OK, first off I know some linux users hate Microsoft and Bill Gates...at least that is the general impression I've had and you appear to be one of them and I'm not judging you for that. This isn't the forum for that discussion.
I've been supporting users both retail and corporate for years...since the days of CPM. My bottom line is if you don't like what you bought take it back and for your replacement purchase make sure you know whether it comes with the OS/Drivers media and how to do a system restore and also whether the manufacturer supports linux in any way (drivers, OS, etc.). BTW..ASUS does sell different models of the Eee PC with GNU linux instead of Windows. Terry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of someone Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PLUG] Windows 7 issue... Quoting Terrence Hulse <[email protected]>: > Is there a reason you aren't considering running Linux in a VM? > I have Ubuntu and Fedora 13 both loaded in SunVB VMs..they work fine. > > BTW, is this a new machine preloaded with Win7? If so there should be a > utility to create your Win7 OS and Driver Disks. Most machines don't come > with the media anymore..you have to create your disks, and/or there is > usually a special system restore partition on the new systems as well. > > Terry Is there a reason why the 2nd partition is reported by Windows 7 to have no files whatsoever on it? I'm trying the Microsoft backup tool, don't know how long it will take though. I wonder if there is a 30 gig hidden partition??? I don't think hidden partitions have been possible though since Windows XP came out. Doesn't look like there is any way to create the installation disks. First off, I hate this. I want and deserve media. For that matter, there are 9 gigabyte USB flash drives now. Providing a boot able flash drive with Windows 7 installer on it shouldn't be a problem. Another gripe of mine, it seems that Microsoft is dumping Windows 7 starter so that people won't go the Linux route or any other route for that matter. An Atom processor is a bit on the low end to be running Linux under emulation. I foresee my nephew using Linux most of the time and not going to Windows 7 unless he has to for some reason. Putting the installer on the hard drive is reckless and dangerous. There is less than the advertised amount of space, far less. Second off, hard drives die much faster than memory sticks and DVDs. Third, if the computer ships with a bad hard drive, there is the issue of having nothing to install from. There is a transferability issue should one decide that they need Windows 7 on another computer even if they intend to take it off of their laptop completely. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
