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3 Aug 2024 08:13:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Preferred operating system for intensive PovRay use  
From: Stefan Viljoen
Date: 27 May 2004 13:25:34
Message: <40b6248c@news.povray.org>
ABX wrote:

> On 27 May 2004 07:35:05 -0400, "Rafal 'Raf256' Maj" <spa### [at] raf256com>
> wrote:
>> And linux realy is a stable OS (compared to i.e. Windows98,Me) none my
>> linux-computeres had crashed (for over half year of using).
> 
> Half year? As far as I remember my Windows 95 did not crashed for 5 years
> until I did not changed my machine to XP which did not crashed since
> buying (November) too. My WinNT4 at work did not crashed since 6 years
> when I recived it. IMO it's up to hygiene of taking care about your OS,
> about installing new unknown software, blind changing registers, using
> wrong drivers, using noname hardware etc. etc. Alltogether I consider
> Windows stable for POV-Ray use. Note that I'm software developer who needs
> from time to time kill applications, but it never caused OS crash.
> 
> ABX

Hmm - this is highly subjective it seems. I have crashed NT4 four times in
an hour once trying to install IBM NetCommerce...
-- 
Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician
Polar Design Solutions


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