Best Operating system to load onto a new PC

Mondez

Mr Thrifty, both my Mother and Sister use Ubuntu for web, e-mails, downloading photos from phones and cameras and using office and they have no problems. Office 95 would still be fine today, Office productivity suites haven't exactly been an area for great innovation and unless you are using some special business plugin that only works in excel or something like that, openoffice does everything you need. Also, I don't get asked to fix their systems every month with the latest variant of system tool having infected them unlike for friends and family running windows software. There is little separating windows from linux for the average user except the number of knowledgeable enough friends to fix stuff when it goes wrong and the fact you don't have a choice what you get on your PC when you buy it.

ak2ae

With all this Ubantu talk I think I am going to have to give it a go by using a virtual machine. Would be exciting to use another operating system.

Sublime_2

ak2ae wrote: »

With all this Ubantu talk I think I am going to have to give it a go by using a virtual machine. Would be exciting to use another operating system.

You could always try it using Wubi, the windows based installer. No need to do anything then, except install.

patman99

DVardys, you can't u/g XP to 7, you have to do a complete clean install. If using an u/g version of 7, then you have to run the install up to the point it fails due to 'not having a compatable version of Windows to upgrade', then, without clearing the HD, run the install again. This time it detects the correct 'earlier' Windows files and will complete the install process.

Dave_C_2

britishboy wrote: »

sorry to be a pain again, whats the difference between Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit? (other than 32 bits of whatever!)

Since everyone else is in a holy war, I'll answer the question :

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/32-bit-64-bit-faq.aspx

Please note that you must have a processor capable of running a 64-bit OS when you buy your PC if you want a 64-bit OS

Are you sure that new PC+OS is really cheaper than new PC with pre-installed OS? The latter deals generally include bundled software - and you don't have to install the OS.

Dave

Farway

britishboy wrote: »

ill XP run Office 2010? Have seen several brand new, unopened Windows XP discs on a certain auction site we all love to hate

Yes, I have XP & Office 2010, no problems

chunter

Had ubuntu for a year and just far too much hassle, far too many command lines. Too much bother with shared files and folders on the network, problems with graphics and printer drivers.

And if you don't have the intenet and/or are not competent with computers - you're going to need a fairly big book.

XP can't cope with the new strain of viruses, Vista can't cope with anything at all really.

Windows 7 is probably going to do an XP and be around for quite some time.

And yes the OP is baiting.... but it gives us all a chance to slag off the awful Vista.. great!

[Deleted User]

britishboy wrote: »

am soon ot be buying a PC with no operating ststem on it, and wondered what seems to be the 'peoples choice' to use?

Only you can judge what is going to satisfy your requirements the best, but there's very little point in buying any version of Windows other than Windows 7 if that's what you decide you need.

DVardysShadow

Mr_Thrifty wrote: »

All these techies that recommend linux seem to forget that most people want to use their computer without having to spend days on end in a command prompt just so they can get the thing to boot.



But if you want to browse the web, do e-mails, download photos from your digital camera and use Office, then frankly right now there's not much of an alternative to Windows (I'm sure Mac users will again argue otherwise, but that's a whole different line of reasoning... in many ways the diametric opposite of the Linux school of thought).

Installed Linux as I said earlier. No command prompt. Mrs Shadow uses it and only uses a command prompt when I suggest she pings something which is exactly what we would do in windows. As for the tasks you suggest, well of course, you can't use Office on Linux, because Microsoft don't want it on Linux. Open Office does the same job and Linux does the rest of the tasks fine. I think your experience is way out of date.

Toxteth_OGrady

23n1th wrote: »

You can game on linux, I play some very impressive natively supported games plus theres always, Cedega/Winex, PlayOnLinuxand Crossover Games. Logitech flat out refuse to support linux for some reason. There are ways of syncing you iphone and nokia phones but again these companies don't support linux, and Mythbuntu may be of interest to you home theatre wise.

Agreed wrt Linux gaming but not for the games I play. Plus for a high end gaming machine W7-64 is the only real answer. Spent lots of time configuring the mobiles on various Linux flavours but at the end of the day it's far easier just to boot into Windows when I need to. My AV amp has a small client app that gives me full control from my netbook anywhere in the house of every single one of its specific features. Unfortunately it won't run in Wine. I'l take a look at Mythbuntu on a VM. Thanks.

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TOG