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    Quote Originally Posted by Zed View Post
    Microsoft claims that Vista is it's most secure operating system yet ....
    aren't malware and viruses PART of windows?

    oh, sorry, my mistake.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Badcat View Post
    aren't malware and viruses PART of windows?
    Could be! If you could prove that you might become a rich man. Out of court settlement with Microsoft perhaps?

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    Looks a lot like a mac now.
    I don't think a bit of extra visual stimulation is really worth extra system resources it leeches.

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    excellent video

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperDave View Post
    I don't think a bit of extra visual stimulation is really worth extra system resources it leeches.
    And what is the operating system of your choice young fella?

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    Twas good. I'm currently unable to use some of Vista's features because my pc simply isn't powerful enough. Thankfully I installed it on a separate drive so I can easily chop and change between XP & Vista for a play.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zed
    ...I have 512meg of ram, an 80gig HDD, a 2.0Ghz processor and it runs slow...
    That's f***'n crazy!
    How are you supposed to run any programs if the OS takes up so much resources just to run itself?

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    Heres a thought, why can't they make a good operating system which doesn't require a hardware upgrade?

    Surely Linux has shown the way that you can run a fast operating system on old hardware.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zed View Post
    Another reply I couldn't quite fathom? You're not a member of that sect that believes Bill Gates is the anti-christ and Windows is his deception upon mankind to program humanity into the dark side, are you Ixion?
    What, the Unix programmers sect ?

    Nobody but Satan, the Arch-fiend himself could have dreamt up the incarnation of horror and evil that is vmm32.vxd.

    Don't mind me I'm having a bad day. I always have a bad day when I have to install a "Windows" operating system (it's not really a Microsoft OS, y'know, Microsoft have never written an OS, they don't have the skills. The Windows kernal is still the same one they pinched from IBM when they sabotaged the OS/3 project. NT 3.56 -> NT4 -> NT5 (aka Windows 2000) ->NT5a (aka XP)

    But if you want a decent operating system, go for AIX.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    But if you want a decent operating system, go for AIX.
    AIX

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zed View Post
    I have 512meg of ram, an 80gig HDD, a 2.0Ghz processor and it runs slow.
    My missus Windows XP had a meltdown the other day so installed Vista (32 bit) on it. Looks pretty mint, runs fine for me and seems more stable than what XP was running like previously. PC spec is an AMD 2600XP with 768mb ram.

    Was going to download Vista 64bit for my PC until I read more about it and decided I would rather eat a bullet! Dont run 64bit Vista. If a driver etc is not signed by Microsoft you will not be allowed to install it, whereas the 32 bit version will still give you the ability to continue anyway.

    Also Vista is the first true new version of Windows since Windows 3.1........this is because unlike previous versions they have removed the legacy code. Therfore with Vista you wont have any old 3.1 Windows files making up your operating system

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    But if you want a decent operating system, go for AIX.
    GAHHhhh!!

    You jest?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fub@r View Post
    Also Vista is the first true new version of Windows since Windows 3.1........this is because unlike previous versions they have removed the legacy code. Therfore with Vista you wont have any old 3.1 Windows files making up your operating system


    Microsoft were telling us back in late '95 that Windows 95 didn't have DOS underneath.

    Uh. Whatever.

    The first versions of Windows 95 you could type in 'mode co80' at the "It is now safe to turn off your computer" screen.. And 'lo, behold, a C:\> prompt.

    Conversely, Micrsosoft have also said that have thrown the IP networking code in the bin and started again with Vista. NICE ONE MICROSOFT A new raft a of bugs your stupid poopie heads. The BSD derived code was good enough. Cept for the damn DNS caching, you poopie heads. Remove that.

    Anyways, no point in getting all wound up about windows anymore, it's dead anyway so it doesn't really matter.

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    If I could justify the additional overheads i'd be running this
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lawkc3jH3ws
    not vista
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    Gah! More fancy, stupid, memory-sucking GUI for me to disable...

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