POLL: Which OS? - Page 3

antirush · 08-17-2006, 01:39 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by tjsharktank

I'm done being a flip-flopper! I found a great program called Parallels Desktop for Mac
when I was at Micro Center Mall in Cincinnati this weekend. The guy who worked in the mac section had a mini and (for once) was really knowledge. He uses it and had some great suggestions. It totally resolved the whole boot issue. You put me on the right path though (you really are humping my leg, after all, I admitted that I hadn't researched it!!)... but I appreciate it

Here's a snipet about the program from Parallels Desktop for Mac:

I'm excited now that I've made up my mind of the equipment. I'm working on my install diagram currently and keeping an eye on ebay, etc. for good deals on various pieces of the project.

I love that Microcenter! Except when they tried to charge me 99$ to get a mac mini shipped from a different location >.<

With that said Linux deserved its own category! It has the potential, with a bit of know-how and tweaking to become a wonderful, quick booting, fully customizable car OS - in my opinion superior to the other, less easily tweaked solutions.

NoTicketsPlease · 08-17-2006, 02:36 PM

I use xp. I chose it because there is more carpc related hardware/software available for the pc. I had higher expectations of xp but after numerous problems, installs, etc I am starting to wish I had got a mac mini. I could of paid for it by mowing lawns in the spare time I would have without having to fix xp. Oh well.

Daley · 08-17-2006, 07:11 PM

They all have their advantages and disadvantages, like anything else in life. I'm running XP because I'm far more familiar with it than any of the other OS's (although I find myself digging into Fedora a *lot* more lately, because of the obvious advantages IT has). Sara, to solve your issue, you might also look at running a PC with an emulator software installed (which is basically what the Parallel thing appears to do for the Mac).

Not being a Mac proponent at all myself, I get to listen to my g/f spout about how wonderful it is. My argument is simply this: there isn't as much available for it compared to M$ stuff, as previously stated above. Now, if a person were comfortable enough with either OSX or some flavor of *nix, that would certainly be the superior choice (IMHO), hands down. That familiarity would come at the cost of doing a *lot* of hand-coding, which isn't my bag.

So, after a long and redundant post, XP is the way to go for me... for now... till I have the confidence in myself (and the competence in *nix) to make it work in the car (err, well truck now).

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