Reinstalling OS after CPU-upgrade?

[MheAd]

What do you guys think? If I'm off to swap my currrent E8400 Core Duo for a Quad Core, on the same old m/b, should I be fine (Windows 7 64bit) or should I reinstall the OS completely? Theoretically I should be fine without reinstall, but you never know.

[Trouble]

I think a re-install is prudent. Something always seems to fuck up if you try to cut corners.

[Herzeg Dva]

HAL is adapted to your CPU/mobo architecture during install-time. A reinstall is very necessary.

[Atebash]

You can do... Sysprep...

[Herzeg Dva]

Sysprep? is that a new tool?

[Anomonous Guy]

You could always prepare for it, but try it and see before you do it.

[MheAd]

I guess I can. I guess, if I see in the device manager that my processor is being identified properly, that would reasonably mean "I'm good". It's just the thing that Windows scares the shit out of me. I fucking hate it, ever since I started working with Linux. It's the thing that there are so many things going on "behind the curtain" in Windows that an average user simply don't know about, especially when I've barely touched the damn thing for the past 3 years :=)

[Anomonous Guy]

I would use only Linux if more games and apps were supported on it.

[MheAd]

I spoke to the former colleague of mine, a Windows Server system administrator, who confirmed I should be fine.

@Anom, nothing prevents you from dual booting. That's basically what I do, and the only reason I have this piece of shit system (Windows) on my computer is because of gaming and only very very few crucial applications that I need. Other than that, I'm basically in Linux 24/7, and I've managed to find substitutes for most of the ordinary apps, while some of them actually work quite okay under Wine.

Also, you use wrong terminology there. There is no such thing as "apps supported by Linux" but rather "apps that support Linux", if you know what I mean

[Anomonous Guy]

I used to dual boot, but to be honest on my machine Windows XP flies like shit off a stick and is pretty easy to use. Plus Emma gets annoyed when I make it confusing for her (yes, having to choose an OS is confusing for her )

On the laptop it came with Windows 7 and I really enjoy using Windows 7...

It is typical me though, I really should get using Linux and learning the ins and outs of it but as usual I am not doing what I should... I need a spanking mhead

And yeah, I do know what you mean... But it does always seem in the Linux community that it is up to the user to make the app work rather than the publisher/developer.

[MheAd]

I used to dual boot, but to be honest on my machine Windows XP flies like shit off a stick and is pretty easy to use.

So does even most of the recent Linux-distributions! They are far less hardware demandning than Win 7 / Vista. They are yet up to date, while WinXP is 10 years old - no wonder it's so fast on new computers

And yeah, I do know what you mean... But it does always seem in the Linux community that it is up to the user to make the app work rather than the publisher/developer.

Well, that's the beauty of the Open Source. Everybody is welcome to develop - your knowledge is your only limitation. Also, as a typical Win-user, you are probably not even aware that you are using a bunch of Open Source on Windows too. The only thing that bothers me (once again, it's not Linux fault) is that there are so many great freeware apps on Windows that their original developers refuse to distribute under GNU Licence. That would mean that they have to share their code. If they did - all of these applications would show up on Linux in no time. Don't think for a second that Linux is some garage-project by few geeks. These geeks number in thousands. And they are good!

It is typical me though, I really should get using Linux and learning the ins and outs of it but as usual I am not doing what I should... I need a spanking mhead

My hand hurts. I've been spanking you for nearly 3 years but you never listen. So I gave up on you