Window 7? Windows 8? maybe not
Over this weekend I finally got around to my OS testing mode.
I have three separate drives, and now have five different OSs installed.
I have XP 64 which has been my primary for a few years. XP 32 for a few special apps that do not like XP 64. I installed Ubuntu and find it different but no worse than Windows 8 which I installed on an SSD (it is quick). Than I installed Zorin an offshoot of Ubuntu on the SSD. I can go to BIOS and select the boot drive, than the boot manager will let me choose an OS.
I don't need to image anything to switch. So now I can play with everything but Windows 7 which I may now skip entirely. I did run Vista for about six months and gave up on it.
Since more and more of my clients are looking for "cheap" machines, I am going to pay close attention to Ubuntu and Zorin which can cut $140 off my cost of building a machine. That may translate into building a nice machine that competes favorably with Walmart, Costco, Dell and HP.
