I really HATE Windows
16 August 2011, 04:42 PM
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Once in a while I may want to run an MS only piece of software as well. So handy to have it available.
17 August 2011, 10:05 AM
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PEBCAK and self/non/ branded builds usually. 
The most troublesome PCs for me have always been ones either shoved together/upgraded DIY or made by some smaller or lesser brands like Acer and Asus (yes I know Asus make motherboards, but they are iffy for reliability/stability IMO, I don't know why so many people rate them
) or built by a retailer.
Dell and HP have always been more stable and reliable (and much quieter too), same with Mitsubushi/Apricot (when you could still get them). The only let down is the junk they install when they are new (like bloaty antivirus software such as McAfee and Norton etc).
The most troublesome PCs for me have always been ones either shoved together/upgraded DIY or made by some smaller or lesser brands like Acer and Asus (yes I know Asus make motherboards, but they are iffy for reliability/stability IMO, I don't know why so many people rate them
) or built by a retailer.Dell and HP have always been more stable and reliable (and much quieter too), same with Mitsubushi/Apricot (when you could still get them). The only let down is the junk they install when they are new (like bloaty antivirus software such as McAfee and Norton etc).
with no stability issues 
damn those acer people As for HP being stable and reliable.... nah, not really, dell seem to have a good reputation but HP.... your joking right?
My home built (very quiet
) pc only has one issue that I have to fix, and thats a known firmware upgrade that needs doing to fix the bsod crash, its common with the latest ssd drives (ocz) but ive got to mess around a little as you cannot upgrade the main drive 
(i seem to be one of the unlucky 1% that suffer this issue....)Tony
PS, your av issue is long out of date, Norton is no longer a bloaty system eater, they fixed that a few years back
PPS, never had any issues with asus mobo's either in a machine, seem to keep on going no matter what's chucked at them
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17 August 2011, 10:59 AM
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my Mac Pro is being used by the g/f today - she's running Parallels with a Vista 32bit VM and, inside that, VPN remoting into an XP VM hosted on an XP desktop at her office.
you can't get away from MS, lol
you can't get away from MS, lol
17 August 2011, 02:00 PM
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i've had a BSOD with win7 and witnessed it on another machine. both DELLs if that's of interest.
transversely, i was expecting to get the occasional kernel panics with my MBP, MP and Mac Mini, but I've had none I guess i'd been 'raised' on windows, so they were the norm.
transversely, i was expecting to get the occasional kernel panics with my MBP, MP and Mac Mini, but I've had none
I guess i'd been 'raised' on windows, so they were the norm. Kernel panic,depends what are you doing,if you are just user,which don't understand Terminal and Sudo commands,you should don't have problems with Kernel panic.Kernel panic is common on Mac like BSOD on PC
On my own Hackintosh i've get two times Kernel panics after overclocking my old CPU AMD X4(my RAM has been slow
) and later after i change RAM for slower type,just for test.This thread is funny. Everyone who uses Windows and doesn't have a Mac has no issues with Windows whereas as every Mac user has had a shed load of issues when they have tried to use Windows.
The truth probably lies somewhere in between .... but who wants the truth?
Oh and read this qucikly folks before it gets vaped for whatever obscure reason my posts get removed from these threads
The truth probably lies somewhere in between .... but who wants the truth?
Oh and read this qucikly folks before it gets vaped for whatever obscure reason my posts get removed from these threads
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17 August 2011, 02:37 PM
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I said before i've before 2 times and never ever after.
Kernel panic can be resolved too on Mac or Hackintosh,on Hackintosh is really easy,if you are using something which is not supported by distro(Motherboard,Ram,GPU or HDD) etc.,you are get Kernel Panic.
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17 August 2011, 04:23 PM
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Yes too,but is common on Mac too,just use your browser correctly.
I said before i've before 2 times and never ever after.
Kernel panic can be resolved too on Mac or Hackintosh,on Hackintosh is really easy,if you are using something which is not supported by distro(Motherboard,Ram,GPU or HDD) etc.,you are get Kernel Panic.
Jura
I said before i've before 2 times and never ever after.
Kernel panic can be resolved too on Mac or Hackintosh,on Hackintosh is really easy,if you are using something which is not supported by distro(Motherboard,Ram,GPU or HDD) etc.,you are get Kernel Panic.
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17 August 2011, 05:54 PM
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I have had four or five kernel panics in four years. Half of them were trying to use a known incompatible piece of hardware when SL first came out. The others were unknown and the mac recovered perfectly.
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