In Chicago there is also the Shedd aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium, Lincoln park and Brookfield zoos.

Can fill up a week no problem.

Has enough for a good size network, and there is enough other information available and known. For example you can make a range of computers and the services based on element type, class, etc. Make the noble gasses firewalls, and the metals servers for example.

This is kind of a BS argument, in that other than the kernel what is different between the two? Both Linux and Opensolaris run the same open source desktop, and applications.

The computer your currently using, then you can get a better one!

Solaris and ZFS do wonders making PC's into NAS servers.