Server 2008 as main OS?

2008-04-20 18:11:45

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ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

Whilst I'm not planning on getting Vista any time in the near future, reading this article gave me the idea of running server 2008 as my OS instead. I've read a little bit around it and people are saying it's actually works pretty well for stuff other than server-ing. Obviously I'm not going to go on the judgment of some random strangers over the internet, so I had to ask you lot.

Is this in fact a crap idea and I'm going to run into even more stuff that doesn't work than I would on Vista? I may try a dual boot for a while, see how I get on with it.

2008-04-20 18:17:41

#2

The_Sniper_NM: Official EVGA Fanboy; +94|6385|SC | USA |

ghettoperson wrote:
Obviously I'm not going to go on the judgment of some random strangers over the internet, so I had to ask you lot.

Well uhh lol.

I would try to look at some reviews with pictures, to get a feel of what the interface is like, and then look at benchmarks if it makes a difference. Other than that, there could be compatibility issues.

2008-04-20 18:27:57

#3

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7013|London

Try it in dual boot to see how it suits you, and post what you think about it.

After reading that maybe I'll try it in dual boot, but I can bet dozens of programs I use will be incompatible.

2008-04-20 20:28:06

#4

jamiet757: Member; +138|6893

A lot of games and stuff aren't made to run on servers, so they most likely wouldn't run (at all and/or well) on a server OS, just my 2 cents.

2008-04-21 00:06:16

#5

VicktorVauhn: Member; +319|6663|Southern California

ghettoperson wrote:
Whilst I'm not planning on getting Vista any time in the near future, reading this article gave me the idea of running server 2008 as my OS instead. I've read a little bit around it and people are saying it's actually works pretty well for stuff other than server-ing. Obviously I'm not going to go on the judgment of some random strangers over the internet, so I had to ask you lot.

Is this in fact a crap idea and I'm going to run into even more stuff that doesn't work than I would on Vista? I may try a dual boot for a while, see how I get on with it.

Vista has been out for a while now, there isn't much stuff that doesn't have support for vista.
So yes, I would imagine you would run into more problems trying to run things on an OS they were not intended for, rather then running them on an OS they WERE intended for.

2008-04-21 06:16:47

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jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6793|...

There is no reason you couldn't, but you'll run into some random issues with some software not supporting server OS's). Performance wise it shouldn't be too different than Vista assuming you don't install all services.

It's not an absurd idea, but I'd run it side by side to see. I'm assuming you are not actually paying for it because if you were that would be a compelling reason not to go with it.

jamiet757 wrote:
A lot of games and stuff aren't made to run on servers, so they most likely wouldn't run (at all and/or well) on a server OS, just my 2 cents.

That's a good general statement but at the core OS's are not very different. Its been true for 2000 server or 2003 server. Any reason why something would not run well is because it was built with an explicit OS restriction (which can be headache enough).

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2008-04-21 07:28:10

#7

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

I'll just download the trial of Microsoft. Microsoft have published a method to extend the validation, so I can use it for pretty much as long as I want.

2008-04-23 08:31:59

#8

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

I'm on it now. So far, so good. Seems quicker than my friends install of Vista, although obviously that isn't exactly a scientific test.

2008-04-23 08:42:14

#9

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6764|N. Ireland

Why are you so anti-Vista, out of curiosity?

2008-04-23 08:59:03

#10

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

It's slow(er than XP), and generally irritates me. Basically, there was nothing about it that gave me any reason to want to upgrade.

2008-04-23 09:01:39

#11

jamiet757: Member; +138|6893

I actually find it to be faster than XP, but I guess it depends on the power of the machine you are running it on. You are entitled to your own opinion, so I will tell you that I love Vista, and I think XP was pretty mediocre now that I am used to Vista. It have me problems at first when installing, but now that there are some more updates out and I learned how to install Vista correctly, it works like a dream.

2008-04-23 11:27:21

#12

killer21: Because f*ck you that's why.; +400|6862|Reisterstown, MD

Dual boot with WinServ2008 and Linux ubuntu or fedora is a good idea....if you know about linux.

Also, you can set up a small network with printers or other objects if you really wanted to. How well do you know AD?

Last edited by killer21 (2008-04-23 11:28:54)

2008-04-23 11:50:17

#13

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

jamiet757 wrote:
I actually find it to be faster than XP, but I guess it depends on the power of the machine you are running it on. You are entitled to your own opinion, so I will tell you that I love Vista, and I think XP was pretty mediocre now that I am used to Vista. It have me problems at first when installing, but now that there are some more updates out and I learned how to install Vista correctly, it works like a dream.

My PC is plenty fast enough thanks, I just don't like bloat. And benchmarks disagree with you that it's faster than XP.

Despite the lack of bloat I'm finding a few things irritating. For one, the address bars with the stupid buttons on them piss me off. I know you're all going to tell me to live with them and just get used to it, but it annoys me. Does anyone know if there's a setting to get them back to the regular type-shit-and-it-does-places? I know you can click on the button at the end and they do that, but I'd rather it was just like that all the time.

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