The New 'Windows 8' UI

[Papa_Complex]

NT?!! Bloody hell. Nothing quite like a 4GB boot partition, is there?

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Corey

That might be an issue if all the businesses around here didn't cling tenaciously to Windows NT still. Now, if you'll excuse me, but IE6 is being really slow to render anything today.

Who is still using NT? Do you mean XP?

[Corey]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

NT?!! Bloody hell. Nothing quite like a 4GB boot partition, is there?

I worked for a large hospital chain that have a large group of hospitals under their umbrella and tons of computers. Every computer is running NT. Their main use software is written in MAGIC and would look only slightly dated on an 8086. They may be worrying about upgrading to Windows 8, but probably not until 2030.

[tallywacker]

Originally Posted by Flexin

I didn't think I did and I don't in a way. I can think of more then a few ways they would piss me off. But I wouldn't mind having one at different times. It would be nice to have as a 4th unit behind my desktop, laptop and cell.

Plus with the age of my kids there is really 4 of us that could want to use a computer at any given time so it would be a nice extra.

One mounted to an arm for use in the bathroom would be nice.

I would love to win a Playbook. I would buy new computers right now over a tablet but if I won one I don't think I would sell it.

James

I have a netbook, I couldn't get by with tablet limitations and I hate a fake keyboard.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Who is still using NT? Do you mean XP?

Nope - probably meant NT. There are a number of large businesses that remain on NT because of antiquated home-grown or custom designed software that they refuse to spend dollars on replacing "because it is still working."

Nevermind that it is a marked inefficiency that loses money in the long run; it's the short term return that makes the old POS continue to look viable.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Nope - probably meant NT. There are a number of large businesses that remain on NT because of antiquated home-grown or custom designed software that they refuse to spend dollars on replacing "because it is still working."

Nevermind that it is a marked inefficiency that loses money in the long run; it's the short term return that makes the old POS continue to look viable.

Not necessarily... It's been my experience that about half the time the company would be better off keeping the old shit, instead of investing money into new shit...

[Papa_Complex]

... until the new shit is failing, all over the place, and you can't even buy replacement hardware.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

... until the new shit is failing, all over the place, and you can't even buy replacement hardware.

http://www.popsci.com/node/31716

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

http://www.popsci.com/node/31716

You can't compare proprietary military grade flight computers to consumer hardware. If you care to, then just imagine what they could do with current hardware.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Not necessarily... It's been my experience that about half the time the company would be better off keeping the old shit, instead of investing money into new shit...

From a tech standpoint, yes. However, from an Operational Efficiency perspective, I don't agree. Sure, the system will be stable and do what it was built to do and you're not spending money on repairs and downtime. However, if the old system is so inflexible and can't keep up with current process requirements, you're wasting the money with outside workarounds which lead to costly inefficiencies.