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Originally posted by K7_and_Linux...:
If your gonna use XP just get the cheaper slightly more stable version of it, ME
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What in the fuck are you talking about man? Windows ME(Windows 9x period) is a pile of crap. Win9x is nowhere near NT in stability/reliability. Do you know why Win9x is so unstable? Because it is a 32bit patch for a 16bit shell(Win3.x) sitting on top of an 8bit foundation(DOS). That is a big reason why Win9x is good at having I/O conflict errors(because it partially relies on DOS to set the I/O functions, IRQs, DMAs, etc.). The dependency of DOS is also a big reason why Win9x is good at causing BSODs(DOS is using some of your memory addresses at all times and when Windows tries to use a memory address that is already being used by DOS it will cause a crash).
Windows NT based OSes on the other hand are fully 32-bit(not a 32bit patch for a 16bit shell on an 8bit system) and has no dependencies of any other OS(like DOS). Windows NT has full access to memory addresses, it has full access to I/O, DMA, IRQ address configurations, etc.
The loss of the old sloppy 8-bit OS(DOS) greatly increases the stability of Windows. Anybody who claims that Win9x is more stable than a NT based OS is a fool.
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Originally posted by Doctor V:
[QB]Next time you buy a PC make sure it has none of that proprietary hardware. Get a hardware list from the retailer and check every piece on one of the several webpages telling what will work with Linux and what won't. And do not not not not not buy one with windoze pre-installed. That will just give BillyG more money with which to make those fascist deals with hardware manufacturers. What kind of computer do you have? Maybe its time for a new one already. Use Win2K, not XP. XP is evil beyond evil. Going from any other OS to XP completes your journey to Micro$lavery.
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You know what is funny? All of the hardware that is Linux ready also works great with Microsoft OSes. Linux can't boast the same hardware compatibility with Windows ready hardware that Windows can boast with Linux ready hardware. ;P
Face it, Windows is much better than Linux for hardware and software compatibility and availability.
I don't know why you all hate Windows XP so much. It is the best Windows OS out there. It has the speed and stability of Windows 2000, an improved GUI and interface and best of all Windows XP can run almost any piece of legacy DOS software(and Win9x only software) whereas Windows 2000 can't. Windows 2000 is a great OS for an old workstation, but Windows XP is better for the average consumer who wants complete software compatibility. BTW, everything is better in XP anyways(Like WMP 9 for XP has soo many more features like the taskbar player, out of box VCD and DVD playback codecs, etc. while WMP 9 for Win2K/Win9x isn't much different than WMP 7.1). Windows XP and Windows .NET are better for a workstation than Win2K is also. Have you guys ever heard of updated services and admin controls? The only time I would reccomend Win2K over Windows XP is if you have some old dinosaur system that can't run XP at a decent speed(like a Pentium classic system or a PII system with under 64MB of Ram).
[ September 03, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]