Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC and Taig w/ MicroProto

Tony Jeffree wrote:

> At 16:44 20/06/2006, you wrote:
>
>>I actually had less trouble with BDI than I had with the last XP
>>install. I'm now trying to get W2k onto the 1.2GHz ITX board - I'll let
>>people know in a few hours time if Mach3 will run on THAT hardware. I'm
>>reconning on three hours to install since I have to sort out all the
>>proper drivers - something that BOTH Linux installs had no need of :)
>
> The point is though that the average user doesn't expect to have to install
> Windows (or Linux, or a small country in Africa) onto their machine before
> then installing an application - the PC comes with that stuff already done.
> So comparing how much trouble you had installing the OS is missing the point.
>
> I installed DeskCNC on a naff old 200 meg laptop the other week - Windows
> 98 - loaded no trouble, ran perfectly, no need to load the OS at all. THAT
> is what most users want to see - they don't give a rat's for how easy it is
> to install the OS.

I'd love to run Mach3 on that - I would not have a problem then :)

My point on installing the OS is the difficulty 're-installing' after
Windows has thrown a major tantrum and XP seems MORE prone to that.
Still if it was easy I would not earn the money to pay for the rest of
this stuff ;)

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