cliaz Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Pre-orders for tomorrow are half price: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I can honestly say now that I wouldn't put Windows on my computer for free. ... because I have copies lying around, and I'm not installing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 XP Pro is still the best OS our there. For PC users that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I heard some guys talking about it on the radio and the dude who was saying how great it was referenced how great the new toolbar was and then went on to describe what seems exactly like what the Mac toolbar has been like for 10 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I heard some guys talking about it on the radio and the dude who was saying how great it was referenced how great the new toolbar was and then went on to describe what seems exactly like what the Mac toolbar has been like for 10 years now. Alright... I've a laptop with one gig of RAM and a computer that's as dirty as a third world hospital (damnable porn) The computer with the kooties is more or less done. I need to blow it away. The laptop with the one gig has vista which really makes it crawl. So, I want to get XP Pro for the two of them. I think I will be going non-pirated for the first time in years in hopes to keep the kooties away. How does that work with the licensening? I've 4 computers at home I could potentially load it on. I might also look to get a non-pirated version of office. Atomic... what you do use and what are the benefits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Atomic... what you do use and what are the benefits? I use Ubuntu Linux http://www.ubuntu.com/ I prepared for it before I made the switch. I made a list of all of the applications that I use on a regular basis, and over time I phased out anything I used that only ran on Windows... and replaced it with an open source linux app or a web application. MS Office - Open Office Quicken - Buxfer.com Outlook - Evolution or Thunderbird Photoshop - GIMP iTunes - Media Monkey IM Programs - Pidgin But I think it's easy to use. It's easy to find new apps through the Add/Remove utility. I love the ability to rotate through different desktops. And, if you have a dual core box with enough RAM, you can run XP in a free virtual PC (Virtual Box) in a window for some app that you still require. It's highly customizable and I'm always messing with it, but you don't have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggieFries Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I use Ubuntu Linuxhttp://www.ubuntu.com/ I prepared for it before I made the switch. I made a list of all of the applications that I use on a regular basis, and over time I phased out anything I used that only ran on Windows... and replaced it with an open source linux app or a web application. MS Office - Open Office Quicken - Buxfer.com Outlook - Evolution or Thunderbird Photoshop - GIMP iTunes - Media Monkey IM Programs - Pidgin But I think it's easy to use. It's easy to find new apps through the Add/Remove utility. I love the ability to rotate through different desktops. And, if you have a dual core box with enough RAM, you can run XP in a free virtual PC (Virtual Box) in a window for some app that you still require. It's highly customizable and I'm always messing with it, but you don't have to. Atomic, I deal with linux on a daily basis as I work for a large hosting company creating their sites but I'm no where near sys admin level. I can get by with smaller tasks, but how difficult is it to update the kernel, mount new drives, etc. in ubuntu? I just bought a cheapy refurb for the house and I'd like to install linux on it to keep as a home development server and to play with. Anything really different between ubuntu & centos/red hat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Atomic, I deal with linux on a daily basis as I work for a large hosting company creating their sites but I'm no where near sys admin level. I can get by with smaller tasks, but how difficult is it to update the kernel, mount new drives, etc. in ubuntu? I just bought a cheapy refurb for the house and I'd like to install linux on it to keep as a home development server and to play with. Anything really different between ubuntu & centos/red hat? So... I don't mess with kernels... I wouldn't know what the heck I was doing. And I messed around a little with mounting drives on one system because I was setting up RAID 1, but most systems just boot up and work. No complicated install process, and you don't need to use the command line unless you really want to. You never have to know what a mount is unless you want to dig in deeper. That being said, one of my systems is used as a home server, and just based on some Google searches, I was able to configure Apache/MySQL/Php, PureFTP, SMB (Windows file sharing), and everything else I needed without really understanding what the commands I was running were actually doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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