Windows Vista doesn't work on your PC? Then try this.

["D" FZ1]

Well done

[ceebie13]

ah now all the mac homos are going to wank on about apple.

Us? Never!! Tee hee. Go Tiger!!

[pete376403]

If you didn't disklike MS and Vista before, try reading this:
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut00...ista_cost.html
Warning - long and technical.
Quote "Peter Guttman - The Vista Content Protection specification could very well constitute the longest suicide note in history"

[avgas]

my concern is microshaft playing god with all the extra 'security' protecting megacorporations in vista.
basically they are deciding what should be law in every country and that law is fascist amerikan corporate law

All of this was typed on a machine derived from either a apple 2le or a 8086.....dictated by 2 companies.....on an american std 101 keyboard....and using either a 1 or 3 button mouse.
sorry your about 20 years too late - they all ready own what you do

[imdying]

Don't what the fuss is about. It installs quicker and easier than XP, has an apple look and feel to it....you know lots of flash looking things that replicate functions you already have and just look 'nicer' rather than adding anything useful.

Just ignore it... people with short memories forget that we went through this with XP... and 98... and.... Vista will become the defacto operating system, they will continue to maintain it, as they always have in the past.

Those same short memories forget that the average PC when XP came out had about 32-128MB of RAM... and XP runs like a dog on less than 256MB. Ghey old computers can't use the newest version of Windows... boo friggin hoo... that's nothing new either.

[imdying]

vista= the biggest MS fuck up ever. they should have just brought out a huuuge update on XP, rather then another stupid , computer whoring OS.

( im a computer techie for the record)
WM

Apparently not a very clever one. You're suggesting they 'revamp' the memory management in XP to handle say 256GB of memory?

[Skunk]

ah now all the mac homos are going to wank on about apple.


go xp!!

Like all the PC homos that wank on about Windows, eh?


Funny clip though. Wonder what him problem was.

[scracha]

And check your history. Apple licenced some components from Xerox's Palo Alto Research Centre's patented ideas.

Generally when MS release something the Mac community come out with "oh they nicked this off System 7, and they nicked this off OS X, blah blah". I'm pretty sure the OS X developers (did someone mention NEXT) had a damn good look at XP for ideas and you can bet top dollar they will have gotten hold of development code for Longhorn.

Xerox PARC employees worked for Apple. Apple employees worked for Microsoft. NEXT employees worked for Apple. etc etc.

And let's correct the misunderstandings here too - Mac OS X is NOT Linux. It's based on Berkely Unix.

Ok, so they nicked it from freeBSD.

So what's your point? My point was that they didn't innovate or develop as much as the Mac hippies make out?

Anyway...back to the real world where 95% of my work is sorting out Windoze PC's.

[bluninja]

Just ignore it... people with short memories forget that we went through this with XP... and 98... and.... Vista will become the defacto operating system, they will continue to maintain it, as they always have in the past.

Those same short memories forget that the average PC when XP came out had about 32-128MB of RAM... and XP runs like a dog on less than 256MB. Ghey old computers can't use the newest version of Windows... boo friggin hoo... that's nothing new either.

hmmmm....one of our staff that works from home called me to ask for a replacement PC as the old one is having problems....it's running windows 98 has 16MB ram and a 6GB hard drive. I think someone in the company 'forgot' to update her kit.

[Fub@r]

All I can say is whatever you do ..............dont buy the 64 bit version for your 64 bit PC then you really will end up in the dark ages

[Brian d marge]

well this old dog is having difficulty learnin new tricks , I want to install quickly , dlown load all the tweaks I need by checking the boxes of stuff I need , Plug and play and I am a tight basket and will only give money to one man bands who are not in it for the money

I do use a windows computer ( lap top as I use Acad and cant be arse getting familier with any other software ..though I have CAE linux ..so we will see)

Ubuntu ...stable , works no prob ( codec I grant you BUT ,,,when I tried it in windows it was as bad ,,so ... the judge is out on that one adobe flashplayer is a pain to set up - for me ,,, and thats about it

Windows ,,,works ,,but its like getting a donkey to work .. it works . does everything you want ,,,but a tractor would be a liitle easier

As for upgrading to Vista ,,, No ,, I can get the same or nearly the same for free AND I can still use my clunky 10 year old computer ,,,,, ( 1100 Mb CPU ... to fast for u young whippersnapper!!!!!)

Oh and free to ... with support ,,,,

Stephen

[riffer]

back to the real world where 95% of my work is sorting out Windoze PC's.

Jeez, do I really have to say anything?

On a positive side, I built, installed and configured a software router for home last night based on a Compaq Deskpro 4000 (Pentium 233MMX, 256MB RAM, 4GB HD, 2 PCI Ethernet cards) running an open-source firewall distro called SmoothWall.

My Telstra HighSpeed works perfectly now on my entire network. Even on the Windows PC.

God bless *nix.

[pete376403]

Simon, I'm doing much the same using SME-server (previously known as E-Smith), running on an old P-II 600. My HAN (home area network) has W98, Win2K, WinXP and Suse linux all talking happliy to each other and the 'net, again over Testra cable.

[ManDownUnder]

Absolutely the best way to deal to Bills' new money grab.

y'mean pay for it then shred it? Hell - gimme the cash, I'll happily supply some shredded paper and plastic.

[limbimtimwim]

Though the price as a game console is a little scary, if you consider it a general purpose computer (Running Linux) the PS3 is a hell of a lot of bang for your buck. Will the PS3 be the nail in the Windows in a geek's home coffin? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3#Linux

I mean, what self respecting geek would buy Windows Vista when they can do all the geeky stuff on a PS3?

Okay, 256mb of ram..