Anybody want to take a guess on how many versions it takes before a functioning 64 bit windows is out?
I don't want to think about it.
I use WinXP, but I don't like to. I'm just waiting for my hard drive to fail before I transition over to Linux (
https://www.archlinux.org
And we also have a G5 in our house (been using Macs since I was about 7...fell in love with them.)
(a little testimony...ill keep it short :lol: )
On a Mac, things work. That's the way it is. No big runarounds, no patches, no extra downloads. It just works. Installing new hardware? No problem. Buy a new printer? It'll work. Viruses? No way.
We bought a new Mac (the afforementioned G5 with flat panel monitor (23")) and brought it home. We also purchased extra RAM for it, which I installed after we set it up. Tooless entry, easy to install, and on the way out I noticed the extra hard drive bay. The intriguing thing was, the screws were mounted in the case, ready for the drive. (The screws are actually nubs which guide the SATA drive into place, and then is locked down by tabs.)
Easiest upgrade I've ever done.
My first windows box - picked up for $10 from a neighbor who couldn't get it working. It would hang up on win98 setup, particularly the driver set up section. After many hours of work (and teaching myself how to format the hard drive thru DOS 8) (no internet used)) I found the hard drive had a physical defect, which was causing the problem. Found where the defect was, partitioned it out, and voila! A PC that works marginally well. And then windows, forget it. I have a new problem every week.
This week's problem: couldn't install FlightSim 98 (i know it's old, and I'm planning to buy FS2004 this week.) It was telling me I was out of disk space, even though it recognized I have over 30GB free (that's what it was telling me, I actually have 100+GB free.) I try installing on my second hard drive (a 120 instead of a 160) and it works fine. Go figure.