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OS Comparisons From the BBC
igb writes "As part of their coverage of the launch of Vista, the BBC last week asked people to submit descriptions of the benefits and drawbacks of their chosen system, and today they've posted responses from two Vista users, a Linux user, and an OS X user. There's nothing earth-shattering here, but it's interesting to see the operating systems compared on a level playing field, and good that the BBC has given equal time to the major alternatives."
For goodness sake a Linux user that I work with said he was going to buy Vista just because he thought the box looks cool.
IN THE NAME OF DARWIN, KILL THE SUBHUMAN!
and good that the BBC has given equal time to the major alternatives."
What, and no mention of OS/2? Feh... what a bloody useless study...
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I know there's at least three other people besides me who are shocked at the complete lack of AmigaOS 4.0 coverage from the BBC.
-- Religion is not an exact science
> good that the BBC has given equal time to the major alternatives
I use Amiga 4.0 you insensitive clod!
...and the Vista user sits down and says to the waitress "I'll order an Opteron...I want to take a Leap Ahead"
Not to be out-done, the Linux user looks up and says "My name is gentoo, and it's gonna be a long day for me...I'm gonna want some Intel Inside!".
The waitress scribbles this down and looks to the mac user who blandly says "Just an abacus for me, thanks".
As the waitress walks off to get their order The Vista and Linux users look puzzled at the mac guy who then calmly explains "if you guys aren't going to use a real computer, neither will I"
To put it in perspective: Most of Google is beta. ;)
> And why are there 2 comments about Vista, and just one of each other oses? Because windows has a bigger market share?
No. It's because you have to say twice as much to make Vista sound good.
I'll probably be modded down for this...
I think i'd prefer something like that over the damned ctrl+alt+backspace in linux I've hit that so many damned times by accident
:)
But it offers some fun
* n00b has signed in *
n00b: Hey, I just started using linux. It's neat.
guru: Liar.
n00b: I'm using gaim on linux! I just installed it!
guru: Prove it
n00b: How?
guru: Press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE
* n00b has signed out *
Forget where I saw that. Might have been UserFriendly or somesuch.
"What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
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Oh no!
Quick, someone call Microsoft, they've got to recall Vista!
An anonymous coward on Slashdot says ReadyBoost won't work!
He must be right, he was so certain that he used wild speculation to prove his point!
That'll teach Microsoft for spending all that money and time on research before implementing a feature, all they needed to do was post an Ask Slashdot.
Advanced users are users too!
"Hi! You're now connected to the same wireless network you were connected to before you closed your laptop, the only wireless network available, in fact, and your signal strength is Excellent in case there was some doubt about your ability to get a clear signal from the wireless access point sitting in the closet six feet away from you. Please stop what you're doing and move the cursor down to me to acknowledge this critical information!"
Hmm... I can't close the annoying windows!
;)
Thanks for the demo! Now I *know* Vista isn't for me...
I agree. Now lets just agree to respect each others opinions, no matter how wrong yours may be.
"not exactly sure where the line is drawn between troll and flamebait"
It's more like a bridge than a line.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
... and I guess I still qualify as a noob. I really should have known better than to try it. But I'm curious by nature. I'm just glad I didn't have any work open at the time. So, enjoy the chuckles. Out of curiosity, what exactly DID happen? The best I can figure out is I was logged out immediately and sent to a terminal console. I did it again and it let me log back in with the graphical interface but I'm not exactly sure what this "feature" is supposed to be for. Can anyone clear that up for me?
cracked me the fsck up:
"The most unique new feature is called Readyboost. When you're having performance issues due to insufficient memory, you can use a USB flash drive as an additional cache of memory to boost performance."
I picture a time when there's a big, gaping hole in the top of your computer, and when Windows cruft slows it to a crawl you have a bucketfull of microchips and you just throw 'em in the hole.
My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love