Switcher Diary: Patrick Gant

Patrick Gant is a public relations professional who decided he didn’t want to base the communications business he was starting up in his home on Windows. He had used PCs for more than a decade and tried all the versions, but when it came to his own business, he realized he would need a computer more reliable than a Windows machine.

Patrick: I used Windows- and MS-DOS—based machines for over a decade. Started with MS-DOS 4, then 5.0, then Win 3.1, Win 3.11, Win 95, Win 98, Win Me—and that last edition was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back for me. Heck, I even gave Linux Mandrake a whirl, just to see ...

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