64bit OS...

[Nostalgiac]

I just got some extra mem... taking my pc from 2 to 6gb :-)

So now I need a 64bit OS.... I tried WinXP64 but that is just to buggy - crashes all the time.
So.... that leaves me with:
- win2003 server
- vista 64x
- win2008 server
- solaris x64
- no... not linux - I refuse

any thoughts ?

ta
Tom UK

PS: needs to be able to run WinUAE

[Nostalgiac]

oh my :-)

thanks for all the reactions - let me try to answer some of the why's :-)

- 64bit / 6gb ram
because I have a real need to use VMWare/VirtualBox to run multiple OS's

- Solaris x64
Because I have used Solaris for 10+ years now... and I happen to work for Sun :-) and yes, Solaris has been 64bit for a looooong time, and is working very well indeed - as stable as Stonehenge, and driverwise perfectly supporting my box. Note that if I do go this way, I wil be running WinXP in a VMWare for some more "usual" stuff - I'm not in denial that I won't need some windows.

- Running Oracle etc... urm... in fact I WILL be running Oracle as my box doubles up as a work from home box (either in a windows or a Solaris env, does not realy matter)

- No Linux... for the (for me) obvious reason... there is no "one" Linux, not a single one fullfils its promises - they all do bits and bops, combine them, and I will look again.

- Windows server editions... ah well... I have access to an MSDN subscription - so license cost is zero to me.

- WinXP 64bit: I tried it... had it in dual boot for 4 months now (with 2gb of mem)... no... not stable.

- Windows 2003 server: potentialy as it has proven to be reliable and certainly more stable then xp64

- windows 2008... yes I was planning to turn it into a "workstation" based on that website. Just had no experience with it yet.

- Vista.. duno... it's the logical choise for a desktop. I hated the beta which I tried, then got swayed back by a hardcore unix guy who said vista to be the first Windows version he did not hate.

So far, from feedback here and from my work colleagues, Vista64 seems to hit the buttons - with VMWare/VirtualBox for the "other" stuff as needed.

Sidenote: Hackintosh... yup, but not as my main OS. I'ld love to try it - my day2day laptop is MacbookPro and I love it. I guess eventually I will buy a MacPro but can't afford it right now.

ta
Tom UK

[Nostalgiac]

cv643d wrote:
Myself I am going to up from 4 to 8 GB and run Ubuntu 64-bit and XP32 in VMWare.

Sure 64-bit Vista is great, mind bogling, the computer never slows down! Running Unrar on 100 GB of downloaded torrents, downloading a torrent at 700 KB/s and working just normal with IE, Photoshop etc at the same time. Its truly a workstation.  

4 cores sure help a lot. But Vista has not been so stable for me. And I have had quite a lot of problems. Plug in your PSP, need drivers (what driver?  :crazy: )

Plug in 320 GB IDE hard drive, can not install, need drivers ( :-? ), goes to Seagates homepage "your hard drive does not need drivers" WTF  :madashell:

I could make a long list, but the truth is out there anyway, (on the net  :rtfm: ).

If Vista feels this fast on quad core + 4 GB, I wonder if the computer is going to take off from my table running Ubuntu with 8GB  :-D  (already running Ubuntu on my P4 server and I am impressed, coming from BSD background before).

thing is... I tried Ubuntu 7.x on my hardware, also tried Suse 11.0 - didn't recognise all stuff... Sol x86 did ok, so did (the dreadful beta of) vista 32bit - hence I'm so much in doubt... :/

vista in my VM does ok, and as far as I can tell I can switch of a lot of the "urg" stuff like the new startmenu and aero.

On the other hand I love Solaris as a server OS; not so much as a desktop :-(

Tom UK