New notebook Win7 fun

Ori Idan ori-RdxWQVHs3mjDN57Tih+YPw at public.gmane.org
Wed Sep 19 15:31:27 UTC 2012


On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 19 September 2012 11:23, Ivan Avery Frey <ivan.avery.frey-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > On 19/09/12 9:59 , James Knott wrote:
> >>
> >> Ivan Avery Frey wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> It also prompts me to make a Win7 backup (restore disks?). Turns out
> >>>> that
> >>>> that is 6 blank DVDs. 24 minutes into this process and nothing has
> been
> >>>> burned so far. This could easily take longer than installing Linux.
> And
> >>>> just think, in a month, I could get to do the same with Win8 (for
> ~$15).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> A friend of mine bought a Sony Laptop that recommends creating
> >>> recovery media. I hope it doesn't take 6 DVDs. I'm considering looking
> >>> into the WAIK (Windows Automated Install Kit) to see if I can create a
> >>> "Windows Install Partition" on an external drive.
> >>
> >>
> >> My ThinkPad E520 required 4 DVDs.
> >
> >
> > All I can say is WTF is wrong with Microsoft????? Ok, ok I can see all
> you
> > Unix beards looking down on me and thinking "Duh, why are you surprised?"
>
> I only have a goatee, but ... "Duh."  :-)
>
> My Toshiba Satellite (purchased about a month ago) took five or six
> DVDs.  I have to admit it seemed excessive even to me.  Maybe it's
> because I only have a goatee.
>

Well, on this I can only say: "Why bother with Windows in the first place?"
Also, why write it in a Linux mailing list?
Should we open a Microsoft rant mailing list :-)

-- 
Ori Idan
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