You can buy the Upgrade version which comes with the 6 CD's and the DVD for a cheaper price...but it doesn't come with a book of close to the same info that your 6.4 book had. I would suggest this route. * Samy Elashmawy (samelash@ix.netcom.com) [000808 18:21]: -->At 08:07 AM 8/8/2000 -0700, David Trotz wrote: -->>Mike Cleary Wrote.... -->>> Whoa! I figured it would be a bit more expensive this time around... -->>> But not double the cost (even at Chumbo no less...). I doesn't seem to -->>> me you're getting that much more (i.e. more than in 6.4) for the extra -->>> cost. -->> -->>And Samy Elashmawy wrote.... -->>> I was more than willing to spring $29.99 for each new incremental version -->>> and heve been since 5.3 -->>> I will not be able to continue this pattern at $59.99 (www.chumbo.com) a -->>> pop. On top of that I still dont have a dvd either.It looks like I may -->>just -->>> wait and see how stable 7.0 and may even wait for 7.1. --> -->>What are you guys talking about? SuSE Linux 6.4 was retailed at $49.99 (of -->>which I got for $19.99 at CompUSA, and everywhere else is $29.99) And SuSE -->>Linux 7.0 Professional is retailed at $59.99 a whole ten dollars more. Not -->>double as Mike is stating. --> -->7.0 Deluxe at 59.99 from www.chumbo.com for what is basicly similar to the -->full edition of 6.4 only it now comes with a dvd rom. --> -->7.0 personaql which is some whate striped down with only 3 cds for 29.99 -->from www.chumbo.com -->Thats theSAME PRICE PAID FOR A FULL 6 CD SET WITH MANUAL FOR 6.4 --> -->SO that means your NOW Getting LESS fo the same $29.99 -->OR pay more to get what is closer to the previos product. --> --> -->Peviosly I was picking up the complete cd set as for 29.99 it was not an -->isssue for me. But at 59.99 for each releas then it becomes an issue to me. -->Stabilility , cost and suport are what drove me to suse linux. At the time -->I jumped to linux , suse was the only vender to offer phone suport. That is -->no longer so. this list is VERY good for suport. so that is no longer an -->issue ,as I have learned more on this list that I ever thought I wood. So -->that brings me to stabilty and product features. Limnix is stable especialy -->compared to windows. --> -->As for product , I have been fathfull to suse since jumping on to it at -->5.3. However other distros are ver busy catching up to suse coat tials . -->Look at mandrake and some of the other install tools. there not yast , and -->yast has not caought up. I most lse yast for admin now. Yast 2 still has -->some work to be done and is not quit up to task. But it is improving. Now -->that leaves package selection. so far Suse has been king of the jungle -->here. There was another disto cliaming somethinclose to the same number of -->apps as suse , but its a new one and an untested distro. Any way If you -->realy want a package you can download it but its easer to just slap a cd -->into the drive and install it , even if is a few versions old. If you like -->it thehn you can go for the newer one and down load it. --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> So you can expect that 7.0 will sell at places -->>like CompUSA for no more than $40.00. It could be more but SuSE did not -->>double their prices, so if you pay double it is because you got a really -->>great deal in the first place. Can't you guys stop whining about cost and -->>realize things change. There is nothing in the manual that says you have to -->>upgrade everytime a new version comes out, in fact I myself am waiting until -->>7.1 is released because I just got 6.4 and I am very happy with it. You are -->>right there isn't much more in 7.0 than there was in 6.4, so wait for 7.1 -->>and the jump will be better. Else if you do buy every release of SuSE linux -->>your cost will be more than the cost of NT is between releases and that -->>seems a bit defeating in itself. -->> -->> -->>-- -->>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com -->>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com --> -->>Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq -->> -->> --> -->-- -->To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com -->For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com -->Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq -- Cheers, Ben Rosenberg Precision LINUX :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: SuSE Inc. Tel: +1-510-628-3380 ext:5086 580 Second St Suite 210 Fax: +1-510-835-3381 Suite 210 mailto:brosenb@suse.com Oakland CA 94607 U.S.A http://www.suse.com :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq