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Windows XP SP2 Beta Reviewed
worm eater writes "Ars Technica has a characteristically thorough review of Windows XP Service Pack 2 Beta, with plenty of screen shots. In a nutshell, it's all about security fixes, including a seriously beefed up firewall. The final release is expected this summer." The review concludes: "Overall, Microsoft has made a step in the right direction with this service pack. The increased focus on security will be good not only for the average user who does not spend much time thinking about security her system, but also for 'power users' and those who work supporting end users."
Microsoft. What is it all about... is it good, or is it whack?
I don't have to. I use Windows XP Professional. Thankfully, Microsoft -- a company that respects copyright law -- has already payed any licensing fees for the use of SCO's intellectual property.
"A review of a service pack? What's next, A screenshot of RTPatch? I can see it now..."
If this was Apple, they'd call it a new OS and charge $130 for it. With MS you get significant minor updates for free
Yeah. Linux is real stable. Only crashed once on me this week so far.
in my notebook Windows 2000 it's an RPC buffer exploit virus that keeps it at 100%.
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
You can't compare them to a windows service pack. And yes, Apple does release free security updates too.
Yeah, but how much do they cost? Apple charges an arm and a leg for EVERYTHING. You mac fanboys are too busy circle jerking over panther to realyze how crappy apple is.
I really wish the powers that be could ban this guy.. he posts this on every single topic.
- It's not the Macs I hate. It's Digg users. -
Nothing stopping you. Except of course the fact that the opensource community rarely comes up with a patentable idea before a commercial product makes for some nice prior art. If you can ignore that tiny little obstacle, feel free to patent away! Oh, but you know it costs money to try to patent, though, so that could be a problem too. Good luck!
everything in moderation
What the hell do you think, fanboy? It works like any other .exe file. It is blocked unless you enable it yourself. Is that too hard for you Mac dweebs to handle? You wanted special treatment for your stupid little itunes and gay little ipod or whatever the hell it is called? Why dont you go crawl and under a rock and disappear, we will all be better off without lame-ass predicatble sheepthink commentary. Jackass.
Microsoft's definition of 'Power User' is someone who knows how to install a program. That makes about every retard on the planet a power user, even if they don't know how to uninstall the same program.
Nuff said.
Karma: It's all a bunch of tree-huggin' hippy crap!
They're just gay little Mac fags who don't really run XP, or are suffering from AIDS-related dementia.
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"...At any rate, Wintel is a very useful short descriptive, and I will continue to use it. No offense...."
Fuck you. No offense.
"slow, buggy, and doesn't have enough new features yet to be interesting for more than 10 minutes."
And how is that different from a final release MS OS?