Loving Windows 2008
July 31st, 2008 // 1:05 pm @ Amar
I recently installed Windows Server 2008 64 bit edition to my laptop. I agree getting all drivers were a little bit of effort, and I still have a driver missing for an unknown device which keeps prompting me, but I will say the effort and pain was well worth it. The installation process was really smooth. I did format my hard drive and make a clean install. It was nice to finally make a move to 64 bit and what better than Server 2008. It’s a fantastic OS. Possibly one of the best Microsoft has produced till date.
I configured my system to use it as a workstation using many of the tutorials and guides available on the net. I may write up everything in one concise post if people want, but the information is pretty widely available. I can say one thing. It’s fast. Oh did I mention that I now have 4 GB of RAM and being 64 bit, I can finally use all of it.
It was an interesting experience hunting for 64 bit applications. True that most of the 32 bit apps work fine, but being a perfectionist that I am, I will still keep looking for pure 64 bit version of every software I use. Goal is to be fully 64 bit in the near future.
Even Lord of the Rings Online works fine after updating my graphics driver and updating Windows. Next step was to setup the ultimate development rig over this base OS install. Will describe my experience in a seperate post. However I will recommend every developer to try it over Vista. It rocks.
Category : Windows Server 2008
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1 year ago
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