“Rocking Our Sales” by Bruce ServicePack and the Vista Street Band: It’ll make you cringe. And want to downgrade to XP. (Oh, wait already did?)
My next computer will be a Mac. If I need games, I’ll get Parallels to boot up XP on those rare occasions.
Currently, I’ll running XP on my desktop and Ubuntu on my laptop. I love Ubuntu.
Even with the many improvements made to Linux OSes over the last decade plus, Ubuntu is not for the faint of heart. But, if you can get it into shape and working, it provides all the power you need for web development.
(via ParisLemon)
Tags: Microsoft, Ubuntu, Windows Vista
I got fed up with Windows Vista on my desktop computer today. I nuked it. For the first time in years, I typed the fabulous DOS command into my computer:
format c:
Oh, C:\ was formatted alright. I installed Windows XP onto it. At this point, Windows XP is over six years old. During the Windows XP installation process it stated the following, “Your computer will be faster and more reliable.”
Irony wins the day.
Update 4/10/08 18:40 PDT: Having gotten used to Windows Vista over the past six months or so, I’m quite shocked at how much faster Windows XP is on my computer. I’ve got a Pentium 4 3.2ghz w/ 1.5gb/RAM. I don’t have any quantitative data except to say that all my apps load faster and respond faster than on Vista.
I’m also realizing the same slugishness in Ubuntu on my laptop. Granted, that’s due to running a webserver, mailserver, and a multitude of other applications for web development purposes. Next time I’m gonna get a fast machine. Hopefully next time I’ll have more money to put towards it.
Tags: Windows Vista, Windows XP
CompUSA has presented me with some excellent discounts on hardware and software lately. Today, I got 60% on Windows Vista Home Premium (~$64 total after discount). I’m in the middle of installing it right now.
You might ask, “Is it wise to blog while upgrading your OS?” To which I would answer, “Probably not.”
“Is it wise to install Vista at all?” … “Probably not.”
But hey, it’s got eye candy! And it was on sale. I’ll keep repeating the mantra when it crashes or doesn’t work. I mean, really, who would exp
Tags: software, Windows Vista
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