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Sat, 03/29/2008 - 18:16 — deadprogrammer
Dear readers, I have a couple of things you could help me with.. 1) Do you know a cheap and usable alternative to godaddy.com? A service with even cheaper domain prices (it's $10/year for a domain) and a reasonable user interface? 2) I am still planning my switch to Mac - I am still using my Windows desktop and latptop at home and a Ubuntu desktop at work. Ubuntu is great for web dev, but at home I do need to connect to a lot of various peripherals that are basically unsupported in Ubuntu. Also, I like the pretty. Anyway, I am thinking of buying a G5 tower on eBay for about $1000. Hardware-wise it's a dual processor machine similar to my dual Xeon Dell, but it was only $500 on eBay.. So, is this the best way of getting into Macing on the cheap? I don't want to buy a Mac Mini because it cost an arm and a leg to add a second monitor. 3) I already mentioned this, but does anybody know a good Linux sysadmin with Apache/MySQL administration skills who's looking for a job (preferably with some php coding skills)? Let me know, k? Running Themes100 Views of the Empire State Building
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Buy an iMac, buy the appropriate mini-DVI adapter, plug in a second monitor.
How would you even add a second monitor on the mac mini?
I already have two decent 20 inch dell monitors and I would like to get more bang for the buck by buying a G5 tower. Also, I'm keeping the windows machine -
There are ways to add a second monitor. Expensive ways.
Hi.
Personally, I use BlueHost (www.bluehost.com). Domain registrations are the same cost... but for $90/year or so, they do the hosting, too - and have a lot of great perks.
As for the switch to Mac, I'm happy to help on that front, too. The tower is probably your only real choice if you want a dual-monitor config without an extensive cost issue. Oh, and bootcamp it for any of your remaining PC needs (if you do it right, you can have the disk image also survive in VirtualPC so that you don't even have to boot to it... you can just app-switch to it).
But sorry, I don't know a good linux sysadmin looking for a job - all the ones I know are taken. :)
~J
the best ones always are :)
If you have a lot of domain names (I think the savings point is probably about 40 or more), GoDaddy has a "Domain Club" that discounts .com fees by 30%, others vary.
Yeah, I thought they might have something like that. It's just that I am so tired of their interface... Fricking Danika everywhere, "punch the monkey"-style upsell ads.
Skip the G5. Seriously, PPC is dead. With any of the new Intel-based Macs, you'll be able to run Parallels or VMware and run Ubuntu (and Windows) right alongside Mac OS X, at 90+% performance.
I don't need to emulate stuff - I'll be keeping my windows tower side by side. The point is that I don't want to spend more than a grand, but want a serious dual processor machine.
I use dreamhost - tons of space, under $10 domain/year,
Use the promotion code PROMO42 and you will get a free domain registration
I've migrated off of Dreamhost a good while ago. It's only a good deal if you don't really care if your site is up or down and if you will not get insulted by their retarded in-house bloggers telling you that you get what you pay for (which is true, of course).
I second the Dreamhost recommendation. I have used them for probably 5 years and love them. That said, I often register with Joker.com and transferred all of my GoDaddy domains to Joker because I don't like the cluttered GoDaddy checkout process.
Best of luck.
I am looking for a specialized domain registration service - not a hosting and domain combo. My custom hosting solution is next to perfect.
I like Hostgator myself. I've also used Dreamhost they definately have a good reputation. I've never used GoDaddy but have heard horror stories about them.
Godaddy is a horrible host, but they are an ok high volume registrar (probably the biggest one out there). My problem with them is their shitty interface and slightly higher prices that they started to charge.
I've been using mydomain.com for year.
It's really easy to set up DNS by webform and they are under $9 per year and don't charge extra for any number of servers or SPF or whatever.
I don't use them for hosting, of course. I use a Debian VPS from tektonic.net.
I just switched from godaddy to adhost.com. They have nothing to do with advertisement, btw. They are an oasis. Get this -- call the 888 number on their website and an intelligent tech support person answers! Two guys spent twenty minutes tracking down a minor email glitch for me just today. You won't be sorry. I don't remember what hosting is, but not much.
Hmmmm.
I used http://www.active-domain.com
It's $9.95 a year, really $10, but the interface isn't too bad.
Other people I know like http://www.startlogic.com/product/domainRegistration.bml
$7.95 per domain, per year.
"MACing on the cheap" should be a rap song title.
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