Hi I have a million questions but the first is comparing mach3 to emc
I have a working system with mach3, geckos, campbell board and
xp on I believe a 4-600mhz pc with 256 ram.

I am very pleased with it's ability but trying to decide wether or not
to pay the 160$ to open up mach3 trial restrictions or to try linux/emc
any opinions would be great.

also have an old laptop 486/75 8meg 256hd, would linux/emc work on
something this old.

I do ok with dos/win etc but have 0 experience with linux. where would
I start. I had downloaded a BDI and put on CD but see no EXE install/setup
info.

I would like to keep my mach setup and OS, can I setup a duelboot?

Thanks