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Random Poll - Vista or XP
Saffy:
--- Quote from: Thrasher on May 27, 2008, 10:40:17 ---Upgrade it to Ubuntu - or another flavour of Linux ;-)
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I use nix boxen for specific uses, servers and sand boxes for testing and I simply love stripped down versions. Have *had* to use GUI linux in many different flavors over the years and it has gotten more user friendly and great eye candy no doubt, but as an everyday computer yuck no thanks life is way to short these days. It still has got to go a long way before it becomes a replacement for me. Windows is still the most complete stable desktop OS with an overwhelming wealth of software that is relevant to me, and XP pro has been a dream.
*IF* all my hardware, my various navigation wares and my fav games ran natively under osx or nix' without resulting to running virtual Windows I would consider a switch at least for my leisure laptop, but they do not. On the otherhand Vista offers me nothing but does promise me problems.
Saffy:
--- Quote from: Mark_Solesbury on May 27, 2008, 10:42:56 ---photo kiosks
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Exactly the sort of deployment I would have thought linux would rule supreme at.
Mark_Solesbury:
--- Quote from: Saffy on May 27, 2008, 12:11:51 ---
--- Quote from: Mark_Solesbury on May 27, 2008, 10:42:56 ---photo kiosks
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Exactly the sort of deployment I would have thought linux would rule supreme at.
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In theory yes, but main players in the market i work in have never heard of it - and as normal, people are scared of things they have never heard of.
The problem also comes with getting device drivers for printers, chip and pin and the like....
Disco Matt:
Stick with XP, assuming it does all you need it to.
I will never understand this thing about "upgrading" when you don't need to. An OS is only obsolete when it no longer meets your needs, which can be long after the manufacturer (who has something of a vested interest in making you upgrade...) claims it to be.
It is particularly telling that murmurings escaping Micro$oft HQ are along the lines of "Quick, we'll get the next one lined up as Vista has been a disaster". When even they seem to be quietly accepting that it's a bloated resource hog of an OS then it must be bad!
Sharpshooter:
I have both. And to be honest connot fault either.
Xp has better support (at the moment) But Vista is the way of the future.
Follow your instinct Wallet. :)
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