Who is the best? Best out of best?

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Who is the best? (out of best). This is a argument you me and everyone faced for many years. Yes I am talking about the operating systems. In another word I am talking about Windows, MAC OS, Linux, Unix or any other system you use.


Can you really say what is the best or what it the worst? Even good? Different Operating systems have different targets, different requirements set. More than that there is a different budget. So before we decide what is the best operating system you might have to think about that as well.

What is secure or what is not secure. In terms of security if some one is boasting my system is secure I can bet you that you have the least secure system around. That is simply because conditions change rapidly and you might be secure today but not tomorrow. How can you measure it. Most of the time we tend to call it secure if we are protected to known vulnerabilities. How about the things that never occurred?

What I use and what I am familiar with is the best OS?

I believe what I have been using for sometimes and familiar OS is the best. Because I know how to get things done. I know all the hacks tricks and tweaks for it. Do you?

For some reason I can get things done with a slow old computer with less RAM and computational power. Where others struggle to move the mouse. Thats a secret.

You can see people argue that Windows is better than MAC, MAC is better than any other operating system. You cannot beat power of Unix and Linux.

Lets take it in another way? Imagine only one operating systems exists with its current status. (Because when there is no competition things can be changed. Specially price and quality). Come up with one cool thing for the main Operating systems that you can find (Windows, MAC, Linux & UNIX). How would the world goes only with Windows? or MAC or Linux & Unix?

Buying a Laptop Computer or Netbook

It is not an easy task to buying a laptop computer. Not just because of the price of the price of the laptops but comparing the features with the prices will easily makes you feel lost. Do not forget that cheap new notebook have new member. Netbooks are cheaper and portable. So how you decide which laptop, desktop or netbook to buy.


How much you can or willing to spend on your new computer, laptop or netbook comes first. Without proper budget you will easily get lost because you can buy one for $500 as well as for more than $5000. I will leave it with you.

Before you go any further spend couple of minutes to go through the hardware requirements and operating system you would prefer. At this stage you will get Windows Vista
or XP with your laptop and soon Windows 7 would be available. In terms of hardware it is Screen Size, RAM, Hard disk space, Processor and video and sound card would be main components you need to think of.

Then it would be better to decide you want to buy a desktop, laptop or netbook. You might need to answer couple of usability question before you make the decision.

* Do I want it to be portable?
* Do I want 5-6 hours of battery life?
* Do I want to use it mainly for internet browsing and access documents and Excels?
* Will I not constantly use it for couple of hours?
* Do I have another computer?
* 1GB - 2GB RAM is quite enough?

If you answer yes to most of the above questions then I would recommend you to go for a netbook which is cheaper, extremely portable and quite handy to take it when you travel. Not recommended for constantly using for longer hours.

* I want to it to be portable?
* I do not really worried about the battery life?
* I want to run couple of general applications and some photo editing applications?
* I will use it for hours and hours?
* I want more RAM and disk space to be used?

Then it is ideal to buy a laptop base on your hardware requirements. You can upgrade/downgrade RAM and hard drive base on your requirement and budget. With netbooks it is bit hard to work for longer hours as the screen is smaller.

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If you do not want portability at all and want to run really heavy and experiment with application, operating systems and what to run programing languages and databases you must choose a good desktop. Also if you have a limited budget desktop would be a good option as well.

Try to keep your requirements simple. Otherwise new models will add to the market and you will never end up buying a new computer but wasting your time going through specifications and requirements.

Do not forget to share your experience buying a new laptop, computer or netbook...

When will be Microsoft Windows 7 released?

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday ( 2nd of June 2009) its new Windows 7 operating system will be generally available on October 22, well ahead of its original schedule and in time for the holiday shopping season.

The new operating system, which will replace the unpopular Vista, was originally planned for roll-out at the beginning of next year, but Microsoft confirmed last month that it would hit the market in time for the year’s busiest buying period.

Microsoft said it will send Windows 7 code to PC makers to load onto new machines — known in the industry as “release to manufacturing” — around the end of July.

By October 22, people will be able to buy new computers with Windows 7 installed, or pick up the software off the shelf to install on their old computers.

Microsoft confirmed that it will run a program whereby people who buy PCs with certain versions of Vista before October 22 can get a free upgrade to Windows 7, but it has not yet released details.

Installing an Operating System on Your USB

In my previous posts I have pointed out that it is really important to have Operating system in a CD (Live CD). USB is much easier than the CD. Sriram Sridharan posted step by step guide in his blog sriraminhell to install Linux version in to your USB flash drive.

Why it is important to have a OS installed in USB?

1. Portability - Not like a CD USB a flash drive is really small and you have high capacity so you will be able to have your files as well. Also, it is more reliable.

2. In a situation where your current OS is crashed you can retrieve the important files to your USB or another external hard drive.

3. Of course your can access any computer without cracking usernames or passwords. But do not do that as it is not ethical. Other hand it is impossible to stop your data been exposed or destroyed if you give access to hardware.

4. Recover Lost or fogotten passwords for your current OS.

This is a quite interesting post and can do many experiments base on it.