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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: colecampbell666 on October 22, 2007, 04:16:19 pm

Title: What are you running?
Post by: colecampbell666 on October 22, 2007, 04:16:19 pm
I'm running XP Pro and XP Tablet Edition.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Tolwyn on October 22, 2007, 04:19:17 pm
Windows XP, Vista, different distros of Linux and MacOS X10.4.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: colecampbell666 on October 22, 2007, 04:21:19 pm
That's why I put 2 Linux options, so that you can select both if you're running more than one.


EDIT: Had to reset poll, I forgot Vista.

/me slaps himself
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Nuke on October 22, 2007, 06:52:32 pm
im using freedos, ubuntu fawn, vista and xp. my vista machine also has an install of fedora 7 on another hd but i never use it.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: jr2 on October 22, 2007, 08:22:15 pm
I have Windows XP, with MS Virtual PC running DOS, Win 3.1, Win '95, and Win '98.  I also (usually) dual-boot Linux... I just haven't bothered to do so since my latest re-format.  :p
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: lenard27 on October 22, 2007, 09:30:21 pm
I have Vista Premium on my laptop and XP on my home PC
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Unknown Target on October 22, 2007, 09:39:46 pm
XP SP2 myself.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: phreak on October 22, 2007, 11:05:55 pm
I don't see XP x64.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Kosh on October 23, 2007, 10:36:26 am
That would be "other"
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Wobble73 on October 23, 2007, 10:41:18 am
Xp Pro on my desktop, XP Media Centre (Center for you Americans) on my laptop!  :P
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Mobius on October 23, 2007, 10:50:00 am
Windows XP SP2, in Latin Italian
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: DiabloRojo on October 23, 2007, 10:57:06 am
XP sp2 with Mandrake on a virtual machine and one of my older machines runs Slackware  ;7

I should try to get fso running on Slack... hmm.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: castor on October 23, 2007, 11:09:45 am
(http://www.hermann-uwe.de/files/images/debian_4.png)
Sorry, the lvlshot didn't work too well :p
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: colecampbell666 on October 23, 2007, 12:54:47 pm
I don't see XP x64.
Windows XP is any incarnation of XP. X64, Pro, Home, etc.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Scuddie on October 23, 2007, 02:02:53 pm
XP64 doesn't deserve do be considered an incarnate of WinXP.  XP64 is a horrible OS, it's like the Windows ME of NTOS.

It sucks.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: redsniper on October 23, 2007, 02:10:49 pm
... from the police.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: phreak on October 23, 2007, 05:09:27 pm
XP64 doesn't deserve do be considered an incarnate of WinXP.  XP64 is a horrible OS, it's like the Windows ME of NTOS.

It sucks.

which one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_64-bit_Edition  <-- the bad one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Professional_x64_Edition <-- the good one
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Scuddie on October 23, 2007, 06:25:02 pm
x64 was NOT a good version of windows.  It was a hackjob OS that had way more problems than XP ever did.  The 32bit program support was mediocre at best, and the driver support was absolutely deplorable.  To think I ran that garbage OS for six months, getting BSODs and random restarts before I realized it was the fault of XP64 and not my hardware still escapes my mind.  I shudder at the idea of installing it for anybody, and the experience pushed me away from future 64bit OSs.  Seriously, it was god awful.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: colecampbell666 on October 23, 2007, 06:33:33 pm
Once 64-bit becomes standard it will be fine. I'm sure the same thing happened with 32-bit, and sixteen. Is Vista 64 any better?
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: achtung on October 23, 2007, 06:36:28 pm
Once 64-bit becomes standard it will be fine. I'm sure the same thing happened with 32-bit, and sixteen. Is Vista 64 any better?

There's a difference in the industry now.  When the shift from 16 to 32 was made, the market wasn't nearly the size it is now.  Basically everyone who upgraded knew what they were doing, and things were much less complex.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Hazaanko on October 23, 2007, 07:54:47 pm
awwww, poor mac os classic (9)
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: phreak on October 23, 2007, 09:28:25 pm
x64 was NOT a good version of windows.  It was a hackjob OS that had way more problems than XP ever did.  The 32bit program support was mediocre at best, and the driver support was absolutely deplorable.  To think I ran that garbage OS for six months, getting BSODs and random restarts before I realized it was the fault of XP64 and not my hardware still escapes my mind.  I shudder at the idea of installing it for anybody, and the experience pushed me away from future 64bit OSs.  Seriously, it was god awful.

Then you're running a different version for me since it's been smooth sailing.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: colecampbell666 on October 24, 2007, 01:27:24 pm
Once 64-bit becomes standard it will be fine. I'm sure the same thing happened with 32-bit, and sixteen. Is Vista 64 any better?

There's a difference in the industry now.  When the shift from 16 to 32 was made, the market wasn't nearly the size it is now.  Basically everyone who upgraded knew what they were doing, and things were much less complex.
When was the shift?
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Scuddie on October 25, 2007, 03:04:01 am
Then you're running a different version for me since it's been smooth sailing.
Many people running Windows ME said the very same thing.  For those it worked for, it worked wonderfully.  Not the case with everyone else.
When was the shift?
In the Microsoft arena, Win95 was the first to utilize 32bit instruction code, but a true 32bit OS didn't appear until NT 4.0.  Windows 3.1 and NT 3.5 had page swapping options for logical 32bit memory addressing, but the kernel was primarily 16bit.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: jr2 on October 25, 2007, 03:07:42 am
Ummm... what about Windows for Workgroups 3.11?  (not to be confused with Windows 3.11).
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Scuddie on October 25, 2007, 03:17:32 am
WIN32s was not supported in WFW 3.11 until a service pack was released.  IIRC, it was available on NT3.5 before WFW 3.11.

But still, it was a hackjob.  WFW was not natively designed to handle 32bit instruction code.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: jr2 on October 25, 2007, 07:14:43 am
And this (http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/OPSYS/WFWG311.HTM) means...?  (Linky to Yale site.)

EDIT: nvm
Quote
The presence of some 32-bit internal VxD components does not change the external program interface. The same WIN32S package that installs in Windows 3.1 can also be installed in WFWG 3.11. As before, all 32-bit requests are simply translated to 16-bit requests before execution.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Nuke on October 25, 2007, 09:15:08 am
sometimes i run riscos 3 in a virtual machine so i can play arc elite :D
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: Scuddie on October 25, 2007, 02:52:30 pm
And this (http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/OPSYS/WFWG311.HTM) means...?  (Linky to Yale site.)

EDIT: nvm
Quote
The presence of some 32-bit internal VxD components does not change the external program interface. The same WIN32S package that installs in Windows 3.1 can also be installed in WFWG 3.11. As before, all 32-bit requests are simply translated to 16-bit requests before execution.
/me checks his sources...

Well, I'll be damned.  I had no idea WFW could use the same WIN32s package that worked for Windows 3.1.  Not much I can do about that now, though :D.
Title: Re: What are you running?
Post by: jr2 on October 26, 2007, 04:21:29 am
Sure you can..

Virtual pc.  *cough* I have... sources.  :rolleyes:  Erm.  That's odd!  Umm, I think so, too.  Seriously.  Wow.  Arg!  Right, now what?  Extraordinary! ... Can't quite figure this out.  On the other hand.  Methinks I'm done with this paragraph now. 

:p
/me runs from admins.