vic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 6:26 AM Subject: [newbie] Is it

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Paul
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Vic wrote: >I just wondered, am I imagining it or do hand-built >systems tend to run better than a pre-built >PC bought at like either "?triangle" or >"?Best Buy" or something of that ilk? > >I noticed for myself that my hand-built system >seems to run better than my roomma

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Austin L. Denyer
> Netscape has some nasty memory leaks especially for people who use forms a > lot (web mail) and on systems without enough memory it can, and often does > flood all avail memory until the box crashes. Tell me about it. The last time NutScrape crashed on me it locked X tighter than a duck's a$

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Michael
184611 > > The most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at the goal > itself, but at some ambitious goal beyond it. > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<&

Re: [newbie] Is it my imagination or------

2000-09-22 Thread Patti Wavinak
ar but with Netscape itself. Patti -- Registered Linux User #184611 The most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at the goal itself, but at some ambitious goal beyond it. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<&