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Hi All Age old question? What do you think is the best version of windows or other operating systems and why. Stephen :eek: TCP/IP and IPX routing "It don't mean a thing if you can't get that Ping...." Duke Ellington, 1932
Windows 2000 does exactly what it says on the tin, which like certain brands of creosote[^] means it does exactly what it says on the tin. Windows XP Professional does what it says it does great, but like those cheaper store-brand exterior wood treatments it falls short in some of the areas you'd expect it to work on, despite being in a pretty coloured tin and the "20% extra free" label. The former is my fav to date, but each new version brings out new ideas and ways to make problems easier, so I don't expect it to last forever. Windows XP comes in a very close second, and if I didn't need to use the server side of Windows every day I would run XP all the time. As to other operating systems... I wouldn't know, I've only ever played with a tiny handful of them.
David Wulff
"David Wulff can't live without me, so you shouldn't either" - Paul Watson
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Hi All Age old question? What do you think is the best version of windows or other operating systems and why. Stephen :eek: TCP/IP and IPX routing "It don't mean a thing if you can't get that Ping...." Duke Ellington, 1932
3.1. The thing rocks on my 1.8GHz :D cheers, Chris Maunder
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Hi All Age old question? What do you think is the best version of windows or other operating systems and why. Stephen :eek: TCP/IP and IPX routing "It don't mean a thing if you can't get that Ping...." Duke Ellington, 1932
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Hi All Age old question? What do you think is the best version of windows or other operating systems and why. Stephen :eek: TCP/IP and IPX routing "It don't mean a thing if you can't get that Ping...." Duke Ellington, 1932
Anyone been this in a desktop environment? I'm doing a fresh install of everything this week and am tempted to give it a burl. My only issue is I'm guessing driver support may be a little sporadic. cheers, Chris Maunder
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Anyone been this in a desktop environment? I'm doing a fresh install of everything this week and am tempted to give it a burl. My only issue is I'm guessing driver support may be a little sporadic. cheers, Chris Maunder
I have, it's been working fine for me. I had no problem with drivers. "We will thrive in the new environment, leaping across space and time, everywhere and nowhere, like air or radiation, redundant, self-replicating, and always evolving." -unspecified individual
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I have, it's been working fine for me. I had no problem with drivers. "We will thrive in the new environment, leaping across space and time, everywhere and nowhere, like air or radiation, redundant, self-replicating, and always evolving." -unspecified individual
Are you using Windows XP drivers or W2K drivers? I'm going to be putting it on my compaq laptop and it's difficult enough to get drivers for W2K to work. cheers, Chris Maunder
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3.1. The thing rocks on my 1.8GHz :D cheers, Chris Maunder
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Hi All Age old question? What do you think is the best version of windows or other operating systems and why. Stephen :eek: TCP/IP and IPX routing "It don't mean a thing if you can't get that Ping...." Duke Ellington, 1932
Win2K is by far the most stable. It has some problems with hardware, but provided you get your modem working, it only takes an hour or so to get it in working order. XP is too RAM greedy for my liking, When i get the time, i'll have to put 2K on my Laptop, its just not up for XP. XP Server Beta 3 is cool, but as with Beta's generally, they never stay 'Working' for long. The DNS server just decides to erase itself every month or so.... it really messes up my intranet.
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Are you using Windows XP drivers or W2K drivers? I'm going to be putting it on my compaq laptop and it's difficult enough to get drivers for W2K to work. cheers, Chris Maunder
Well, the only drivers that weren't installed during the installation we my video drivers and I used Nvidia's XP/2K detonator drivers for it. "We will thrive in the new environment, leaping across space and time, everywhere and nowhere, like air or radiation, redundant, self-replicating, and always evolving." -unspecified individual
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Windows 2000 does exactly what it says on the tin, which like certain brands of creosote[^] means it does exactly what it says on the tin. Windows XP Professional does what it says it does great, but like those cheaper store-brand exterior wood treatments it falls short in some of the areas you'd expect it to work on, despite being in a pretty coloured tin and the "20% extra free" label. The former is my fav to date, but each new version brings out new ideas and ways to make problems easier, so I don't expect it to last forever. Windows XP comes in a very close second, and if I didn't need to use the server side of Windows every day I would run XP all the time. As to other operating systems... I wouldn't know, I've only ever played with a tiny handful of them.
David Wulff
"David Wulff can't live without me, so you shouldn't either" - Paul Watson
lol! Just the sorta reply I'd expect from you Dave. ;) BTW: What are you like at writing XSLT? I'm playing about with adding Reports to ResOrg and it lets you use your own templates...:-D Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk
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What exactly was wrong with GEM anyway? ;) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk
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What exactly was wrong with GEM anyway? ;) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk
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Dang. I remember loading that once. But I can't really answer your question, except to say that I thought the graphical presentation was ugly. :-D Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
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Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files" -
Hi All Age old question? What do you think is the best version of windows or other operating systems and why. Stephen :eek: TCP/IP and IPX routing "It don't mean a thing if you can't get that Ping...." Duke Ellington, 1932
OpenVMS 7.3 - rock solid, sadly neglected by DEC, COMPAQ, now HP, and probably whoever buys HP in the future - I guess Wall-Wart or whatever it's called. :mad: Old Simon HB9DRV
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Dang. I remember loading that once. But I can't really answer your question, except to say that I thought the graphical presentation was ugly. :-D Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"I'm not surprised it was dated - it was out well before Windows, and I'm pretty sure the original was designed to run on CP/M-68K. :wtf: That dates me...:rolleyes: Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk
"Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
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3.1. The thing rocks on my 1.8GHz :D cheers, Chris Maunder
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I'm not surprised it was dated - it was out well before Windows, and I'm pretty sure the original was designed to run on CP/M-68K. :wtf: That dates me...:rolleyes: Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk
"Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
- Marcia GraeschTrouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++
When I was 18 or so my best friend had a job writing some sort of accounting software on a CP/M machine. It used 8" floppies for program and data storage. Wish us humans could advance socially as fast as our tools do, technologically! Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files" -
When I was 18 or so my best friend had a job writing some sort of accounting software on a CP/M machine. It used 8" floppies for program and data storage. Wish us humans could advance socially as fast as our tools do, technologically! Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"Marc Clifton wrote: When I was 18 or so my best friend had a job writing some sort of accounting software on a CP/M machine. It used 8" floppies for program and data storage. I started out on an Apple /// with 5 1/4" floppies. :-O After a little while my dad fitted a Z80 co-processor running CP/M 2.2 on that's when I really started learning. :) Marc Clifton wrote: Wish us humans could advance socially as fast as our tools do, technologically! Ain't that the truth. At least for LGBT folks like me, things are improving in most parts of the world. Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk
"Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
- Marcia GraeschTrouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++
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Anyone been this in a desktop environment? I'm doing a fresh install of everything this week and am tempted to give it a burl. My only issue is I'm guessing driver support may be a little sporadic. cheers, Chris Maunder
Yup. It's been running on my secondary partition for about two weeks now on my laptop with VMWare to get in. And it's been on a server at work that I use regularly since RC1 came out. I love it...I'm going to ditch XP when it goes RTM.:-D [edit]And Chris, I have a Compaq Evo N610c that hasn't had any problems with WS 2003 or XP drivers.[/edit]
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lol! Just the sorta reply I'd expect from you Dave. ;) BTW: What are you like at writing XSLT? I'm playing about with adding Reports to ResOrg and it lets you use your own templates...:-D Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk
"Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Just the sorta reply I'd expect from you Dave I like to be predictable, helps with the metabolic digestion. "What" you say? Well join the club, I blame JD Whetherspoons for being so damned cheap! :rolleyes: Um anyway... XSLT... it is seriously cool. Seriously! I think your ResOrg program is alos seriously cool, and reports would be an interesting addition.
David Wulff
"David Wulff can't live without me, so you shouldn't either" - Paul Watson
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Just the sorta reply I'd expect from you Dave I like to be predictable, helps with the metabolic digestion. "What" you say? Well join the club, I blame JD Whetherspoons for being so damned cheap! :rolleyes: Um anyway... XSLT... it is seriously cool. Seriously! I think your ResOrg program is alos seriously cool, and reports would be an interesting addition.
David Wulff
"David Wulff can't live without me, so you shouldn't either" - Paul Watson
David Wulff wrote: I like to be predictable, helps with the metabolic digestion. "What" you say? Well join the club, I blame JD Whetherspoons for being so damned cheap! That really sounds like a Milligan quote! :laugh: David Wulff wrote: Um anyway... XSLT... it is seriously cool. Seriously! I think your ResOrg program is also seriously cool, and reports would be an interesting addition. The good news is that Reports are in and working. :) I just need to fine-tune the XML and improve the basic template a bit to make it more useful (along with a thousand other things as usual :rolleyes: ). Adding multi-file support unearthed a whole pile of architectural questions I hadn't thought of and I'm still working through some of them even now. The good news is that I should be in a position to send you a copy within a week or so...would you prefer source (about 1.2MB) or binaries/source? Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk
"Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
- Marcia GraeschTrouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++