goodspeed 10 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 So my main "Net PC" (XPS M1710) had a catastrophic HDD failure and I lost the OS. I was able to salvage the files from it though so it wasn't a total loss. I have a new HDD and Linux Mint 7 KDE running as I type this (I'm on it now). I was wondering if any of you guys had an opinion as to which OS I should load on here permanently (or even temporarily, for now). Let me hear it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1fastC6 10 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 windows 3.11 for workgroups... :thumbup: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goodspeed 10 Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 windows 3.11 for workgroups... :thumbup: :banghead: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goldenfrog 10 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 windows 3.11 for workgroups... :thumbup: Want to borrow my floppys? :ihih: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1fastC6 10 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 now, where to find a floppy drive... :crazy: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goldenfrog 10 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Back on track. I'm running Win7 RC on my main comp and I like it. A few changes that take some getting use to but nothing major. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winky 10 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 ya want me to mail ya my Win7 RC DVD? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goodspeed 10 Posted June 1, 2009 Author Share Posted June 1, 2009 ya want me to mail ya my Win7 RC DVD? Got a copy, thanks. I loaded Steam and have been playing some Half Life and Left 4 Dead on this Mint 7 install and have to say, I am impressed thus far. Prolly keep this on for a week or so and then load win 7 on here and try that out. What other suggestions you guys got? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
acadamis2000 10 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Well, being a Microsoft guy and having strong influence with my job. I would have to say Windows 7 RC, it's good stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Throktar 10 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 If you have any brain cells left in that hunk of skull meat... Windows 7 is the ONLY choice you have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winky 10 Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Goodness gracious, a bit brutal but accurate none the less. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Godcopp 10 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Wow were these the same guys hatin' on Vista a year ago?!? My how things change! :scratch: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goodspeed 10 Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Wow were these the same guys hatin' on Vista a year ago?!? My how things change! :scratch: I second that. lools:D They must have drunk from the koolaid. :dancepirate1: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winky 10 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Yes the Koolaid indeed, the release of millions of copies of Win7 has been a great marketing ploy by Mickey soft. Win7 is the place to be, when is the durn thang gonna go gold? I think this is the first OS I'd wanna pay for since Win95! I wonder if I should download it again? This is a newer version than the one I got the night it first became available, Right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winky 10 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 'bout five months OK so I'm on the beta and this RC1 will run all the way into march 2010 Kool Aid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goodspeed 10 Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 I have a copy from when it first came out. If there is a newer copy could you link me to it? :pirate: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winky 10 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Yes the Koolaid indeed, the release of millions of copies of Win7, Right? I think I'll download it. The beta is rocking. RC1 should be a smash cover me I'm goin' in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goodspeed 10 Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 I think I'll download it. The beta is rocking. RC1 should be a smash cover me I'm goin' in I'm way ahead of ya. Got it DLoadin now. Keeps ya posted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Throktar 10 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 The Win7 code will go GOLD the 2nd to 3rd week in July. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goldenfrog 10 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 The only problem I have noticed with Win7 is the Nvidia driver. The desktop is blurry with my 8800GS. I don't have the same trouble with my ATI card. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Godcopp 10 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 And I couldn't get my ATIs to work in x-fire in W7, I had to dump it. Maybe fixed now, that was the initial release. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
1fastC6 10 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 The only problem I have noticed with Win7 is the Nvidia driver. The desktop is blurry with my 8800GS. I don't have the same trouble with my ATI card. could be the resolution setting... try the native resolution for the monitor... that seems to look best with the nvidia cards... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goodspeed 10 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 I have to say, the more I play with this latest release of Linux Mint 7, the more I like it. It had ALL of the drivers for my laptop right out of the gate, even wireless. I was/am impressed. I will probably run it for the rest of the week or so and then try out Win 7 and do a direct comparison. For now though, everything "works" and that's a good thing. I'm even playing quite a few of my Windows games with WINE and have not had a problem yet. They even look good and play smoothly to boot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pbcustom98 10 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 for gaming id say vista 64. under linux i could never get the games running right in wine. (ubuntu 8.10, 9.04 --> prolly just me) for everything else, id say linux. depending on how comfy you are with it. pitty too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
