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Lyskar
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Posted on 02-02-11 08:00:24 PM Link | Quote
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Pretty much every computer I use at home has had Windows installed by me. After having to install Windows 32 times for a class I was TAing... I just do it, even on machines that are pre-installed. It's a good habit, I find.

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:00:32 PM Link | Quote
I install XP on various things, and it never breaks.

Never installed Vista, but a preinstalled version of it ran great for me. Best version of Windows, from my experience.

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Lyskar
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You're lucky. A friend of mine had it on their laptop, and it always blacked out when booted up. He'd have to use ctrl-alt delete, then re-log in... every time.

Awful.

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Danika
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Posted on 02-02-11 08:03:11 PM Link | Quote
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5385		I used Windows 98SE until 2006, then Windows 2000 for a few months... so far, 98SE, 2000 and 7 are my three favorite Windows versions

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Lyskar
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98 FE on the other hand, does nothing but freeze, at least on my old, crummy eMachine. I wish I could have tried SE on it...

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:04:55 PM Link | Quote
If only Microsoft could retcon Windows ME...

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I remember wanting to switch to Linux after Microsoft claimed ME was "The Future." No proper DOS stuff, endless freezing, and worse compatibility? Who'd ever want that?

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:06:26 PM Link | Quote
Sadomasichists.

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:07:02 PM Link | Quote
I remember hearing that Windows 98 was going to give up all DOS functionality. How was I to play my games?

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:09:12 PM Link | Quote
As of late, I've really been starting to want to shift over to either Linux or OS X.

I have a guide ready to installing Snow Leopard, though - I just need time to try it.

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The silly part is, even Windows 2000 properly supports a subset of DOS stuff. They were just waaay ahead of their time--even then, they should have started work on their virtual machine stuff earlier.

(Since W2K and later just use a virtual machine miniature thing to run it.)

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:09:49 PM Link | Quote
OS X is awesome. Just don't get an iMac. Eww.

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:10:53 PM Link | Quote
I switched to Linux in 2004 after my Windows machine got virused. I eventually went back to using Windows, though, to be able to run more programs.

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I remember laughing at the evil CRT iMacs back when.

"When the monitor goes out, your computer is dead!"

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:11:08 PM Link | Quote
I'm pretty happy with Windows 7 x64. My only complaint is that it completely mangles parts of Unicode that work fine in Windows XP.

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:11:09 PM Link | Quote

I never liked 98SE... we installed it on a machine that formerly ran 95, and it struggled under the weight, so that kind of biases me. (Though it did allow us to use DSL, which was nice)

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:12:50 PM Link | Quote
I had a lot of trouble with 98 on my Compaq. I think it was FE, but I'm not sure. It was like a BSOD machine.

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Lyskar
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Of course, with a special application, DSL might work on Windows 95.

I got DSL to work on Windows 3.1, after all.

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:13:20 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Metal_Man88
"When the monitor goes out, your computer is dead!"
I've successfully ripped the monitor out of an eMac and replaced it with an LCD, and I know that it's possible to do the same with an iMac.

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Posted on 02-02-11 08:13:37 PM Link | Quote
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5390		I've tried many alternative OSes, such as AROS and Haiku, but unfortunately neither of them is ready for primetime. Also tried ReactOS, which is basically "Freedows"

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