best boxen?

[Michael Hipp]

> From: "Collins Richey" <crichey at gmail.com>
> 
> If you're planning to run M$ on the box, you'll be ok. My
> understanding is that ATI windows drivers actually work.

I guess I'd disagree. I've had fits with ATI drivers under Windows. When they work, they work pretty well.  But *very* often they won't work at all. Above all else, their installer seems to be perpetually broken.

But, frankly, I wouldn't pin this on ATI alone. It's a general problem: hardware makers have awful software. Case in point: HP. They make wonderful printers, but their software is pure garbage. And I've seen nothing better from the other printer manufacturers. Bloated, buggy, spyware-laden garbage is what usually comes on the disk in the box.

That's one odd advantage of running Linux: few of the hardware manufacturers support it. So you have neither the privilege or burden of using their software.

Michael