On Wednesday 26 February 2003 08:46 am, Jan Wilson wrote: > * Rodolfo Lima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030226 08:24]: > > But the installation really need to last 4 hours? In text mode? It > > certainly doesn't do a mere copy from cd, maybe compile some things, I > > think. > > OK, try installing Win XP on a blank disk. Now install Office XP. > Now imagine you have several CD's of commercial, shareware, and > freeware to install, one-by-one. > > Most Windows users have never installed Windows. They may have the > few little applications, Solitaire, Notepad, etc., that come with > Windows, and maybe they go through the installation of MS Office. > > Then maybe they install two or three commercial applications, > including things like Quicken or QuickBooks. Just those few things > are going to take the better part of an hour, on a fairly fast machine > ... much longer on a slower machine. > > Most people who install Mandrake 9 are installing HUNDREDS if not > THOUSANDS of programs ... an entire computing system, not just an > operating system. Not zero or one, but maybe two or three office > suites, several email clients, lots of CHOICES, all for a very low > price. On a fast machine ALL that can be done in less than an hour. > > Let me see anyone try it on Win XP. I bet it would take longer, and > cost several thousand dollars in license fees ;-)
My experience ended with WIN98 sec addition. Just the MS98 install alone took longer than the Mandrake 8.0 complete. After the MS98 install it was another Hour and a half installing Office 98 and all the peripheral drivers and tax software. I have seen them install XP using "Ghost" at work on machines about as fast as mine here at home and Jan is correct it is no faster than a complete ML9.0 install. Linux is markedly faster. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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