* Ben Lutgens <blutgens at sistina.com> [011026 07:20]: > Is there some reason you picked XP over windows 2000? I'm quite happy with > win2k. It's stable and just _works_. Granted I'd rather use a *nix, but if > you have to use windows for things.... Its fast. Really fast. Bootup is fast, running apps is fast. etc. Yeah yeah, ive got 256mb of ram, but it still seems faster than win2k. The UI stuff they added is no short of kick ass, though. This is definatly something I can give to my mom and they can figure out. Plus it comes with a pc-anywhere-ish 'help' utility that they can invite you to work on their box with them via MSN messanger. If you dont mind the privacy implications of microsoft running a db(ick) and all this single-vendor shit, its really quite a jump forward with some of the things they have done. MSIE 6 is still behind mozilla in some aspects of rendering, however. (bwhaha) One thing, if your running it, get the POWERTOYS free from microsoft. The TweakUI and MSVDM (virtual desktops) are absouletly required to make your life easier. > I haven't had the chance to play with XP, the buzz is that it'll be the > nail-in-the-coffin of samba, have you messed with this? Not yet. > >But, I dont really want to run windows full time (ick). I allready had > >2 bluescreens. > That's not good. I think it was a botched nvidia driver install, I tried it again and its been fine overnight. -- Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> <sdier at debian.org> http://www.ringworld.org/ #linuxos at irc.openprojects.net Just say NO to Product Activation!