Many years ago, I moved over from WinXP over to Linux. That has proved to be a far better move than accepting the virus/anti-virus silliness that subsequently developed into what everyone assumes is 'normal' today.

No anti-virus needed. Enjoy the full speed from your hardware!


More of a question is why old versions of Windows linger on for so long...


Happy fast crunchin',
Martin

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The only reason I have moved over to Win 7 is to go to 64 bit computing. I still prefer XP to Win 7 or Win 8. Truth be known, I was even happier with WfWG 3.11 on top of DOS 6.22. I could delve under the bonnet of that and tune it up to the hilt, and I was good at it too.

Blimey, Guv, that takes me back to when I ran a P200MMX, running DOS 6.2, Win 3.1 (with PC Tools V2) and Win 95....triple boot, as it were. I've got 64 bit OS's, but never installed them, due to not being able to find certain drivers. To date, I've found XP Pro (32 bit) to be the most reliable OS that I've used and on this PC, I've not had to re-install or repair the original OS installation, since this PC was put together. On the other hand, my partner's PC with XP Home has been a real pain! Some of that, you could probably put down to the user, but not all. I'll carry on with XP Pro and try to hang onto my hard-earned cash, just a tad longer.

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Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive!

Many years ago, I moved over from WinXP over to Linux. That has proved to be a far better move than accepting the virus/anti-virus silliness that subsequently developed into what everyone assumes is 'normal' today.

No anti-virus needed. Enjoy the full speed from your hardware!


More of a question is why old versions of Windows linger on for so long...


Happy fast crunchin',
Martin

Only the good versions of Windows linger but if Linux is suppose to be so good Martin then why don't you explain this to us then,

http://netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0&qpct=6.

Cheers.

Many years ago, I moved over from WinXP over to Linux. That has proved to be a far better move than accepting the virus/anti-virus silliness that subsequently developed into what everyone assumes is 'normal' today.

No anti-virus needed. Enjoy the full speed from your hardware!


More of a question is why old versions of Windows linger on for so long...


Happy fast crunchin',
Martin

Only the good versions of Windows linger but if Linux is suppose to be so good Martin then why don't you explain this to us then,

http://netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0&qpct=6.

Cheers.

The interesting thing about those numbers is how little share Windows 8 has.

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The interesting thing about those numbers is how little share Windows 8 has.

Actually after testing release candidates of Win8 I'm certainly not surprised at all about its numbers.

Cheers.

The interesting thing about those numbers is how little share Windows 8 has.

Actually after testing release candidates of Win8 I'm certainly not surprised at all about its numbers.

Cheers.

Yep, I agree. I'll be happy to stay on Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2.

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I'm with you wiggo win 8!! Don't have a touch screen so can't see why I need to update
My arms aren't long enough to reach the 42" Screen across the room in the lounge

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i agree about win 8, needs a touch screen. i'm just waiting for MS to eol win 7 by not porting the next version of directX to win 7.

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My paid and voluntary work is requiring more and more a knowledge of WIN 8 so I installed it on my laptop. Once you are past the flashy "Metro" interface it's just a slightly newer version of WIN 7.

Still seeing that extended support for Win 7 will run till January 14, 2020. And Vista till April 11, 2017. I'm OK for a few years yet!!

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I'm still running Win XP x64 Edition on my most modern x86 machine, which is a Core i7 980X, 24GB RAM, two GTX 580s in SLI. For gaming I'm finally approaching the end of the line, but I'm simply refusing to give up on that OS.

It's also nice that it can do GPT (other than 32-Bit XP, which can't), that way it was easy to partition my large RAID array. Plus you get StorPort drivers and tons of memory address space.

Also I'm picking my hardware with some care, for instance an Intel SSD, because you can TRIM that on XP and XP x64 using Intel tools.

I was surprised how good driver support actually is however. Most manufacturers still give you XP x64 kernel drivers, even for my crappy Razer mouse or that Logitech G25 racing wheel..

XP x64 till the bloody end! ;) And after that probably more likely Debian than anything else. Unless I'm willing to give Win7 a chance, but I'm undecided yet.

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As I have stated before, I have 8 rigs running XP Pro...a few 64 bit, the rest 32.
As they are crunch-only rigs, I suspect I shall be able to stay the course for quite a few years yet for Seti work.

The installed base for XP is so large that the most likely limiting factor...NV drivers for the GPUs, shall probably continue to be supported for some time to come.

Crap...I ran NT until it was simply not possible to do what I had to do with it anymore. And I found ways around that for a few years.

To paraphrase Mark Twain...
The rumors of XP's death have been greatly exaggerated.

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"Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once."

My paid and voluntary work is requiring more and more a knowledge of WIN 8 so I installed it on my laptop. Once you are past the flashy "Metro" interface it's just a slightly newer version of WIN 7.

Still seeing that extended support for Win 7 will run till January 14, 2020. And Vista till April 11, 2017. I'm OK for a few years yet!!

Greetings Bernie,

We were talking with a salesman about Win8 before the release. He told us that Win8 can be used with the classic interface. He also told us that there was/is no way to get Win8 to boot into the classic interface, that it only boots to the "Metro". Is this the case?

To be honest, in my opinion, "Metro" is the most hideous interface ever to come from MS. For a desktop computer that is non-touch enabled that is. If Win8 cannot be booted to the classic interface, this user will NOT be upgrading. If I had a horizontal display, akin to the old PacMan arcade game table, it might be a different story. I cannot imagine any comfort in using it on a vertical display.

Keep on BOINCing...! :)

[edit] I'm running Win7 64bit by the way... :) [/edit]

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My paid and voluntary work is requiring more and more a knowledge of WIN 8 so I installed it on my laptop. Once you are past the flashy "Metro" interface it's just a slightly newer version of WIN 7.

Still seeing that extended support for Win 7 will run till January 14, 2020. And Vista till April 11, 2017. I'm OK for a few years yet!!

Greetings Bernie,

We were talking with a salesman about Win8 before the release. He told us that Win8 can be used with the classic interface. He also told us that there was/is no way to get Win8 to boot into the classic interface, that it only boots to the "Metro". Is this the case?

To be honest, in my opinion, "Metro" is the most hideous interface ever to come from MS. For a desktop computer that is non-touch enabled that is. If Win8 cannot be booted to the classic interface, this user will NOT be upgrading. If I had a horizontal display, akin to the old PacMan arcade game table, it might be a different story. I cannot imagine any comfort in using it on a vertical display.

Keep on BOINCing...! :)

[edit] I'm running Win7 64bit by the way... :) [/edit]

It is true that you can't "boot" to the desktop , but it is a tile on the interface so a click and you are on the desktop.

If you download one of the many free "Start Menu" programs it will boot to the classic interface. I tried a couple and like this one Pokki for Windows 8.

It now feels like Win 8 should have "out of the box"

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Greetings Bernie,

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Keep on BOINCing...! :)

[edit] I'm running Win7 64bit by the way... :) [/edit]

It is true that you can't "boot" to the desktop , but it is a tile on the interface so a click and you are on the desktop.

If you download one of the many free "Start Menu" programs it will boot to the classic interface. I tried a couple and like this one Pokki for Windows 8.

It now feels like Win 8 should have "out of the box"

Greetings Bernie,

After I made my post here I was reading in another thread where someone linked to this article about the possibility of Win8 being allowed to boot to the desktop. By Microsoft no less, no third party software required. If this turns out to be true, then I may upgrade after all just as long as I can bypass that hideous "Metro" interface.

Keep on BOINCing...! :)

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

I too am running WinXP 64 bit on my main two crunchers however upgraded to Win7 on my main workstation. For a third rig, I am now trying out Windows server 2012 and experimenting with the workstation setup, with the help of this site.

@Siran, maybe this link might be of use to you, not sure since I have never used Win8.

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@Siran, maybe this link might be of use to you, not sure since I have never used Win8.

Greetings Vipin,

I'm not sure how that will help me. I'm not running Win8, I'm running Win7 Pro 64bit.

Keep on BOINCing...! :)

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

XP was great for its time. I find 7 a lot smoother though. I never used vista for that long though, had one laptop with vista on it and mostly just used linux on it anyways. I do still have an XP box crunching, but I am going to upgrade it to 7 soon.

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