The Heavens align...

I finally decided to bite the bullet and buy a new PC (with Vista, natch --- read the tagline) and now this happens.

ION: I've been reading Neal Stephenson's classic essay In the Beginning was the Command Line.

Let me just review my real reasons for not just using Ubuntu:

1. I use Dreamweaver and Photoshop, and I see no reason why I should install a completely different operating system just so I can run two of the three applications I actually use in WINE.
2. That's it.

What I really need to do is buy a new hard drive for the 'ol lappy and fire up Ubuntu on that.

Aha. A plan.