Windows Xp Pro?

ktmexc20 · Mar 31, 2006

Quote from winter:

Funny, someone else said installing it was "MUCH easier", not "no different" from Windows, guess that was just hyperbole.

You know, by all accounts Beta was technically better than VHS but sometimes you just have to let it go. Not everyone is ignorant and waiting to be saved.

I bet many of the folks you are trying to convert would be better off staying with Windows. I know, I know - heresy!

To each, their own... no battle lines here bud.

Dell-Boy · Mar 31, 2006

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#linspeed

nononsense · Apr 1, 2006

Quote from vhehn:

thanks but until xp cant do something i want to do i see no reason to spend the time changing over.

A lot of guys used to talk like that in favor of their pet old-hat OS, this during the 1995+ years when M$ used to show impressive growth numbers for its NT. They quickly had to learn how to swim, otherwise drown.

vehn, old friend, it may be time to let in some fresh air and take a serious look at what's coming.

nononsense

duard · Apr 1, 2006

First of all let me say I'm neither for nor against any OS I just want stability, speed, and ease of use with regard to TRADING which is what I do. Having said that I'm seriously looking into LINUX as it has a better speed and stability profile compared with MS windows XP products. But and this is a big butt I hear alot about software non-compatibility and that woories me. I admit I have not used Linux but I'm afraid to go down that road when people like Mr. Medved tell me their software is not directly compatible.

So I guess I the thing to do is get a box going side by side LINUX vs Windows and compare. In fact I see a business opportunity here given traders should trade not spend hours days and weeks tweaking there systems. At an institution they have IT but retail traders are sort of Michaelangelo-esque creatures having to know quite a few things. I envision a sort of a Maximum PC magazine type situation for traders and financial apps with add space from vendors.

Splat, splat, splat as the tomatoes clobber me back into cyberspace......

1000 · Apr 1, 2006

Quote from Kastro_316:

Hey guys

Would it be better to run Windows Xp pro for trading? Does it matter?

I just bought some new stuff for my comp, so I am trying to make it better.

Any advice would be great,
-Kastro

If you can it would be better to wait for Vista.

ktmexc20 · Apr 3, 2006

Quote from 1000:

If you can it would be better to wait for Vista.

From what I heard last week, Microsoft won't be releasing it until the spring of 2007.

canyonman00 · Apr 3, 2006

Quote from 1000:

If you can it would be better to wait for Vista.

I would seriously doubt that using Vista within the first six months would be prudent. I advise all of my clients to give new software, especially OS's, an initial growth period. Don't become a test platform for Microsoft if you can help it!

ktmexc20 · Apr 3, 2006

Quote from canyonman00:

I would seriously doubt that using Vista within the first six months would be prudent. I advise all of my clients to give new software, especially OS's, an initial growth period. Don't become a test platform for Microsoft if you can help it!

Right. Consider OpenSource. Being that it's well scrutinzed by the world communtity, and not just the people in a departmental set of cubicles.

1000 · Apr 3, 2006

Quote from canyonman00:

I would seriously doubt that using Vista within the first six months would be prudent. I advise all of my clients to give new software, especially OS's, an initial growth period. Don't become a test platform for Microsoft if you can help it!

You're right. Since MSFT is releasing 7 or so different versions, I am led to believe that the first one or two are going to be carrots for the hackers to test the parameters.

dcraig · Apr 3, 2006

Quote from duard:

First of all let me say I'm neither for nor against any OS I just want stability, speed, and ease of use with regard to TRADING which is what I do. Having said that I'm seriously looking into LINUX as it has a better speed and stability profile compared with MS windows XP products. But and this is a big butt I hear alot about software non-compatibility and that woories me. I admit I have not used Linux but I'm afraid to go down that road when people like Mr. Medved tell me their software is not directly compatible.

So I guess I the thing to do is get a box going side by side LINUX vs Windows and compare. In fact I see a business opportunity here given traders should trade not spend hours days and weeks tweaking there systems. At an institution they have IT but retail traders are sort of Michaelangelo-esque creatures having to know quite a few things. I envision a sort of a Maximum PC magazine type situation for traders and financial apps with add space from vendors.

Splat, splat, splat as the tomatoes clobber me back into cyberspace......

You can run both at the same time on the same machine using virtualization software. With the new dual core processors this is an increasingly viable option performance wise.

Some software options:

Microsoft to make their virtualization software free and also support Linux as a guest OS:

http://www.theregister.com/2006/04/03/ms_virtual_free/

VmWare makes a free version available:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/03/vmware_goes_free/

Xen is free and open source and now supports Windows due to better virtualization support in new CPUs:

http://www.xensource.com/

This could be used for example, to run browsers and email under Linux where the security record is considerably better than on Windows and just use Windows for Windows specific trading software.

Of course a fair amount of memory would be recommended for such a setup.