Giving up the Ghost - New Beginnings

It's been a long time in the making, but this week my WinXP machine decided to call it quits after a reboot required for some Windows Updates to take effect. Considering the grief she gave me last year with having to replace a power supply and then a video card and memory, I knew I was operating on borrowed time. The problem with all this is that I ABSOLUTELY NEED A COMPUTER to function and all I am left with is my trusty AMD Athlon 900 running Mandrake 2005 with just the console. Well last night a decided, after having evaluated Ubuntu Linux and liking it very much, to replace Mandrake with Ubuntu. I'm relieved to say that I don't feel the need to run out and by a replacement WinXP system. Ubuntu is handling better than I could have dreamed and since it allows me to VPN into work and Remote Desktop to my development box there really is no need to change. I'm thinking I'll save up and wait for a Vista capable box or maybe even jump ship altogether and get a Mac.