Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 02, 2007 10:05 PM
Oh please. It's COMMON KNOWLEDGE that Windows only supports a VERY SMALL subset of hardware without requiring manufacturer drivers. Now there is a difference between "everything works" and "installs" too. Generally, you can install windows on most common hardware, but frequently you won't have working network, sound, etc., and video will be limited to plain VGA.
As far as installing, anything with a SATA or RAID card usually needs drivers to install Windows. For example, NONE of the HP rack servers will install without additional drivers. To solve this, HP has "smartstart" CD's for their servers that pre-install the drivers and whatnot to allow easy installations of Windows. And what does HP use to make smartstart work? Linux. Why? Because out of the box, Linux supports damn near all core hardware, unlike Windows.
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Re:Now let's hope they stop shipping a half gig
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 02, 2007 10:05 PMAs far as installing, anything with a SATA or RAID card usually needs drivers to install Windows. For example, NONE of the HP rack servers will install without additional drivers. To solve this, HP has "smartstart" CD's for their servers that pre-install the drivers and whatnot to allow easy installations of Windows. And what does HP use to make smartstart work? Linux. Why? Because out of the box, Linux supports damn near all core hardware, unlike Windows.
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