I recently let the smoke out of my Asus P5n-eSLI (or some other alphabet soup name), which was playing host to my Windows 7 installation, core 2 duo, and memory.
So I ordered up a new motherboard, and I'm all ready to do a new installation of win 7 and I have the good phone (speakerphone) for arguing with MS, and I figure I better let it boot all the way on the old hdd, at least see what happens.
7 boots, chudders for a few seconds. I see an unfamiliar icon in the system tray. I click on it. It has a list of every piece of hardware on the motherboard, and a green check next to it. "Driver installed" it says.
Then it pops a dialog box and tells me that my new drivers are done, could I please reboot?
I've been running Win 7 ever since. love it.
I'm running ultimate. I was able to get legitimate access to my work's site license (I swear to you it is legitimate), and I have Ultimate 32 bit, which I feel is the best mix of power and compatibility.
The biggest problem I have with Linux, is calibrating the vodka drip to keep my pet admin at the appropriate level of intoxication to troubleshoot his side of the network.
On this machine, I'm gonna be just another 'me too', I'd go with 8gb of ram and an Nvidia card.
I'd go with a single 1920x1080 monitor, backed up by a 1080p (which is 1920x1080) 47" or bigger TV. But that's so absurdly a personal-preference issue that I don't want to commit to it 8)
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
So I ordered up a new motherboard, and I'm all ready to do a new installation of win 7 and I have the good phone (speakerphone) for arguing with MS, and I figure I better let it boot all the way on the old hdd, at least see what happens.
7 boots, chudders for a few seconds. I see an unfamiliar icon in the system tray. I click on it. It has a list of every piece of hardware on the motherboard, and a green check next to it. "Driver installed" it says.
Then it pops a dialog box and tells me that my new drivers are done, could I please reboot?
I've been running Win 7 ever since. love it.
I'm running ultimate. I was able to get legitimate access to my work's site license (I swear to you it is legitimate), and I have Ultimate 32 bit, which I feel is the best mix of power and compatibility.
The biggest problem I have with Linux, is calibrating the vodka drip to keep my pet admin at the appropriate level of intoxication to troubleshoot his side of the network.
On this machine, I'm gonna be just another 'me too', I'd go with 8gb of ram and an Nvidia card.
I'd go with a single 1920x1080 monitor, backed up by a 1080p (which is 1920x1080) 47" or bigger TV. But that's so absurdly a personal-preference issue that I don't want to commit to it 8)
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies