What is the specific technical reason Windows machines get gradually more sluggish over time (and without a reformat and reinstall) whereas Macs don't seem to? [more inside]
posted by colinmarshall on Mar 1, 2009 - 16 answers

What is the ramp of Vista going to be like? [more inside]
posted by wflanagan on Oct 13, 2006 - 3 answers

Small Operating System: A ship that I work on has a VERY old computer (running Win 98) that is used as a public terminal. It's likely a P120, or some such thing. [MI] [more inside]
posted by MotorNeuron on Jan 26, 2005 - 17 answers

Hope I'm not opening a can of worms here. I'm jumping into the Linux ring for the very first time. There are a ton of distributions and I was wondering if there were any that the community would recommend for a noob like myself. So far, I've downloaded Mandrake and RedHat images but there are a ton of other out there and I wonder if I'm missing something better? I'll be dual booting on a WinXP pro box (Intel) so I'm looking for something that is relatively easy to install in this situation.
posted by KevinSkomsvold on Jan 15, 2005 - 30 answers

Can anyone recommend 'small' operating systems for educational purposes at high school level? [MI] [more inside]
posted by plep on Oct 7, 2004 - 13 answers