* Tim Smith peremptorily fired off this memo:
> In article <0fmnk.7490$kh2.4217@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> It takes a significant multiple of 25 minutes to do a clean install of
>> >> Windows XP or Windows Vista.
>> >
>> > Lie.
>>
>> Not a lie. Merely misleading, in the same sense that your reposting of
>> problem-threads is misleading.
>>
>> You just want the XP screen to come up on a fast machine, and don't care
>> if you have networking or full video support? Then you are correct.
>>
>> You want more, though, and you don't have an OEM disk? Then Roy is
>> correct.
>
> I'd take "significant multiple" to be at least 2x, or 3x, or some other
> integer multiple > 1. So were are talking at least 50 minutes. I don't
> think Roy is correct if that is the case.
That's why I said it was misleading. It can take quite a bit /more/
time if you get /all/ of the drivers that DELL has for its Latitudes, for
example. There's probably nearly a dozen EXEs you can find, download,
and run.
> However, it's also going to make people think that reinstalling is
> something that they will have to do on Linux, just like they now do on
> Windows. That is going to mislead people, and is not good advocacy.
Some truth to that. Of course, they'll usually have that first install
of Linux to do, anyway, until Linux systems become a natural alternative
choice for consumers.
> Speaking of install times, Win95 was interesting. My copy of Win95 was
> an upgrade. To install it, I had to install DOS, with CD-ROM support,
> first, then run the Win95 setup program from DOS. During the install,
> it would look on my system for proof that I had an eligible product.
Yeah, that was a pita.
> Apparently, the files on the original CD were laid out in an order that
> didn't match the order the installer accessed them, so there was a lot
> of seeking on the CD. My CD (mastered on Linux) apparently laid the
> files out in an order that was much closer to optimal, so the copy raced
> through with little extra seeking.
Alphabetical order!
Ah, life's ironies!
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