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stopthegop wrote:

Well, let me qualify that.  Windows needs to be rebooted frequently, and in a server environment, constantly.  

I manage a total of 16 Windows based servers and around 500 Windows based workstations (plus a few macs and *nix based servers) and I can assure you, what you have stated here is a gross overexageration. We get the odd workstation freeze and the servers get a reset every now and then for a security update, you cannot honesty tell me that the words frequently and consistantly apply to this scenario. Crap hardware, poor configuration and/or lackluster security are generally the cause of many Windows woes.

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Oh and while I'm at it, let's take a quick look at the footprints of two base OS's shall we:

Windows XP: over 1GB

Amiga OS 3.1: under 10MB

The sheer size alone should be indicative of load times. Sure the Pentium had ooodles more raw processing power, but it also has a truckload more to load. A while back I installed Win98 on my Athlon XP 4000+, it loaded so fast I didn't even get a 98 splash screen, the machine had POSTed and loaded 98 in just over 10 seconds.

Additionally, in your case, you're running a Dell. More than likely, you're using the default install of XP that came with it, hardly a fully optimized environment to begin with. Dell, HP, etc. etc. bloat there machines to the hilt with crap, no matter what you do, you will never clean them up properly. The only option is to format and do a clean install of Windows from a retail CD. People who know me will testify that I'm not the biggest fan of Windows, however, I really grow tired of people bashing it with little or no insight into what they are actually saying.

Edit...One more thing, if you really hate Windows that much, put your money where your mouth is and do what I did, buy a mac, actually, buy several, as in my case.

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Tomas wrote:

But what features does it have that require such ridiculous amounts of ram? It seems to me like it aint coded to efficiently use ram. You can use a lightweight OS like AmigaOS for most of the same tasks as a Windows pc, so what is the benefit of it using so much more resources for doing the exact same task?
Windows is in my opinion bloatware...

I wasn't refering to RAM, I was refering to the HDD footprint.

OSX is pretty slow and resource hungry as well..
Though the real reason for me having a PC, is due to the fact that i like to play a game every now and then. I use linux whenever possible though..

I use my home PC for games and I use my Mac for work, its that simple. I wouldn't exactly call OSX slow, you can still run the lastest version on relatively old hardware quite well. I use a PowerBook G4 866 for surfing the web and storing my photos on the go and its plenty fast. One of the guys at work had it running on a G3 600 and it ran fine.

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@stopthegop

You're reply to my second post is more bloated than Vista :lol:

Stop talking through your ass and put together something decent if you want to hear more from me on this topic.