Originally posted by daPhil
I just have to say that PCs boot fine from the CD if the machine isnt from the stoneage.
Some OSes will boot from a CD, some won't. Mac OS has booted from a CD into an OS implementation (with or wothout an installer) since Sytem 7 (1991ish).
Newer Windows will, Linux will, NT won't, 2000 depends on the PCs mood.
IRQs are also a thing of the past you dont need the if you are running W2K or later. You dont have to cache the BIOS, its an option on/off. Enablers?
Then why have I experienced an irq_not_less_or_equal BSOD under Win2k many times?
My point is that I shouldn't have to wade through bios to swap a card. My blonde sister shouldn't have to be a hardware engineer to swap to a bigger HD. You know how often most Mac users see OpenFirmware?
Never.
There are more PC viruses because there are 50 times as many users, hence noone cares about making viruses for Mac. Wich is a very good thing of course.
There are also more virii for pcs because a 10 year old script kiddie can poke holes in the OS. I don't 'hack', and I can still find back doors into out of the box Windows installs.
Why does a browser run as an admin?
Why can an e-mail attachment self execute?
Windows is inherently insecure.
Ever heard of "uninstall"? Anyway you are not supposed to delete the WMedia player. Its like deleting Quicktime from the Mac. Not good.
Uninstall often fails. I still have my AudioGalaxy client in my uninstall list, because the uninstall deleted the log, but not the instance. Not very elegant.
Furthermore, I can delete Quicktime Player to my hearts content. I can DELETE IE to my hearts content, etc.
How do I get Windows Messenger OFF of my XP machine?
You make no sense to me. Im a programmer working under W2K (NT v5) and i know about 30 more programmers working under Windows writing all kinds of languages. Actually i think most programmers work under Wintel.
Most Windows programs are indeed written under Wintel, but COM sucks, VB sucks, ASP can suck, .NET has yet to give me a compelling reason to look at it, etc. It does seem pretty easy to write a working virus though...
I'm talking primarily about server side programming. I know many people who prefer the scriptability, scalability, and portability of UNIX source.
Programmers working in Wintel are doing it because they're told to, or because they are programming for Wintel. I don't know anyone who does so by choice...
Our Wintel webserver hasnt crashed once in the year we have had it. It has about 20 sites, 5 MySQL databases and a 24/7 Counterstrike server on it with 10000+ players and its still fast with dual 933 p3 processors.
So, it can't be IIS. It must be apache (a port of a UNIX program). And you're using MySQL, another port of a unix program.
You're welcome.
Why don't you set up an IIS box running SQLServer, and tell me how long it lasts before a huge memory leak takes it down?