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To: trouthead who wrote (16330)	5/12/1999 1:07:00 PM
From: Michael L. Voorhees	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Junior: well I have been using both and my failure rate on Windows is two orders of magnitude greater than Linux (which I have never had lock up). Also have worked at Kinko's on WINSLOP machines. Everytime I go I must ask the technical administrator to reboot the machine because she has locked up at least twice a visit. Windows reliability is miserable. Now if you're just sitting there running a single low overhead task maybe it can do it, but when the rubber meets the road and you need to get things done FORGET IT.

To: trouthead who wrote (16330)	5/12/1999 1:50:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Respond to of 64865

Good points. If we were to poll SI members we'd probably find 90% of them using Wintel PC's on the desktop. This is an endorsement that the PC Wintel desktop environment is superior in cost effectiveness and productivity tools; also far superior in anti-productivity tools such as Unreal or Quake ;)

To: trouthead who wrote (16330)	5/12/1999 6:35:00 PM
From: Lin Lee	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 64865

I have Sun workstation and CPQ NT crashstation. I avg about 1 reboot/week on PC ... often Lotus Notes locks up, can't seem to end task, reboot. Sun has uptime of 45 days ... last reboot was when I accidently kicked out the power cord.

To: trouthead who wrote (16330)	5/13/1999 12:34:00 AM
From: paul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

when you say you have your PC running all the time do you mean 24 hours a day? - i use both a Sun Ultra and a Dell PC and the PC at home often has to be rebooted several times a day and i dont leave it on all the time - if I do it wont last 48 hours without a reboot - applications start acting funny and i inevitably get the BSOD. The Dell PC has been fairly reliable over 3 years - hasnt had any hw problems, but the components are mostly made by Sony, Western Digital, etc. there's a command called uptime on my sparc station - currently it says over 158 days - i come in my office and work - not function as a Microsoft certified engineer for my wonderful, high quality Microsoft products.