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Originally posted by SlowToady
I don't buy that. Several large (very large) hosting companies run Windows 2000 or Windows 2003. Check out NetCraft.com. I realize it's a different environment, but if the issue really was that Windows just crashes randomly and breaks itself for no reason, wouldn't that happen on these web servers also? Running IIS, Exchange, MySQL (or MS-SQL), for months on end with heavy loads...
I'm leaning more towards crappy componets and users that cause *most* problems with Windows. And, yes, I consider run of the mill Dell stuff to be crap. There is much, much better out there.
Also, IMO, Alienware matches Apple for build quality.
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Actually I beleive Windows 200x to be a much better product than XP.
And I can buy into markedly better stability in that environment. Tightly controlled and constantly monitored equipment is going to be more stable.
I agree with Slow that end users are a huge contributor to instability.
One day my mother calls from the office, her PC went south and they needed to scan something so they disconnected the scanner and took it over to a Mac thay had in the office since it had image editing SW on it.
They plug the scanner in and now the Mac won't boot. I ask her which cable she used. If you have not guessed by now she plugged a parallel cable into a 25 pin scsi port.
One of the companies I worked for was in a town with an unreliable power grid. I can't tell you how many times people would come in in the morning to find there computers not working. They'd immediately call the help desk who would tell them, 'there was a blackout last night, have you tried turning it on?"