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Blue screen of death at an inoppertune moment - then what? If the equivalent happens in Linux you put in a live CD and get that all important presentation off o
by krschultz 18y ago
Blue screen of death at an inoppertune moment - then what? If the equivalent happens in Linux you put in a live CD and get that all important presentation off of it and go on your way. Not to mention that I can install Ubuntu freshly in under and hour, windows takes several times that by the time you install 4 drivers and reboot after each one, install a half dozen apps that aren't included by default etc.
That was pretty much what sold me, I was 30 something hours into a Solidworks project that forced me to use Windows, and the machine BSOD me at 4am the day it was due. If you rely on a machine you have to have faith it will work during crunch time.
- thm 18y agoYou can put a Linux Live CD in a Windows computer and still get at your data, and I haven't seen Windows crash that often recently. I'm using Mac and sometimes Linux and have seen Mac OS crash more often that Windows. I feel more comfortable in Mac OS, though. I've used Ubuntu a few years back and prefer that over Windows as well.
- krschultz 18y agoAgreed, thats what I did, but at the end of the day now I have my unfinished project on a flash drive and no functioning computer to fix it - not all that useful unless you have another Windows machine with Solidworks installed ready to go - and at a few thousand bucks a seat not many people do. I don't think Windows crashes any more frequently than Linux but it is more catastrophic I feel.
- jodrellblank 18y agoWhy did it BSOD?