Long live open source, smash the Apple!

So I was super gung ho about Windows 7, and I still am. However Ubuntu 9.10 found it's way onto my laptop. So far I can't complain. It boots faster and shuts down faster than Windows XP, and 7. Just thinking about open source makes me crave Chrome OS that is due this year. As long as google gets some sweet hardware for the netbooks I am one sold monkey. Also along the lines of computers I am so done with Apple. I know I know, but really who wants to pay tons of money for a computer? I held out and saved and saved to drop $1700.00 for a 1st gen 21' 2.0ghz iMac back in 2007. Now my current computer which is a used HP XW8200 dual 3.2ghz Xeon Workstation purchased used on ebay (produced in May 2007) runs circles around the iMac for only $289.00.

Sure I bought a second processor $24.00, fan $19.00, 25' monitor $269, dvd burner $38.00, wireless keyboard and mouse $49. But that is it, and that is still less than half of what I paid for the iMac. The only thing I need to finish up with is 4GB of ram for 89.00 on ebay and another 1TB drive which is 89.00 on new egg so I can setup single raid for my data and I am done. Oh maybe a webcam for like 30 bucks. Big deal it's still less than $1000.00 for a screaming dual single core Xeon box, that can handle upto 16GB of ram compared to the max 2GB on my old iMac. BAH! I swear I wasn't going to bash Apple but just thinking about all that money I spent for that iMac seems insane. Never again Apple, never again.