<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Jeffrey LePage <<a href="mailto:jeffrey_lepage@yahoo.com">jeffrey_lepage@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Thanks for your earlier responses.<br> <br> I have a few follow up questions.<br> <br> First, I checked out system76.  I notice they install 64 bit Hardy Heron.  I have been installing 32-bit on my 64-bit hardware because Adobe Flash (among other things) doesn't work on 64-bit.  Am I wrong about this?  Also, System 76 _is_ pricey compared to Dell.</blockquote> <div><br>Flash runs on 64bit Linux. It just uses a 32bit wrapper. I am not a big flash user but it seems to work on any site I've been to so far. There was a thread earlier about swfdev (?) that is an open source attempt to do flash that seems to be having some success. You might check that too. <br> <br>As for system76 prices I never thought they were much more than dell. They don't do the volume so that probably makes it harder to keep prices lower and they don't get crapware kickbacks either. Even still, they have some nice computers for not too different from dell. Buy local as they say. Several members have one (Joey and Neal for sure) and they might be better able to say how the final price compared. I think system76 has pretty good service too (something dell doesn't have).<br> <br>Not sure about the other questions but I have dealt with Computer Renaissance. It probably depends on the store but the one in FC is pretty good. If you are looking for a desktop it's easy to build your own and fun too (at least I find it so). I think building a laptop, however, would not be very beneficial.<br>  <br></div></div>-- <br>Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)<br>----<br>Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.<br>See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a>