2009/1/6 real name <akatimnewman at gmail.com>: > i have to disagree.the point i am making is that i have 6 PCs at home, plus 2 > versions of the eeepc. > > prior to that, 2008v5 and even currently many linux and all windows work well > on all PCs. They are all of recent generation and the ones that I have tried > to get OS to run on passed the driver tests. > > i cant give any more than that because i cant get the thing to run. it takes > over an hour to install. > > so back to the point i was making....it is more a usability point rather than > a help issue- i dont want to have to screen a PC prior to installing an OS > on it....that seems silly and i cant see the shop owner letting me run the OS > diagnostic prior to me purchasing- even if they do, how many can i run it > on?- and what if his shop doesnt have any that pass? >
I guess it depends on your choice of system. On my latest laptop the ONLY OS's that install completely and support the system's full functionality (screen resolution, wireless, sound, webcam etc.) out of the box with no additional drivers, configuration etc. are the latest releases of OpenSolaris and Solaris Nevada. I have installed Ubuntu and OpenSuse as well as XP and Vista. All require some form of extra downloads and fiddling around to get everything going. -- Tony Reeves Christchurch New Zealand
