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#1 2009-06-18 4:29 pm
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#2 2009-06-18 4:32 pm
- sturner
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
Does this mean I can lock the thread because of your trolling?
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#3 2009-06-18 4:33 pm
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
Straight out of the late 90s
What is the difference between Vista and OSX?
- Microsoft employees are excited about OSX.
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#4 2009-06-18 5:08 pm
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
mo' ron wrote:
Straight out of the late 90s
Nonsense. Dedicated DOS/Amiga/Be geeks 
would've upped 'Other' to at least 2%.
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#6 2009-06-20 4:09 pm
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
Whichever OS I happen to be using at this moment is the best.
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#7 2009-06-20 6:32 pm
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It's sad BeOS died, it was powerfull and not yet another linux. Too bad Palm just spat on it and threw it in the trash.
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#8 2009-06-20 11:49 pm
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#9 2009-06-20 11:50 pm
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
dv wrote:
Whichever OS I happen to be using at this moment is the best.
Does nuke & pave qualify as using?
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#10 2009-06-21 1:41 am
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
Bat wrote:
dv wrote:
Whichever OS I happen to be using at this moment is the best.
Does nuke & pave qualify as using?
Once a year, whether I need it or not.
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#11 2009-06-21 3:36 am
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
dv wrote:
Bat wrote:
dv wrote:
Whichever OS I happen to be using at this moment is the best.
Does nuke & pave qualify as using?
Once a year, whether I need it or not.
No, no- is it still the best, even while, not after- that was the question.
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#12 2009-06-21 10:55 am
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
Bat wrote:
dv wrote:
Bat wrote:
Does nuke & pave qualify as using?Once a year, whether I need it or not.
No, no- is it still the best, even while, not after- that was the question.
Honestly?
No. An XP installation is a lousy way to spend an afternoon. Not because it's difficult, but because the pithy marketing statements that flash across your screen while the computer is doing it's thing turn your brain to mush. I haven't installed Vista from scratch yet, so I don't know if it has the same problem.
Also, requiring a floppy drive for RAID drivers sucks.
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#13 2009-06-21 12:33 pm
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
Yeah, that's pretty much my memory. I haven't done it for 5 years, tho, so I'm hoping having SP3 slipstreamed in, coupled with most of my hardware being not exactly new, will ease the added complexity of installing additional chipset drivers etc. Update video drivers, 1-2 others and I should be ready to start adding and updating the extras like current Java runtimes. And SP3 doesn't need an ID# nor activation for 30 days, so I can have it finalized before saying 'ok, let's reg this puppy, we're good to go.'
Maybe I'll 'save' Vista for another box and go straight to 7 RC1 for the dual-boot. If it's no go I have a fallback; wipe the partition and redo.
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#14 2009-06-21 8:37 pm
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
Bat wrote:
Yeah, that's pretty much my memory. I haven't done it for 5 years, tho, so I'm hoping having SP3 slipstreamed in, coupled with most of my hardware being not exactly new, will ease the added complexity of installing additional chipset drivers etc. Update video drivers, 1-2 others and I should be ready to start adding and updating the extras like current Java runtimes. And SP3 doesn't need an ID# nor activation for 30 days, so I can have it finalized before saying 'ok, let's reg this puppy, we're good to go.'
But that's the fun part.
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#15 2009-06-21 9:07 pm
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
dv wrote:
Bat wrote:
Yeah, that's pretty much my memory. I haven't done it for 5 years, tho, so I'm hoping having SP3 slipstreamed in, coupled with most of my hardware being not exactly new, will ease the added complexity of installing additional chipset drivers etc. Update video drivers, 1-2 others and I should be ready to start adding and updating the extras like current Java runtimes. And SP3 doesn't need an ID# nor activation for 30 days, so I can have it finalized before saying 'ok, let's reg this puppy, we're good to go.'
But that's the fun part.
It'd be funner if I could remember what all I used to know, when I did that sort of thing frequently.
Say, who are you, again..? 
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#16 2009-06-21 9:24 pm
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Re: Which operating system is the best?
I always have a backup nowdays of the system. It's from a clean install, imaged, just like they do in the best IT departments, so I can reinstall my base system without all of the effort of re-authorizing Windows. Again.
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