I come from a place where shady characters are the norm, and the chances of finding someone with a legit copy of windows is few and far between. It makes me laugh when someone mentions the price of the windows operating system. I do not factor that into the equation at all, but then again right now I am using linuxcoin, because I so not want to spend the extra wattage on a hard drive, but am looking for a solution using either Win XP or Win 7 because I am a windows guy, and can do most things effortlessly with windows, but I need to follow a guide when I do anything with Linux. The guide must be step by step, and if the step is not accurate, I get stuck.
As for the above comment with the CPU idle, try doing a search for a stripped down version of windows...few years ago there was something called Tiny XP and they were at revision 9, so google Tiny XP rev 9. Latest is something called Tiny XP rev 10, which includes MICRO XP...a stripped down version, real light, i think it takes less than 15 seconds to reboot...not boot...reboot...I was impressed, and have used this in the past...but then again...I am shady...
I couldnt believe what i read above you either. The extra mhash compared toi the cost of running a hdd (30 watt MAX) is a joke. WHats that, 12 p a month? Unfotunitly windows is best for mining, linux isnt to far behind but its blatently behind a bit. And with this thing about 11.6 actually unlocking the 4 card lock, well, My 1200 will do 5 cards and a system
and i have a board with 1 x16 and 4x x1's
1.25 coins a day, not for tenners electric a week. THese psu's are way better than ballasts on efficency