Apreciate the responses! lol from what i've read people tend to think windows Vista and 8 as experiments.
Way back when, I used to use FreeBSD. On a seperate machine had Gentoo (briefly) before moving on to Mandrake. Bro turned me onto Ubuntu and Arch. I thought Arch and PcOS's update system was sexy. I thought it was great both PCOS saw all my hardware and just worked. Updates didn't seem to cause doom. Then I was using the Liftetime Support Edition. When I say doesn't boot, I meen as far as i can tell the power converters aren't working.therefore won't even turn on. From what I gather on forums and Ray's opinion the powersupply probably has a problem. On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 01:35:39PM -0700, Owen Densmore wrote: > > Here's an idea: > > 1 - Backup all your files > > 2 - Re-install Windows. Dell has a good reputation for helping with this. > > 3 - If all goes well, reinstall the files you want. > > (all this is a pain but is becoming easier with Dropbox, AppStores, etc. > > Keep good notes!) > > 4 - If it fails and continues to have problems, get a new computer, > > possibly using the old one for a home server. If you still like Dell, > they > > can help with "migration" .. i.e. pulling over your existing files and > apps. > > > > BTW: Windows has a bad reputation but then so does Mac and Linux. Just > pick > > your battles: > > - Windows: was horrid but getting better & doing open source. Soon to be > > have the best browser, and open source JS engine! Think node with an > > alternative to V8. And mainstream. > > - Mac: *nix with a pretty face and kinda a jerk if you fall outside their > > design/market center. Seems to be the dev preference nowadays. > > - Linux: great if you like DIY & being a system admin. Has most the apps > > most folks need. Again, great for devs. > > > > +1 What you say is so true. Which is why it is Linux for me. > > I also build my own machine, or use a custom box builder - buy the > parts you need, have it delivered with those parts already assembled, > then add you own bits. Main advantage is getting more powerful > hardware for your money. > > Windows Xp => Windows 7 => Windows 10 seems to be definitely moving > in the right direction, but even Windows 10 still feels clunky to me > compared with Linux. Windows releases in between (Vista and 8) were > definite missteps. > > Incidently, I run Windows 10 on a virtual machine which I found works > pretty flawlessly. I've heard people have had some problems running it > on real hardware, though. > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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