Windows
Posted on 2005-01-31 at 08:02
So, Denise keeps one Windows partition on her box for Microsoft Money and for games. On the new box I planned on puttng a small Windows partition for the same purposes. Windows is crap. Windows XP simply won't install. It errors out during the hardware detection phase, before ever even beginning the install phase. LAME!!! Then I found that Windows offereed an upgrade to XP 64 online. I figured, "hey, I have a valid XP disk. Maybe the upgrade will allow me to boot and install." Sure it will, but only if I purchase another version of Windows. wtf? I own the dam OS legally, but it won't install and to get a disk that will install they want me to pay...again?!?! Bill Gates can kiss my ass.
Just for the record, I was able to boot up and install two different distros of linux on that same box. No problems there. It's currently running a 64-bit version of Fedora Core 3. Ubuntu Linux works as well. I tested that with the live CD. Sweet stuff. Booted up and worked just fine.