Posted on 01/29/2013 1:49:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
3.7.4-204?
Win95 (and 98) allow direct hardware calls to be made.
I worked for a place where some of their automation was still running under DOS 5.0. Worked fine. :-)
[Genuflects...]
I just retired a Compaq Prolinea 386sx running DOS 3.3 that was controlling some old lab equipment.
Yep - give that man a kewpie doll!
My first impression of Windows 8 was that “this is an operating system devoted 90% to playtime”. Just like the people it was designed for.
If I ran a business and had to buy multiple licenses of this I’d be going ape-shiite.
That’s the honest truth.
Windows 7 has more OS features than I need, but in truth, once XP was patched to a certain level, it was fine. I run both XP and 7 in VM’s on a Mac - and they’re fine.
On native hardware? I’ve honestly never found a need to upgrade past XP.
On my Macs, I have no need to upgrade beyond 10.6.
So many of the OS upgrades any more are chasing stupid UI changes that mean nothing to me (and most users). What most users use and care about are applications, not the OS. As long as the OS is stable and works... what does the user care? Little.
Where most desktop OS’ could improve is their backup/recovery schemes, and OS upgrade checkpoints. Apple has the cleanest backup, Windows 7 has OS upgrade checkpoints. If we could get one OS that has both those features in one place, with 64 bit support for new hardware going forward, we might as well lay off most OS developers or have them start upgrading applications.
Technically, I was referring to a virtual pc in my post, not a real one.
On the topic, I do have a P3 @550MHz sitting idle, plus a P4 @3.4GHz with hyperthreading still getting some use. Got it just before the Core2 Duo's came out.
Now I use a Core 2 laptop running 3.4GHz, and the quads are out!
-PJ
LOL! It’s not that difficult when I’m running the same thing!
Did you fedup from FC17 to FC18? Did that go well?
I did on two machines.
First machine no issues that amounted to anything.
Second machine due to how grub2, grubby and the kernel command line interact I had command line args in my working copy of grub.cfg that got blown away when I followed the suggestion of running grub2-mkconfig. Took me a bit of time to sort all that out.
However lesson learned, now all the grub components are in sync and I’d definitely do a cat /proc/cmdline prior to upgrading and make sure that post-upgrade I got the same cmd line.
Went pretty smoothly, but I had to accept the default partitioning (was using the Beta) since it kept crashing during the partitioning phase of the install.
1. Take it back for a refund.
2. Install or have someone install Windows 7 on it for you.
3. Download, install, and configure Classic Shell, which will bypass Metro UI, restore the Start Menu, and disable all the charm and corner crap.
Should You Care About Windows 8?
No. It's a horrible muddled mess of a user interface. A turd.
I predict the Windows 7 "downgrade" is going to be very popular, and that Windows 7 will be around for a long time.
I have trouble believing that. W95 uptime can be measured in attoseconds.
Sounds good - there are still complaints about the installer but I read their rationale for having to redo it and the explanations made sense to me.
I got the Windows 8 os on a notebook. They were trying to follow the smart phone phenom and have “apps” all done with the ‘finger swinger’ and also try to keep some Windows 7 similarities. They failed miserably on both counts. I am using it and still trying to configure my brain to its quirks. Not fun! I’m glad I still have my Windows 7 laptop as the backup/primary, for work.
Had to get a new Windows laptop quick for a project 2 weeks ago - normally, I’m a Mac/Linux user, but had to run something on Windows.
Got stuck with Windows 8 - it sucks. Period. There are no redeeming features about it. It is NOT a desktop OS and it does a poor job imitating a tablet OS.
Worse then getting stuck with Vista when I needed another Windows laptop in a hurry 6 years ago!!
I should dig out my old radio shack computer that hooked up to my TV and saved everything on a cassette tape!
Terrible because they didn’t even bother to make their own software compatible, i.e., their PICTURE IT program won’t run on it. My next purchase will be Apple !
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