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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:14 AM Original message |
Been test driving Windows Vista (beta 2) all night! |
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banana republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. I use Debian Linux for browsing |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Sorry your loss. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. The only loss is the lack of certain applications. |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Hey HypnoToad, have you tried Ubuntu? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
95. Not yet. I ought to, but I found Suse's AppArmor to be an incentive |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Great, Go Start A Debian Thread Then. -NT-. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Thanks I was thinking the same thing. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. most of that ignorance is mutual |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Perefect example is this thread was for people to get informatiuon about |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. the bashing is mutual - i see no difference there. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Where is it mutual? Care to show me where I have ever ever |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. how about "sorry, your loss"? |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. That was in response to a derogatory comment to begin with. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:32 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. the usual attack the message and the messenger, |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:40 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Your not even quoting correctly |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. so we're down to nit-picking. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Actually you have been wasting my time. |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. lol - You're arguing just for the sake of argument |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
115. no he's NOT! |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #54 |
118. Could Have Just As Easily Meant That... |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
124. Computard is my OS, but thanks for the info! n/t |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
110. Not Really. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
74. I dual boot XP Pro and Ubuntu |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #74 |
105. Agree 100% |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
90. We've had it at work for months (I work for a computer |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
137. Blissful ignorance? |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
125. If I Wanted To Use Linux, Where Would I Start? |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #125 |
130. Try Ubuntu linux, I've heard good things about it |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. Did you upgrade or do a clean install? |
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banana republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:33 AM Original message |
Clean install. GREAT product better than windoze |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
16. great how, why? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Debian requires faster hardware than Vista? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. i blame the oddly placed replies |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Upgrade. |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. 918M? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Keep in mind that the official version will be better. Of course, |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Biggest improvement I have seen, I would say is, stability |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
72. Stability? In 24hrs? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:57 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Yes, it's ridiculous to claim stability for a beta you've had 24 hours |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. Unfortunately For Me, Vista,... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Most people won't and Aero is the only thing left about Vista. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
49. CA Anti virus is already compatible for Windows Vista Beta 2 |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
85. What are the DRM issues in Vista? |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
119. That's Really My Biggest Concern With Vista As Well. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Yes.. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
109. Aero Will Run On My Main System But... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Sorry to hear that |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. They didn't include the new disk management system did they, just ran with |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
64. I believe it's still NTFS |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
111. I'm Interested In Aero, But... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. So what impressed you besides it being a memory hog? |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Stability would be number 1.Everything is graphical now. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. How is it more stable than XP pro? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. A pity Microsoft is cozying up to ATI then... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I don't know about that I have Nvidia |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
77. ATI is nasty to Linux systems |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #77 |
116. Why Isn't It Ever A Case Of... |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
120. ATI drivers headaches |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. Here are my impressions... |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. So, what did you like most? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. i suppose he would have mentioned significant features if there are any |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Software intergration |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. if that's all, doesn't justify the memory use |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #29 |
87. I realize that's an "improvement" over XP, but |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. All I can say is "Put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig" |
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banana republican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I have 3 systems |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. I have the link to it saved and was wondering if I should try it |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yes. When I installed, it |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Thanks, Camping this weekend so I'll have to wait until monday |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I believe the link will still be available, But it has been taken down |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. whatever was in the microsoft email |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. If you got an e-mail from Microsft with the links |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
78. I just sent the link to my neighbor so it probably won't work for him |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Anytime. |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Giving away your age, MO! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. What makes it better than XP? |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Depends on what your looking for. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. There's one version of Mac OSX. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. What can I say |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Yeah, I understand. nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
61. So it's a specialist operating system, then? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
62. How's Vista better than XP with video & picture editing? |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:37 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. With your posts in this thread, why would you care? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #65 |
79. I'm curious if there are rational arguments why Vista is any good, |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I am, too. So far in this thread I haven't seen any reasons why |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Well, there's a rational behind "it sucks" |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. For someone who has never use it to say "it sucks" |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #88 |
96. $70 bucks will get you a piece of crap |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #96 |
99. You lost your argument on your very first post in this thread. |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
112. Pure Crap. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
44. I won't even use XP |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #44 |
103. I agree with you about WordPerfect. |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
46. I am sorry you posted this. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:21 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. My abacus has never failed me. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
55. "Maybe computers just don't like you." |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #55 |
73. The support for WINFS is available |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #46 |
91. I tried to run the Vista update advisor |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #91 |
102. I'm also running the 64 bit XP - will there ever be a retail version or |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
50. There's some talk of "Vista 2D" on the web, not to be found on MS' |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. For Vista all you need is a |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Many people have no need for 3D whatsoever |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #59 |
94. 128MB video card. Not 128MB system RAM... |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #94 |
104. And freeBSD has very cool T shirts! |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #50 |
129. No, that's for the Aero GUI |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
51. does it come with an Agent Mike paperclip? n/t |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #51 |
57. If it does I have not found it. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
93. Do you know where to look? |
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rndmprsn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
53. man you fucked up... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Hey if they can't take it then fuck them. |
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HannibalBarca (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:39 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Perfectly happy with XP |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #58 |
70. Thanks for answering all these questions for us, William. |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. LOL! |
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Nordic65 (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #58 |
84. And it's certainly not on merits... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #84 |
92. Exactly. I also love one of their earliest pranks: |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:33 PM Response to Reply #84 |
113. Right, Millions Gladly Shell... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #58 |
89. Microsoft is a shrewd predator. I'll keep this as succinct as I can: |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #58 |
98. Yes, it's called marketing |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #58 |
100. Reason being |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #100 |
106. DOS 5 |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #100 |
126. All Of The Non-MS Applications Are Out There Because... |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #53 |
86. Not to mention Mac OS folks... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
67. I will never run Vista. Never. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
97. i despise and distrust big corporations including microsoft |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
101. From what I read a few days ago I have found that Windows |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #101 |
127. Talking about this? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Good to see it can disabled. That probably puts you in |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
107. ROFL! What IS vista? Just a new gui? They took the filesystem out... |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. Hasta la VISTA, baby! |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
108. My god you Linux/Mac users are some insecure people... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #108 |
117. Good whine from them should come from grapes |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #108 |
121. They're all stuck in 1996 with Win 3.1 or Win 95 I guess. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-10-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
123. Ok, I have it installed on my 2nd PC. Where is Windows Explorer? |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
131. Hmm. 131 posts so far and not one Mac user bashing Vista. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. Being a Mac user who while probably get Vista when it's "stable"... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. I guess you had to be the first. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-12-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. Really? |
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The Revolution (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
132. I installed it |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. I suggest you continue banging your head against the wall installing it... |
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The Revolution (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-11-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Well it is beta :) |
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