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Mike Angelo -- 11 July 2005 (C) -- Page 3
The System We Recommend -- The Pogo Altura64 WorkstationThat said, there is a system that we have tested extensively and that we do recommend very highly. It is the Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstation. We like it so much that we named it a MozillaQuest Magazine Editor's Choice in December 2004. The Pogo Altura64 is an excellent PC. It uses the AMD Athlon64 processor, a 64-bit CPU. Our Altura64 has an AMD Athlon64 3000+ microprocessor, ASUS K8V SE Deluxe motherboard, 512-MB RAM, Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 video adapter, 120-GB Western Digital serial ATA (SATA) hard drive, Teac CD-RW/DVD drive, Intel Pro 10/100/1000 Ethernet Adapter, and more. It works great and is a real workhorse. The Pogo Altura64 is an excellent machine. Our Pogo Altura64 Workstation came with 64-bit SUSE Linux Professional 9.0 pre-installed. Since the Pogo Linux Altura64 arrived at our lab, we have added a second hard drive, 64-bit SUSE 9.1, several editions of Mandrake Linux, and 64-bit Fedora Core to what now is a multi-boot, Linux computer. One thing the Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstation is not is an el-cheapo, five and dime store toy such as the three systems mentioned above. Rather than the typical, mass-merchandiser 32-bit, 2-GHz CPU, the Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstation comes with a high-speed 64-bit processor. And rather than the el-cheapo 20-40 GB old-style IDE hard drive, the Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstation comes with a 120-GB serial ATA hard drive -- serial ATA is the new standard in PC hard drives. The five and dime store el-cheapos still are using older style 32-bit CPUs and IDE hard drives. They are selling you the end of the old line of now outdated hardware. With Pogo, you get the latest, publicly available, yet well-tested, technology. Of course you are going to pay more for a quality Pogo Altura64 than for the mass-market el-cheapos. The Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstations start at $999 for the standard configuration without a monitor. But they are well worth the price. The hardware Pogo uses is top quality and Pogo customer service and technical support are as good as it gets. Although the $999 Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstation price does not include a monitor you can pick up a 17" CRT color monitor almost anywhere these days for $150 to $200 or less -- or a 15" LCD color monitor for the same $150 to $200. Thus a great top quality computer system such as the Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstation at $999 plus $200 for a color monitor comes to about $1200. And that, reader, is still about $700 less than the total, final cost of the nearly $2,000 BlueHippo, el cheapo, ripoff! For more information about the Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstation please see our articles, Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstation Is a MozillaQuest Magazine Editor's Choice and The Mettle of Pogo Linux: Mike Angelo discusses Pogo Linux Computers with CEO Tim Lee and Pogo Linux Engineer Jesse Keating. To see more about the power of Linux and also the power of the Pogo Linux Altura64 Workstation in action, please see our two part series, The Linux (Multiple) Virtual Desktops Unleashed -- Part I: Overview and Part 2: Tutorial. None of the under $500 systems listed above come with Linux. On the other hand Pogo offers both Linux and Windows systems or dual-boot systems with both Linux and Windows pre-installed. We recommend several Linux distributions including Mandrake (now Mandriva) Linux and SUSE Linux. We do not recommend the Microsoft Windows operating system. Simply put, Linux is less expensive, more stable, and has more and better software included with the OS distribution than does MS Windows. For as little as $39 you can have a complete Linux OS and software package with which you can do just about anything you need to do -- including office productivity tasks. Moreover, Linux generally is more secure and provides better protection against Identity Theft, Credit/Debit Card Theft, and Personal Information Theft than does MS Windows.
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