<p>Which is the best, easy to use, most stable etc.?
Please share your experiences. I would like to learn handling of some more advanced computers than PCs and Macs.</p>
<p>DEC Alpha Workstations [300-600mhz]
Sun Ultra 10 Creator 3D or similar
SGI Indigo/Octane
Other options?</p>
<p>Why Unix? Have you tried experimenting with Linux before? It isn't really windows and you should do linux work before migrating to unix.</p>
<p>Just a thought.</p>
<p>Costwise, an used Alpha will probably be much cheaper than the other two.</p>
<p>I am not going to transfer from Windows. I will take a book about UNIX and read it. I do not need cross-platform, however after learning standart UNIX all similar systems should be easier to learn. Hence, If I start with UNIX I will devote less time for learning several operating systems, including Linux, Solaris and maybe Irix.</p>
<p>"The best Unix computer."</p>
<p>64P Alphaserver GS1280 running Tru64 :)</p>
<p>I'd recommend installing Linux on your laptop or desktop as a dual-boot; then you can run it natively or run windows. Or you could use coLinux, which lets Linux run inside an instance of Windows.</p>
<p>Haha - This is the first time ever I see someone recommending coLinux. :P</p>
<p>I'd rather go for VMWare.</p>
<p>I'm not specifically recommending coLinux (ok, so that wasn't clear from my post), just the idea of a VM'd Linux. I have a friend who is quite happy with Debian/coLinux, and I wasn't sure what other VMs (if any) were free.</p>
<p>this is obviously the best consumer unix machine:</p>
<p>[url=<a href="http://www.apple.com/powermac/%5Dbestunixmachine%5B/url">http://www.apple.com/powermac/]bestunixmachine[/url</a>]</p>
<p>:P</p>