The OS Discussion Thread.

**Triv1um** · March 22nd, 2008, 23:17

I can never go on with Ndiswrapper. It never works for me. Haha

**Shadowblind** · March 23rd, 2008, 00:29

I dual boot XP and Vista. XP owns all.

**the_eternal_dark** · March 23rd, 2008, 05:37

Originally Posted by Shrygue

No wifi? Try ndiswrapper with the compatible Windows drivers work to make it work.

As for soundcard issues, my Creative Xtreme Audio card doesn't work in Linux but I still can use onboard sound from the motherboard. If your motherboard supports onboard sound, try it that way - unless you really insist on using the sound card. I'd like to, because I prefer having the EAX effects turned on - more fun to listen to music that way.

Ndiswrapper only works on some cards, not all.

And as for the X-FI cards, there are beta drivers/support for them, check http://opensource.creative.com/soundcard.html if you want to test it out.

**xg917** · March 23rd, 2008, 17:51

ehh i dont realy have a problem with any OS, the computer in my room is a mac. as everyone knows, the new apple computers could run windows xp. im used to both. i get the same experience with both operating systems.
there is a lack of programs for apple though.. i use windows for recording and editing my own songs and stuff like that. psp stuff i could use mac or windows, its the same deal and programs are similar. the only thing i dont like about mac is that there is no video or audio chat support for any of the messengers, so i use windows for any special occasions like that. idk im always on and off of mac and windows, i use mac most of the time

i think in reality, windows and apple are really similar to one another in my point of view. maybe you use your computers for some other things, games for example. there is a much more larger variaty of games on windows system than apple. i dont play much games on my computer though. thats what i use ps2 and nintendo for

**Video_freak** · March 23rd, 2008, 19:10

I'm in the same boat as xg917. I run Mac OS on my MacBook but sometimes launch XP (in VMware Fusion) for Nero or something. Also, I used to run Vista on my desktop but switched back to XP MCE because it's just far more reliable and performs better. Overall, though, I feel Mac OS does everything it's advertised to do- and it does it very well. So I guess I'm going for Mac OS then.

**the_eternal_dark** · March 23rd, 2008, 21:07

Originally Posted by Video_freak

I'm in the same boat as xg917. I run Mac OS on my MacBook but sometimes launch XP (in VMware Fusion) for Nero or something. Also, I used to run Vista on my desktop but switched back to XP MCE because it's just far more reliable and performs better. Overall, though, I feel Mac OS does everything it's advertised to do- and it does it very well. So I guess I'm going for Mac OS then.

The easiest way to get the best of all worlds.