Considering installing it for a test drive.
Anybody have any pros/cons about it? I'd like to hear 'em :D
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I had thought about it..... Then I bought a Mac
sounds like a shag toy or something.... :shrugs:
Was recommended by a friend as a cheap alternative. I've got a copy for when I finally say goodbye to xp pro.
Uhhhhh......... wtf are you talking about?
Linux OS
Will be what I'll run as soon as I experience one more problem.
Gotta go Mac. Still makes Linux look like a booger. LOL
I used it on my laptop for a while. It seemed to be very stable and intuitive.
All macs at home, and pc's (xp) at work, except for a 4 month old nvr running Lenux 2.6 Ubuntu 9.04, open office 3.0, firefox and VLC. Give it a try! It will take a few hours to get acclimated to, but so far, it is as stable as you can imagine, I use it daily with absolutely no issues!! Depending on your specific needs though, be aware of the non supported environments, specifically currently there is no viable itunes support...
Moving to the computer forum...
ubuntu is supposed to be your "my first linux" version. Its supposed to be a stepping stone from window's to real linux. I think linux is fun to play with, but hard to depend on.
Since people can't read my mind :rollin:
I reckon my biggest question is if it's dead nuts reliable?
If it crashes often or I have to do quite a bit a bit to be able to play cd's/dvd's and games, I may not jump in.
I run XP now, and it's been very nice to me thus far. I do NOT want to even touch Vista. I've experienced it on friends' laptops, if I have to learn another OS, I'll go with something other than "Winders", lol.
Yet another question:
Is it possible (or feasible) to "get rid of" Windows after installing another OS?
Why not wait a few more weeks until Windows 7 is released?
Listen...I grew up on Macintoshes. They work like I think and obviously I'm more comfortable with them than anything else. At my last job I was forced to use Windows for the first time in my life. Yes, it was XP Pro. I can totally understand the frustration that people have had with Windows.
Then in my new job here, I have been using Windows 7. It's been about six weeks now. And let me tell you...not only is it stable, but I actually LIKE it. Not having ever used Vista, I can't do a direct comparison but coming from XP it's like a breath of fresh air. It's shockingly good. So far, everything has worked fine with it (printers, scanners, mobile devices, etc.) with no drama.
If Win7 can make a Mac guy happy...what do you think it will do for you?
Guess all I'm saying is, you might want to try it first. It's so un-Microsoft at times, it's scary. Just food for thought...
I've heard nothing but good about 7, in fact, a friend on facebook was selected to be a beta tester, and he loved it, as well.
I might just wait till it is released.
I don't have a prob with my XP....I just want to try something new.
I remember when XP first was released, and how it sucked at first, but it was light-years better than the ME that was on the computer I had then. I don't care what anybody says about XP....they never truly suffered an OS unless they experienced ME, for sure. Microsuck, what IN the blue hell were you thinking with ME? :flip:
Millenium Edition:25 pounds of mashed assholes in a 5 pound sack
XP: rather decent, if you start with Pro, and keep the bugs and that ed SeaPort out of it...
PS, Eric, thanks for moving the thread :bowdown:..I was thinking about it a few hours after I posted, and realized it should've went here :punchballs::rollin:
LOL
You never truly experience a bad OS until you used the first release of 95....Or better yet Dos 4........ oh yea, bad times.
Per a computer guy(software developer) that posts on another board I frequent, W-7 is nothing more than Vista with a few up dates... Says it looks very similar to Vista...
Me, I'm probably gonna use XP as my main operating system as long as I'm alive(I used ME from '00 till '07)... I do have a box with Vista on it and it does seem to work fine, I just ain't interested in another M$ operating system... Also on that 'puter I have Linux Mint(close relative to Ubuntu), installed in a dual boot configuration... If you do nothing, it boots to Mint, but Vista can be selected from the startup screen... So far it works fine and almost totally configures it's self on install... I did try it stand alone on a second 'puter and it couldn't get the display drivers set up correctly... Still on two others it installed just fine...
Vista is a loaded down . Basically XP revisited. When XP came out people were paying to have it removed because of how slow it was. Vista takes over 1 1/2 minutes to load up OOTB on my wifes dual core laptop. Windows 7 is supposed to be vista without all the user friendly stuff. Basically, vista/xp drivers and windows 98 put together.
Sounds alot like 2000 to me.