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Haha I've always had weird issues with AMD systems over the years. I blame the motherboard chipsets. I've been running NT kernel systems since NT4.0 and haven't noticed any difference in stability between NT4, Win2k, WinXP, and Vista. Put them on decent hardware, don't load crapware on them, and they're all equally stable.
I like XP but i imagine you have to get Vista at some point because they..
Will no longer provide security updates for XP.
That'll probably be a while. I believe 2000 is still getting security updates even though there hasn't been a service pack in years and some add-ons like IE and Windows media player can't be brought fully up to date. I'm sure XP will still be updated for at least another 5 years. But by then, who would want it?
I can't count the number of problems I've had with Vista: random crashes; a blank window opening on startup for no apparent reason; randomly waking up from hibernation; having the "Network and Sharing" explorer window just go completely blank, for which the only "fix" is to reboot the goddamned thing; perodically dropping wi-fi connectivity, again for which the only fix is a reboot; Periodically failing to recognize my internal wi-fi card (I have to keep a USB wi-fi device around as a backup); sometimes waking up from hibernation with a different screen resolution, which messes up the arrangement of my desktop icons; sound drivers have simply disappeared twice now; shutdown takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 20 minutes; probably a dozen more little tics and quirks I can't think of off the top of my head.
This is easily the best user interface Windows has produced in terms of useful feature content ease of use. Stability, on the other hand, has not been its strong suit in my experience.
I can't count the number of problems I've had with Vista: random crashes; a blank window opening on startup for no apparent reason; randomly waking up from hibernation; having the "Network and Sharing" explorer window just go completely blank, for which the only "fix" is to reboot the goddamned thing; perodically dropping wi-fi connectivity, again for which the only fix is a reboot; Periodically failing to recognize my internal wi-fi card (I have to keep a USB wi-fi device around as a backup); sometimes waking up from hibernation with a different screen resolution, which messes up the arrangement of my desktop icons; sound drivers have simply disappeared twice now; shutdown takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 20 minutes; probably a dozen more little tics and quirks I can't think of off the top of my head.
This is easily the best user interface Windows has produced in terms of useful feature content ease of use. Stability, on the other hand, has not been its strong suit in my experience.
I can't count the number of problems I've had with Vista: random crashes; a blank window opening on startup for no apparent reason; randomly waking up from hibernation; having the "Network and Sharing" explorer window just go completely blank, for which the only "fix" is to reboot the goddamned thing; perodically dropping wi-fi connectivity, again for which the only fix is a reboot; Periodically failing to recognize my internal wi-fi card (I have to keep a USB wi-fi device around as a backup); sometimes waking up from hibernation with a different screen resolution, which messes up the arrangement of my desktop icons; sound drivers have simply disappeared twice now; shutdown takes anywhere from 30 seconds to 20 minutes; probably a dozen more little tics and quirks I can't think of off the top of my head.
This is easily the best user interface Windows has produced in terms of useful feature content ease of use. Stability, on the other hand, has not been its strong suit in my experience.
Sounds like a hardware problem or some crappy software like Norton or McCrappy screwing things up. My Vista machines are just as stable as NT4, 2000, 2003, and XP.
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