> On 7/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >I see lots of complaints from people about install processes for
>> >Linux, Solaris, BSD, etc. -- but not too many people that are willing
>> >to admit that the Windows install process isn't a very "aesthe tic"
>> >experience either
On 7/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I see lots of complaints from people about install processes for
>Linux, Solaris, BSD, etc. -- but not too many people that are willing
>to admit that the Windows install process isn't a very "aesthe tic"
>experience either.
That's likel
On 7/12/06, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The aim is for developers. Since ATI and nVidia
> control the majority
> > of the market, we should get your friend's problem
> fixed.
>
> I was able to walk him through the whole process just
> fine and it really
> came down to a misunders
>True, but it's still one of those things that bugs me. The recovery
>CDs are of course especially evil, since people really like the
>polished expiernce they provide, but want it to work for all hardware,
>not realising that in many cases it was made specifically for their
>system configuration!
>I see lots of complaints from people about install processes for
>Linux, Solaris, BSD, etc. -- but not too many people that are willing
>to admit that the Windows install process isn't a very "aesthe tic"
>experience either.
That's likely because few people ever run a barebones windows install.
> > The aim is for developers. Since ATI and nVidia
> control the majority
> > of the market, we should get your friend's problem
> fixed.
>
> I was able to walk him through the whole process just
> fine and it really
> came down to a misunderstanding. He saw that basic
> GRUB screen and assumed