> I can't justify spending $3K for hardware that if it weighed 1lb more costs $650. > [...] > I tried a number of Linux variants. [...] I spent a lot of time tr

> I can't justify spending $3K for hardware that if it weighed 1lb more costs $650. > [...] > I tried a number of Linux variants. [...] I spent a lot of time trying to make other distributions work, but to no avail. Just curious: What kind of value are you putting on your time ? Admittedly, I can perfectly understand if you consider tinkering with distros an intellectually gratifying pursuit and therefore time well spent; I just wanted to point out that it would NOT be all that hard to justify spending an extra $2K.