Seconding Brian&#39;s idea. <br><br>Build a computer: get a processor and motherboard, RAM, a PSU,  a case, hard drive, maybe a vid card. This can be done for 400 or less if your needs aren&#39;t terribly big, or if you can reuse a hard drive or something.<br>

<br>Then rather than running the various distros as virtual machines, install them in your newly-built computer. Make some extra 10 G partitions on the hard drive, then install a different OS in each partition, keeping
your home directory containing your personal files as its own separate
partition. Then you can test and compare Linux distros until you find the one that works best for you.<br><br>There are people in WLUG who can help you through the build process or the installation process, if you should want a consult as you go along.<br>
<br>Good luck,<br>Liz J<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/8 Brian Conway <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:bconway@alum.wpi.edu">bconway@alum.wpi.edu</a>&gt;</span><br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

2.) You may want to consider saving some money and putting your own<br>
system together.  They&#39;re pretty clearly reselling standard parts (the<br>
case is an Antec Sonata III with included 500W power supply, for<br>
instance), and unless you *really* need a Core i7 right now, there are a<br>
lot of bargains now on high end Core2 Quads and DDRII memory that will<br>
last you for a while.<br>
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