Operating system poll

**Indiana_Jones** · 4th February 2009, 14:41

We have Vista at work now, had 2000 before that, I miss it

The annoying thing about Vista is that it needs 1GB of RAM just to run the bloody thing!

So when mums and dads buy a new laptop with 1GB RAM etc, with Vista on it.

They have no clue about computers and they're stuck this OS nigthmare world where they get touched in their no-noes and cry in the corner while the evil OS sniffs their undies and puts sugar in the fuel tank.....

-Indy

**cowpoos** · 4th February 2009, 14:42

Originally Posted by Gremlin

bejaysus!! Is this normal, or did you install a bunch of software (they often have a small app that will run in the background). Worst XP install I have seen is probably around 80-90 processes.

One of my own XP installs ran around 25-30 will a full complement of software installed

Yeah its a ACER multi media type laptop...with fact install of vista...most of the processes will be the bullshit extras this thing has..

**ManDownUnder** · 4th February 2009, 14:52

Originally Posted by imdying

Interesting... anything critical, I wouldn't use anything else. People who actually know alternate operating systems inside out at an enterprise level are still pretty thin on the ground (no, not those morons who've done a few linux installs and think they can make it as a system manager)... if the alternate OS guy dissappears for whatever reason, those critical systems need to remain readily maintainable without me having to spend 6 weeks looking for another admin who's worth a knob of goat shit.

It's a good point but you're talking about a resource issue, I'm talking reliability and performance

**imdying** · 4th February 2009, 14:55

Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones

The annoying thing about Vista is that it needs 1GB of RAM just to run the bloody thing!

Shocking! $20 worth of memory you say!

Ahhhh, just be thankful you're spared the joys of eeking out an extra KB of memory from your DOS install

Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones

So when mums and dads buy a new laptop with 1GB RAM etc, with Vista on it.

Yep, half the problem ain't Vista, it's the old and/or gutless pieces of crap it's being put on.

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

It's a good point but you're talking about a resource issue, I'm talking reliability and performance

Yup, and Windows Server delivers on all counts

**Tank** · 4th February 2009, 14:56

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

It's a good point but you're talking about a resource issue, I'm talking reliability and performance

We have several hundred servers here running Windows - havnt found any preformance ot reliability issues yet.

**RantyDave** · 4th February 2009, 15:15

Solaris? Who's using Solaris as their main OS?

Dave

**ducatilover** · 4th February 2009, 15:27

we can run several OS on this toy. dont ask how or why but i just use xp. my brother has set it up and somehow he uses linux on it. its beyond me

**Finn** · 4th February 2009, 15:30

Originally Posted by Tank

We have several hundred servers here running Windows - havnt found any preformance ot reliability issues yet.

Probably not. I've heard Exchange will run quite well on several hundred servers.

**Coyote** · 4th February 2009, 15:31

Where is Microsoft 3.1?

Not that I have it now, but I'm hopefully upgrading to it soon.

**Bren** · 4th February 2009, 15:38

Originally Posted by ducatilover

we can run several OS on this toy. dont ask how or why but i just use xp. my brother has set it up and somehow he uses linux on it. its beyond me

that is called Dual Booting. My system is a Dual Boot, I can boot into either Ubuntu 8.10, or XP. XP is just a waste of space, only installed it to play games on, and I dont do that much now.

**Bren** · 4th February 2009, 15:39

Originally Posted by Coyote

Where is Microsoft 3.1?

Not that I have it now, but I'm hopefully upgrading to it soon.

so you are running Abacus 6.0?

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 4th February 2009, 15:50

Originally Posted by Coyote

Where is Microsoft 3.1?

Same place as BeOS

**ducatilover** · 4th February 2009, 16:01

Originally Posted by Bren

that is called Dual Booting. My system is a Dual Boot, I can boot into either Ubuntu 8.10, or XP. XP is just a waste of space, only installed it to play games on, and I dont do that much now.

ah i learn something every day!

**Indiana_Jones** · 4th February 2009, 16:41

Originally Posted by imdying

Shocking! $20 worth of memory you say!

Ahhhh, just be thankful you're spared the joys of eeking out an extra KB of memory from your DOS install

Yep, half the problem ain't Vista, it's the old and/or gutless pieces of crap it's being put on.

Well mums and dads are the people who buy shitty Laptops with 1GB RAM that all the shops flog off.

My old man has no idea how to use a computer. He said I broke it when I opened the CD drive....

And so what if RAM is cheaper these days, besides the point it's using it up un-necessarily?

'The Warehouse generation', if it don't work chuck it out and buy another. We all do it to some degree, justs seems such a waste. Kids today

-Indy