Win Vs Mac Vs Linux

Sylhana · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3467 **Location:**

Using windows for its compatibility. I have been using Linux in the past but just got too lazy <.< Maybe will be going back to it. Not seeing myself using vista anytime soon. Some of my friends say it is too big brother-ish

PR0METHEUS · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 4093 **Location:** Earth

Sylhana wrote:

Using windows for its compatibility. I have been using Linux in the past but just got too lazy <.< Maybe will be going back to it. Not seeing myself using vista anytime soon. Some of my friends say it is too big brother-ish

I've used Vista a little and I haven't been too impressed. I know my manager uses Vista on his laptop and he hates it. He ordered an XP CD from our IT guys to "downgrade" to XP Pro because in his opinion Vista is "horrible". It locks up on him a lot, and has a bad habit of not saving files out to network shares on our Windows Server 2003 file server. Whenever you try, it claims that the folder you're trying to save into does not exist, or gives permission errors.

There really are no permission errors. It's a known problem in Vista that requires a registry hack. The lock-up problems are not because of hardware either. It's a brand new laptop with good specs, either dual core or core 2 duo and 2 gigs ram. XP will just FLY on that thing I think.

I wouldn't want to use Vista until, MAYBE, SP1 comes out. Maybe.

@Innovacious Ok I didn't realize AMD owns ATI. =P

dE4 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:30 pm

dual boot on my laptop
2k3 server(didnt have xp in sight when I needed it) mainly for gaming
and RH for what ever

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

If Linux where cheese cake, I wouldn't mind being overweight.

Xyzzzy · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 2629 **Location:**

[SD]draquish wrote:

If Linux where cheese cake, I wouldn't mind to be overweight.

interesting analogy

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

Evil_Venom wrote:

Mac is for guys who like to suck dick and i have never even heard of Linux

*e-fights* Evil Venom for being stoopidd.

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

I'm installing Ubuntu again. Woohoo!

They finally have support for my ATI graphics card!

TOloseGT · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 7129 **Location:**

rofl, *bone spear* pew pew

i like windows =]

Priam · **Posted:** Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:12 pm

Allready loved Mac, now that i've finally got a Macbook, i'm loving it even more.

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

I thought Ubuntu was the ram killer?

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

CrimsonNuker wrote:

I thought Ubuntu was the ram killer?

Not necessarily. And even if so, with some tweaks it runs at 100mb-300mb at most.

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

Theres one good thing about Vista.

AND ITS INK BALL!!!

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

when is windows 7 comming out? maybe i can hold out my 512mb computer just long enough for them to release it

whats the difference between linux and ubutun?

strangelove · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 1255 **Location:** no

crazyskwrls wrote:

whats the difference between linux and ubutun?

Linux is the operating system kernel, or the core. Ubuntu is a Linux distro, which is like one of the many flavors of Linux. Ubuntu is (I think) the most user-friendly Linux distro to date.

Personally, I prefer Macs. =) Running on Leopard 10.5.4.

Priam · **Posted:** Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:48 am

crazyskwrls wrote:

when is windows 7 comming out? maybe i can hold out my 512mb computer just long enough for them to release it

whats the difference between linux and ubutun?

rumour has it 2010, will be windows 7.

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

goddamn it wont be able to hold out for so long

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

GAH! Uninstalled Ubuntu. Took too long to boot compared to XP. But everything else was better(IMO), I just can't stand long boot times.

TOloseGT · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 7129 **Location:**

i hate long boot times as well

PR0METHEUS · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 4093 **Location:** Earth

Draquish wrote:

CrimsonNuker wrote:

I thought Ubuntu was the ram killer?

Not necessarily. And even if so, with some tweaks it runs at 100mb-300mb at most.

Yeah that's the beauty of Linux. If it's eating too much RAM or other resources, you can just modify it. Strip out what you don't need. Recompile the kernel with support for only the hardware you use. Shut down unnecessary services (you can do that in Windows too, but it seems so many are "necessary")... Use a smaller, less resource hungry desktop environment (fluxbox, icewm, and the like).

Some distros are better than others in that respect if you really want to get your hands dirty and know what you're doing. Gentoo is a good example of this.

Draquish wrote:

GAH! Uninstalled Ubuntu. Took too long to boot compared to XP. But everything else was better(IMO), I just can't stand long boot times.

There could be many reasons for the long boot time. Ubuntu always came up quick for me on my Athlon XP 3200+ with 512 megs RAM. Maybe it's taking a while searching for a DHCP address? I wouldn't necessarily avoid a distro because of boot times. It could probably be shortened.

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

It wasn't a full install, it was a Wubi install.

My PC won't read my Ubuntu Live CD =/. (Ordered a new one)

BlackFox898 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:33 pm

Mac OS sh!t was O.K. nothing more for me, Macs at my school kept crashing when i wanted to open up Photoshop to make siggys

never tried Lunix but i here great things about it, and Windows XP and 98 i've loved cause im so use to them so it's easier for me and i don't get many errors or nothing.

Priam · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:39 pm

BlackFox898 wrote:

Mac OS sh!t was O.K. nothing more for me, Macs at my school kept crashing when i wanted to open up Photoshop to make siggys

never tried Lunix but i here great things about it, and Windows XP and 98 i've loved cause im so use to them so it's easier for me and i don't get many errors or nothing.

No offence, but MAC OS on systems not screwed up by students at your school, do not ever crash when opening PS.

PR0METHEUS · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 4093 **Location:** Earth

Priam wrote:

BlackFox898 wrote:

Mac OS sh!t was O.K. nothing more for me, Macs at my school kept crashing when i wanted to open up Photoshop to make siggys

never tried Lunix but i here great things about it, and Windows XP and 98 i've loved cause im so use to them so it's easier for me and i don't get many errors or nothing.

No offence, but MAC OS on systems not screwed up by students at your school, do not ever crash when opening PS.

Granted, the school's system/network administrators should be competent enough to configure their MAC OS systems to prevent [most] students from screwing them up. ;-)

Priam · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:07 pm

Apparantly not. Oh, how hard it is to find competent people these days.

BlackFox898 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:04 pm

Priam wrote:

No offence, but MAC OS on systems not screwed up by students at your school, do not ever crash when opening PS.

you can screw up a mac? and besides, i'm saying this was happening when we first got them Brand New at our school and i was one of the first classes to use them. it wasn't a big problem though, just the program kept crashing when trying to open it work after a few tries though. my friend on the other hand beside me kept losing all his work for some reason on his mac

DarkBandit · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:05 pm

brap....windows ownz

PR0METHEUS · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 4093 **Location:** Earth

BlackFox898 wrote:

[you can screw up a mac?

Of course you can. MACs aren't immune to misconfigurations, viruses, hacks, etc.

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