If anyone out there knows me, they know that I’m not really the biggest of Windows fans. Heck, I’ve probably been anti-Microsoft for most of my life thus far. I grew up on Apples (Macintosh) and then slowly attempted to gain knowledge of Linux systems (I still have a FreeBSD 4.1 CD somewhere). I didn’t actually own a Windows system until 2001 – at which time I was running a 1.4GHz AMD Athlon with 512MB RAM a 20GB HD and Windows 2000 Professional.<\/p>\n
Then I moved onto building a crap-load (technical term here) more systems and slowly making my way up the chain. Heck, here’s a timeline if I can remember them all:<\/p>\n
Mac OS 6.1 (Finder 4.5 I believe) was running on my first computer a MacSE (Retired) Mac OS 7.5 was my first color computer on a PowerMac 7100\/80AV (Retired) Mac OS 8.1 was our first internet-enabled computer on a PowerMac G3 233 (Retired) Redhat 6? on my first non-Mac system repurposed Sony unknown Model (Sold) FreeBSD 4.1 on my first non-GUI computer home built system (Retired) Windows 2000 Professional on a home built system (Sold) Mandrake 8 on a home built system (Broken\/Trashed) Windows XP on a home built system (LAN Source Server) Windows XP on a Compaq V5000 CTO laptop (Sold to Family) Windows XP on a home built system (Repurposed – see next) Windows Server 2008 on a home built system (Primary Domain Controller) Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit on a home built system (Gaming Rig) Windows XP on a home built system (Media Center) Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit on a home built system (Work Computer) Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit and Ubuntu 9.04 64bit dual boot on an HP NX6245 (Primary Laptop) Windows XP on an Asus eeepc (Family Laptop) I know there’s at least 2 more that I’m missing, but one I sold and I am pretty sure that the other one broke and I chucked it away.<\/p>\n Oh, now that I read my title I see the point I was trying to make: I’ve had a lot of computers and a lot of experience with computer operating systems. That being said, here is how I would rate them:<\/p>\n Gaming: Business (No issues connecting to AD or a domain): Entertainment\/Movies: Battery Usage\/Portability: Speed (Startup\/Apps loading\/Internet usage): Some of these results are skewed as I haven’t been able to play with the latest and greatest. The last Mac I used was a dual 1.25GHz G4 with 1.5GB RAM. Nice machine, but no comparison for gaming to a Windows machine. Overall it depends on how you want to use your computer.<\/p>\n Server: Gaming Station: Graphic Design\/Video Editing: Business Computer: ***EDIT*** If anyone out there knows me, they know that I’m not really the biggest of Windows fans. Heck, I’ve probably been anti-Microsoft for most of my life thus far. I grew up on Apples (Macintosh) and then slowly attempted to gain knowledge of Linux systems (I still have a FreeBSD 4.1 CD somewhere). I didn’t … Continue reading Windows 7<\/span>
\n8.9\" BW Screen, 8MHz, 1MB RAM, 20MB HD, 720KB Floppy<\/code><\/p>\n
\n14\" Samsung CRT, 80MHz PowerPC, 16MB RAM upgraded to 48MB, 700MB HD upgraded to 2.1GB, 2X CD-ROM upgraded to 12X CD-ROM, 1.4MB Floppy, 10Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n15\" ViewSonic CRT, 233MHz G3, 128MB RAM upgraded to 384MB, 4GB HD upgraded to 20GB, 16X CD-ROM upgraded to 4x2x24 CD-RW, 1.4MB Floppy, 100MB Zip, 100Base-T
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\nMac OS 9.1\/OSX 10.1 was my college computer on a G4 450 Gigabit Ethernet (Retired)
\n15\" no brand LCD, Dual 450MHz G4, 256MB RAM upgraded to 1.25GB, 20GB HD upgraded to 3X 80GB, 8X DVD-ROM upgraded to 12X CD-RW\/DVD Combo, 1000Base-T
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\nMac OS 9.1\/OSX 10.1 on my first portable system – an iBook G3 (white one) (Retired)
\n13.1\" LCD, 800MHz, 256MB RAM upgraded to 768MB, 20GB HD, 24X CD-ROM, 100Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n14\" Samsung CRT on KVM, 233MHz Intel Pentium II, 32MB RAM upgraded to 64MB, 2.1GB HD, 100Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\nNo monitor, 350MHz AMD K6-2, 128MB RAM, 20GB HD, 12X CD-ROM, Dual 100Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n15\" no brand LCD via KVM, 1.4GHz AMD Athlon, 512MB RAM, 20GB HD, 24X CD-RW, 1.44 Floppy, 100Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\nNo monitor, 450MHz AMD K6-2, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, 100Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n17\" ViewSonic LCD, 1.6GHz AMD Athlon, 512MB RAM, 40GB HD, 24XCD-ROM, 100Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n15\" LCD, 1.8GHz AMD Athlon, 256MB RAM upgraded to 2048MB, 20GB HD upgraded to 120GB, 12X DVD-ROM, 100Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n17\" Viewsonic LCD on KVM, 2.6GHz Intel P4, 512MB RAM upgraded to 2048MB, 120GB HD upgraded to 2x 120GB and 400GB, 12X DVD-RW, 1000Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\nNo Monitor, 2.6GHz Intel P4, 2048MB RAM, 2x 500GB and 2x 750GB, 12X DVD-RW, 1000Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n19\" Samsung LCD, 2.5GHz Intel Core2Duo, 4096MB RAM, 500GB HD, 24X CD-RW, 1000Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n42\" Toshiba TV 1080P, 2.5GHz Intel Core2Duo, 1024MB RAM, 1TB HD, 24X CD-ROM, 1000Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n21.5\" Acer LCD and 19\" Dell LCD, 2.5GHz Intel Core2Duo, 8192MB RAM, 500GB HD, 24X DVD-RW, 1000Base-T<\/code><\/p>\n
\n14.1\" LCD, 2.2GHz AMD X2, 3072MB RAM, 120GB HD upgraded to 320GB, 16X DVD-RW, 1000Base-T, 802.11g<\/code><\/p>\n
\n10.1\" LCD, 1.6GHz Intel Atom, 2048MB RAM, 160GB HD, 100Base-T, 802.11g<\/code><\/p>\n
\n1.) Windows XP Pro
\n2.) Windows Vista\/7
\n3.) Windows 2000 Pro
\n4.) MacOS 8-9
\n5.) MacOS X
\n6.) Any Linux<\/p>\n
\n1.) Windows XP Pro
\n2.) Windows 2000 Pro
\n3.) Windows Vista\/7
\n4.) Linux
\n5.) MacOS X<\/p>\n
\n1.) MacOS X
\n2.) Windows Vista\/7
\n3.) Mac OS 8-9
\n4.) Windows XP Pro
\n5.) Linux
\n6.) Windows 2000 Pro<\/p>\n
\n1.) Windows Vista\/7
\n2.) Linux
\n3.) MacOS X
\n4.) Windows XP Pro
\n5.) MacOS 8-9
\n6.) Windows 2000 Pro<\/p>\n
\n1.) Windows 7
\n2.) Windows 2000 Pro
\n3.) Linux
\n4.) Windows XP Pro
\n5.) MacOS 8-9
\n6.) MacOS X<\/p>\n
\nLinux<\/p>\n
\nWindows<\/p>\n
\nMac<\/p>\n
\nWindows<\/p>\n
\nWindows 7 was installed on my work system September 10th 2009 and thus far has exceeded all of my expectations. I have yet to have the system crash and almost all of my applications continue to function correctly under Windows 7 64bit. I’ve had to reboot the system 4 times total – and three of them were after installing software that required a reboot. The fourth was rebooting for an extended weekend (I can just hear a greenie now…) Otherwise, with 8GB TAM this thing is flying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"