Which one is best?

[cwocwocwo]

Hi

I'm a 13 year old girl. I need to buy a computer for school work.

I'm just wondering which one is best?
Linux, windows or a mac?

Thanks

 

[Edwin]

Hi

I'm a 13 year old girl. I need to buy a computer for school work.

I'm just wondering which one is best?
Linux, windows or a mac?

Thanks

Buy the same type of computer that your school is using.

You're welcome.

 

[cwocwocwo]

Buy the same type of computer that your school is using.

You're welcome.

Dammit. I'm trying to start a flame war here, between Linux nerds,
Windows loosers and those really cool people who use macs, and that
response isn't helping. You suck.

I am the greatest troll ever!

Fear my wrath!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TravelinMan]

Buy the same type of computer that your school is using.

You're welcome.

The first advice is to never listen to anything Edwin says. He manages
the impressive record of being wrong 99.73% of the time.



I would ask what you want to do with your computer. Please be as
specific as possible.

In general, if you're looking for something for homework, email,
internet access, and similar things, the Mac will be a more reliable,
troublefree solution.

If you have applications that only run on Windows or if you want to run
the top of the line, state of the art games, get a Windows PC.

If you're getting a computer as a hobby and want to learn how computers
work through endless futzing, get a PC running Linux.



If you want to post more specifics, I'm sure someone here will be able
to help. If you avoid Edwin's response, the answers might even be useful.

 

[Lloyd Parsons]

Dammit. I'm trying to start a flame war here, between Linux nerds,
Windows loosers and those really cool people who use macs, and that
response isn't helping. You suck.

I am the greatest troll ever!

Fear my wrath!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You'll have to do much better than that original post, or even this one
then. Both are pretty far down on the ol' trollometer!

 

[Steve Travis]

The first advice is to never listen to anything Edwin says. He manages
the impressive record of being wrong 99.73% of the time.



I would ask what you want to do with your computer. Please be as
specific as possible.

In general, if you're looking for something for homework, email,
internet access, and similar things, the Mac will be a more reliable,
troublefree solution.

If you have applications that only run on Windows or if you want to run
the top of the line, state of the art games, get a Windows PC.

If you're getting a computer as a hobby and want to learn how computers
work through endless futzing, get a PC running Linux.



If you want to post more specifics, I'm sure someone here will be able
to help. If you avoid Edwin's response, the answers might even be useful.

Dude,

how gullible are you?

 

[TravelinMan]

Dude,

how gullible are you?

I'm trusting enough to give someone an honest answer to what COULD BE an
honest question.

The question should be - how sad are you to always assume the worst of
people?

 

[Steve Travis]

You'll have to do much better than that original post, or even this one
then. Both are pretty far down on the ol' trollometer!

Apparently, not so much.. Travelinman bought the question, hook line
and sinker.

 

[Lloyd Parsons]

Apparently, not so much.. Travelinman bought the question, hook line
and sinker.

True, but Joe's so easy! ;-)

 

[ray]

Dammit. I'm trying to start a flame war here, between Linux nerds,
Windows loosers and those really cool people who use macs, and that
response isn't helping. You suck.

I am the greatest troll ever!

Evidently not.

 

[TravelinMan]

True, but Joe's so easy! ;-)

Sorry, but I prefer to think the best of someone until I have evidence
otherwise. There ARE occasionally people who come here asking honest
questions, so there's no reason to attack someone right off the bat.

Of course, once someone proves themselves to be a troll, all bets are
off.

 

[TheLetterK]

Sorry, but I prefer to think the best of someone until I have evidence
otherwise. There ARE occasionally people who come here asking honest
questions, so there's no reason to attack someone right off the bat.

Of course, once someone proves themselves to be a troll, all bets are
off.

I thought everyone knew CSMA's reputation as complete trollbait?

 

[TravelinMan]

I thought everyone knew CSMA's reputation as complete trollbait?

It is. But that doesn't mean that EVERY post here is a troll - or that
one should assume the worst of someone.

 

[Edwin]

The first advice is to never listen to anything Edwin says. He manages
the impressive record of being wrong 99.73% of the time.

You start off with a libelous attack...

I would ask what you want to do with your computer. Please be as
specific as possible.

.... and then follow up by asking for information you've already been
given!

In general, if you're looking for something for homework, email,
internet access, and similar things, the Mac will be a more reliable,

troublefree solution.

The OP was only a troll, but the question posed is which type of
computer is best for a 13 year old girl's school work. The obvious
answer is the same type of computer as the school uses, so she wouldn't
have to learn two different computer systems.

[The remainder of Joe's canned response snipped]

 

[John]

Hi

I'm a 13 year old girl. I need to buy a computer for school work.

I'm just wondering which one is best?
Linux, windows or a mac?

Thanks

Buy either Dell or Apple. Both are fine computers.

 

[TravelinMan]

You start off with a libelous attack...

Truth is an absolute defense against libel accusations.

... and then follow up by asking for information you've already been
given!

Really? In your world 'I need to buy a computer for school work' is 'as
specific as possible'?

No wonder you are happy with Windows. Facts and details are irrelevant
to you.

The OP was only a troll, but the question posed is which type of
computer is best for a 13 year old girl's school work. The obvious
answer is the same type of computer as the school uses, so she wouldn't
have to learn two different computer systems.

No, that's not the obvious answer.

It depends on how everything is set up. For example:

- If her school work consists entirely of research on the Internet and
writing reports, the platform doesn't matter.

- if her school work involves almost anything where she's going to
print out her work and turn it in - but never turn in an electronic
version, the platform doesn't matter.

- If her school work consists of submitting electronic copies of her
work in any file format that the Mac will handle (like Word, Excel, PDF,
etc), the platform doesn't matter (except that Linux is somewhat less
convenient in that case).

Your knee-jerk reaction is only the right answer in a very small number
of cases - when she has to submit work electronically in a format that
the Mac won't handle - even via VPC.

[The remainder of Joe's canned response snipped]

IOW, you snipped the factual part of my response - because you've
repeatedly shown that facts are meaningless to you.

 

[Jim Polaski]

You start off with a libelous attack...

Something that is in fact true, can't create a libel situation.

But then it is eddielost...still lost....

I would ask what you want to do with your computer. Please be as
specific as possible.

... and then follow up by asking for information you've already been
given!

In general, if you're looking for something for homework, email,
internet access, and similar things, the Mac will be a more reliable,

troublefree solution.

The OP was only a troll, but the question posed is which type of
computer is best for a 13 year old girl's school work. The obvious
answer is the same type of computer as the school uses, so she wouldn't
have to learn two different computer systems.

[The remainder of Joe's canned response snipped]

 

[LawsonE]

Hi

I'm a 13 year old girl. I need to buy a computer for school work.

I'm just wondering which one is best?
Linux, windows or a mac?

Thanks

It REALLY depends on what you're planning on doing with it...

 

[LawsonE]

You start off with a libelous attack...


... and then follow up by asking for information you've already been
given!



The OP was only a troll, but the question posed is which type of
computer is best for a 13 year old girl's school work. The obvious
answer is the same type of computer as the school uses, so she wouldn't
have to learn two different computer systems.

Actually, that might not be the best response. Suppose she wants to be a
computer geek when she grows up? Learning to use 2 different computer
systems when young might be better for her than standardizing on just one.

 

[Larry Anderson]

A good old Commodore 64 should do the trick for ya, heck, most of the people
who are replying to these posts had a Commodore 64 when they were thirteen,
and look at where they are today! ;-)

Larry