Windoze advice

[BCO]

I need to buy an OS, and with all the crap things I've heard about Vista I'm obviously thinking of going with XP. The problem is - am I going to end up having to buy Vista in like 2 years' time anyway?

 

[Kasyx]

I need to buy an OS, and with all the crap things I've heard about Vista I'm obviously thinking of going with XP. The problem is - am I going to end up having to buy Vista in like 2 years' time anyway?

Why don't you buy Linux?

Oh wait, it's free

 

[semiautomatix]

If M$ has there way, yes.

I've been using it for 5 days now. I have a huge bruise on my forehead from banging it against the wall.

Btw... don't ever install anything in "Program Files", as administrator of your own PC, you AREN'T allowed to make changes.

 

[BCO]

Why don't you buy Linux?

Oh wait, it's free

I don't want to spend time tinkering with my OS, I just wanna install something and play games.

On a related note. Is there any reason why I shouldn't just get XP home rather than XP pro?

 

[Boodles]

lol.

Ya, with linux you pay..., not wait, you pay nothing.

Why dont you get a second hand copy of 2k, or XP, maybe someone here has one.

 

[Kasyx]

I don't want to spend time tinkering with my OS, I just wanna install something and play games.

On a related note. Is there any reason why I shouldn't just get XP home rather than XP pro?

Install Kubuntu and spend 1% of what you were going to spend on Windows on Cedega to run your games. No tinkering required.

Otherwise, dare I say PIRACY?

 

[BCO]

Piracy ain't an option for me

I enquired about Ubuntu a little while back but it seemed in that thread that:

a) I'd need to do a fair amount of tinkering to get all my **** sorted out.

b) Performance of games would be degraded by using third party apps like Wine or Cedega

 

[fskmh]

I think the OP wanted a timeline for Vista's successor.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Micr...-for-2010-No-Word-on-Windows-7-M2-80768.shtml

Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 for 2010 – No Word on Windows 7 M2
- Says Vista's successor still in planning
By: Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 is right on track for release in 2010. Concomitantly with the leaked details associated with Windows 7 Milestone 1 dropped by the Redmond company to select partners in January 2008, a potential timetable for the availability of the successor of Windows Vista was also made public. According to the leaked information on the next iteration of the Windows platform, having just reached M1, the final version of Windows 7 was to be wrapped up the end of 2009.

Officially, the Redmond company has only been saying that Windows 7 development would take an estimated three-year timeframe. However, Microsoft always failed to specify the moment when the three-year timeframe started. The debut of Windows 7 development was indeed connected with the release of Windows Vista, but this aspect only contributed to the confusion because the latest Windows client was launched to businesses in November 2006 and to the general public in January 2007. So in this context, the finalization of Windows 7 could just as easily be aimed for the end of 2009, as well as 2010.

Well, this is no longer the case. Microsoft explained that it would deliver Windows 7 three years after the consumers launch of Vista. "We are currently in the planning stages for Windows 7 and development is scoped to three years from Windows Vista Consumer GA. The specific release date will be determined once the company meets its quality bar for release," a Microsoft spokesperson revealed to Softpedia via email.

Windows Vista Consumer GA means nothing more than the general availability of the operating system. In this regard, Microsoft has merely reconfirmed what it has in fact said since mid 2007, that Windows 7 is planned for 2010. Recently, the Redmond company has delivered a build of Windows 7 for review to the U.S. antitrust regulators. This was made public via the "Joint status report on Microsoft's compliance with the final judgments."

I contacted Microsoft and asked whether the new version of Windows 7 was still M1 or if the company has reached Milestone 2 (M2). The leaked timetable for Windows 7 had M1 set to expire in May, and M2 to be delivered in April/May. Outside of the confirmation quoted above, Microsoft did not comment on Windows 7 M1, M2 or the potential antitrust issues that would be generated by the connecting of Windows 7 with Windows Live Wave 3. Update: correction - Windows 7 M1 is said to expire in May 2008, not March, with M2 expected in April/May.

 

[Kasyx]

Piracy ain't an option for me

I enquired about Ubuntu a little while back but it seemed in that thread that:

a) I'd need to do a fair amount of tinkering to get all my **** sorted out.

b) Performance of games would be degraded by using third party apps like Wine or Cedega

I have found that most games run better on Linux, though that is in my own personal experience. No real tinkering required, though it depends on what your definition of tinkering is. There is no harm in giving it a try. Who knows, you might love it.

 

[fskmh]

Piracy ain't an option for me

I enquired about Ubuntu a little while back but it seemed in that thread that:

a) I'd need to do a fair amount of tinkering to get all my **** sorted out.

b) Performance of games would be degraded by using third party apps like Wine or Cedega

Yes I remember that thread. I don't think you should worry about (a) too much if you use Kubuntu/Ubuntu etc. Why not consider my suggestion from that thread on dual-booting? Install it on a less mission-critical PC if dual-booting worries you.

 

[BCO]

Yes I remember that thread. I don't think you should worry about (a) too much if you use Kubuntu/Ubuntu etc. Why not consider my suggestion from that thread on dual-booting? Install it on a less mission-critical PC if dual-booting worries you.

For a dual boot, I'll still need to buy a Windows OS though. But yeah it's prolly a good idea to dual boot anyway and then if I can get my games to work on Ubuntu/Kubuntu then I can always use that more than Windows.