Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 11, 2004 10:14 AM
This is the thing that simply kills me:
Remember the days of USRobotics modems -vs- cheap Hayes knock-offs; Tseng Labs graphics card chipsets, and ATI being crap; (When haven't they been crap?) Epson being the defacto impact printer standard, with HP as the shining light in laser printing; Chips & Technologies motherboards were the hottest thing going; 3Com was the network adapter to have, and Adaptec ruled the roost in terms of mass storage access.
The rule of thumb was then formed: "Don't buy garbage hardware."
Winmodems? I have to confess that I can't think of a sane reason to waste the money on such a crippled piece of junk. Same goes for Winscanners like Mustek.
If you buy high-quality hardware, it's highly likely that Linux compatibility will never be an issue, although I have certainly seen problems with windoze drivers in this venue.
If you buy crap hardware, it's highly likely that you'll have problems with any operating system--not to mention that it's self-evident that you wasted your money.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 11, 2004 10:14 AMRemember the days of USRobotics modems -vs- cheap Hayes knock-offs; Tseng Labs graphics card chipsets, and ATI being crap; (When haven't they been crap?) Epson being the defacto impact printer standard, with HP as the shining light in laser printing; Chips & Technologies motherboards were the hottest thing going; 3Com was the network adapter to have, and Adaptec ruled the roost in terms of mass storage access.
The rule of thumb was then formed: "Don't buy garbage hardware."
Winmodems? I have to confess that I can't think of a sane reason to waste the money on such a crippled piece of junk. Same goes for Winscanners like Mustek.
If you buy high-quality hardware, it's highly likely that Linux compatibility will never be an issue, although I have certainly seen problems with windoze drivers in this venue.
If you buy crap hardware, it's highly likely that you'll have problems with any operating system--not to mention that it's self-evident that you wasted your money.
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