HaHaHa F*&%$# Microsoft!

A editing rig.

I could spend 2300 on a mac pro or spend 1k and make a comparable if not superior rig on my own.

I'll give mac credit for taking a server motherboard and putting it into their herald. The 8-core behemoth. But I also like the fact that I can do what I want inside my computer without voiding a crappy warranty.

As far as Vista goes. It is troublesome in the security department. But I have no further complaints against it. I find that most Mac users are bashing vista because its the "cool" thing to do.

Mac user are a different breed. Microsoft ain't so bad.
Don't hate that which you do not understand.

My rig
PSU-850w Antec
Mother board-MSI 790gx-g65
CPU-AMD Phenom II X4 955
Graphics-MSI R4870-T2D1G RADEON HD 4870
Memory-4gb(x2 sticks 2gb) mushkin DDR3 1600
OS-Vista Ultimate 64-bit w/7 free upgrade

Technicians ask little old me for advice, but here at home I can sometimes only throw up my hands. It’s the Mr. Bill empire… The more more junk they put out, the more we poor suckers will be apt to upgrade our hardware & software. We just keep playing their stupid little money game, don’t we?

—Cliff in Sioux City, Iowa

If you remember anything, remember the throw-away tools of war.

You said "Microsh!t"

is Bill Gate's personal problem.

and any non-WIN OS in any case! :-)
Yes, ubuntu - from my country - is perhaps the best linus, though there as some very nice and aesthetic ones. I like the Linux KDE more than gnome, so you can try kubuntu instead of ubuntu.

Distrowatch dot com gives you a good overview of Linux releases (all/most free).

windows is one giant vector to having your identity stolen, your passwords ransacked, and all your online accounts breeched.

i've worked on hundreds of compromised systems. it's too much work to teach people how to keep their XP/windows system secure.

"dual boot" or virtualization can mitigate that risk.

I setup a linux/windows dual boot configuration for those who need security and are a bit more advanced then a typical computer user.

they can power on their computer and select whether they want Windows XP to start, or if they want Ubuntu Linux to start.

they use Ubuntu Linux for day to day stuff, like web surfing, email, etc.

if they have need access to their quickbooks or something, they boot to XP for that specific session.

virtualization is even better. boot to ubuntu linux all the time, and just start an xp virtual machine within ubuntu.

you build the xp image and save a clean copy. if your xp virtual machine ever get's compromised by an attack, you delete it from within ubuntu, and start up a copy of your pristine xp virtual machine.

then you have access to your xp only software from within ubuntu.

gamers will dual boot, cause they need the native xp environment.

windows 7 and vista are OK. nothing really terribly different from XP other then they suck up some serious resources.

eventually though with computers moving to a 4 core cpu, 8 gig of ram (memory) and 1 terabyte of drive space as "standard", win7 and vista will run OK.

but people are the number one reason for viruses, doesn't matter how much software you run.

you can't escape a good zero day, if you stick your foot in the steel jaw.

but with windows, it's quite easy to do.

much more difficult to torpedo yourself with linux or mac.

Go Mac or go home. They run like a Swiss watch.

heh ur topic made me scootch forward in my sdeat :D
I LOVE LINUX - always will :)
Go try n download 'Ubuntu Ultimate 2.0'
Best Linux distro for ubuntu I ever saw & it recognizes every little thing... Try using 'Beryl Project'! It's ridiculous!

But I prefer Windows. I've operated all my servers running on Windows for the past 8 years and they are still running smooth. The only time they went offline/crashed was when I set up a monitor in the firewall to watch for the nimba worm and I accidently hit allow and in a few short seconds, it brought the servers to their knees. After wiping the drives and restoring them, I never had a single problem since and that's the honest truth. It all boils down to what a person is stuffing their machines with that might cause stability issues.

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