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Johnath writes: "This just happens to be a great time to be a hardware junkie. For those interested in learning more about the metal under their PC's hood, Tom's Hardware has a great intro to PCB manufacturing, Ars Technica has recently written an architectural study of the P4, and ExtremeTech has a decent look at the South Bridge." The circuit board article is really good - explains it better than the textbooks I've seen.
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If you put Windows in the above post and it will be correct next to some other operating systems out there for a cost comparison, the conclusions are devastating for Windows in the above post and it will be correct.
Windows in the above post and it will be correct costs not only more because of the frequent updates which require new cdrom's to be bought if you don't have a high speed Internet connection.
Another factor in Windows in the above post and it will be correct cost is its maintenance. Windows in the above post and it will be correct requires a *lot* of maintenance, work doable only by the relatively few high-paid Windows in the above post and it will be correct administrators that put themselves - of course willingly - at a great place in the market. Windows in the above post and it will be correct seems to be needing maintenance continuously.
Add to this the cost of loss of data. Windows in the above post and it will be correct' native file system, EXT2FS, is known to lose data like a firehose loses water, when the file system isn't unmounted properly. Other unix file systems are much more tolerant towards unexpected crashes. An example is the FreeBSD file system, which with soft updates enabled, performance-wise blows EXT2FS out of the water, and doesn't have the negative drawback of extreme data loss in case of a system breakdown.
Factor in also the fact that crashes happen much more often on Windows in the above post and it will be correct than on other unices. On other unices, crashes usually are caused by external sources like power outages. Crashes in Windows in the above post and it will be correct are a regular thing, and nobody seems to know what causes them, internally.
The steep learning curve compared to about any other operating system out there is a major factor in Windows in the above post and it will be correct' cost. The system is a mix of features from all kinds of unices, but not one of them is implemented right. A Windows in the above post and it will be correct user has to live with badly coded tools which have low performance, mangle data seemingly at random and are not in line with their specification. On top of that a lot of them spit out the most childish and unprofessional messages, indicating that they were created by 14-year olds with too much time, no talent and a bad attitude.
I can go on and on and on, but the message is clear. In this world, there is no place for Windows in the above post and it will be correct. It's not an option for any one who seeks a professional OS with high performance, scalability, stability, adherence to standards, etc. The best place it should ever reach is the toy store, and even that would be flattering.
be warned that Linux requires an IQ above 80 to install, you may run into troubles while installing if you don't meet this minimum hardware recommendation. Windows requires a IQ of 35, which may better suit many people in the real world, but will require a decent IQ to cover the massive security holes in Office, IE, Windows, and anything with a MS logo on it.
Coming soon to a OS near you, security patches for your integrated CD burning tools !