tornado chasers

BoyWonder410 · #1 28th October 2007, 07:38 AM

i'm watching the new discovery channel show storm chasers, great show.
They had a technical problem with their computer, the one that gives them data from their radar, and it showed them rebooting... and it is running XP.

clearer · #2 28th October 2007, 08:09 AM

is that a big wonder? a guesstimated 90% (more like 70-80 me thinks) of all computers besides servers run windows.

John the train · #3 28th October 2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by clearer

is that a big wonder? a guesstimated 90% (more like 70-80 me thinks) of all computers besides servers run windows.

I'd say 70% is right for using Windows as the main/only OS, 90% if you include those who dual-boot and only use Windows for gaming or specialist software which isn't available in Linux.

billb · #4 28th October 2007, 02:37 PM

It has been a long time since I have seen it, but for a while I would occasionally see a "guru meditation" from an Amiga that was being used on a directory channel or similar.

JN4OldSchool · #5 28th October 2007, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BoyWonder410

i'm watching the new discovery channel show storm chasers, great show.
They had a technical problem with their computer, the one that gives them data from their radar, and it showed them rebooting... and it is running XP.

Lol, I about hit the floor laughing when I saw that!

Just an uplugged cable though.

Hey, how about that TIV? That is one heck of a ride!