Posted on Sunday 1st of October 2006 at 14:32 in Random

Computers have personality too

While everyone else has enjoyed trouble free dual booting I have sat scratching my head wondering why my beloved desktop refuses to behave exactly as it should.

Quite some time ago I attempted to dual boot into Ubuntu Breezy Badger (with a level of success that can only compared with Windows ME). It failed massively. I tried again with Dapper Drake and in an entirely different way, it refused to install (although I'm not done battling with it). I installed Vista on Thursday and while this has not tested my patience, it too has developed "unique" behaviour on my box.

With the Vista install DVD in the drive, I boot into Vista. Without it, I boot into XP. Slightly odd if not useful behaviour but I'm not entirely sure why my machine feels the need to re-assure itself that it's booting the right operating system. While those who know me will have known my last rig (an XP3200+ system) was more commonly known as "the tempramental beast" due to it's rather lacklustre build quality (albeit mine) which would refuse to boot if the moon was just right. The newer machine (this AMD64 3700+) is a much tamer creature, but has it's own charming character flaws in the shape of dual booting.

People say machines are simple, it's 1's and 0's, but it's more than that. Computers have a personality, they have character. Some, you show enough love that you treat them as your child, others are only seconds away from being ejected from the household for hanging the SECOND before you trounced that "AWP whore" who has been bugging you all evening on Counter Strike.

Just another one of life's little difficulties.

 

Enjoy this article? Why not subscribe to the full RSS feed?

blog comments powered by Disqus
Who is Seopher?

This is me. I'm a 27 year old web
developer, blogger and entrepreneur
from near London.

I've done work for people like
Samsung, Vauxhall, Cadburys,
Chevrolet, Center Parcs and TKMaxx.

I've been running this blog since 2006
and have reached more than
1.7 million readers

I'm passionate about the web, heavy metal, zombies and cats.

Seopher
Subscribe to the RSS Feed

Stay up to date with Seopher.com by subscribing to the RSS feed, either in your browser or subscribe via email using the form below

Updates by Email

By subscribing by email you’re also subscribing to the Seopher.com newsletter; a periodical email outlining new reviews, competitions and other subscriber-only content

  • ReviewMeReviewMe
  • buy 125x125 advert for $50 pcm
Want to give your product/website exposure?

Paying for a featured review is a great way to give your product, service or website exposure. For as little as $75 you can have a full review on the site forever.

Advertising Bundle! Review + Banner = $100

Buy a review and get a 125x125 advert half price. Your banner gets displayed on over 541 pages for a full month.