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Windows 7 Hits Build 7600 (Possible RTM)
An anonymous reader writes "One Microsoft Way is reporting that Microsoft has significantly incremented the build number of both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: 'Reports across the Web are pointing to a build 7600 for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This is significant because the bump in the build number would suggest that Microsoft has christened this build as the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build. The RTM is expected to be given out to Microsoft partners sometime later this month and launched on October 22, 2009, the day of General Availability (GA). The build string is "7600.16384.090710-1945," which indicates that it was compiled just a few days ago: July 10, 2009, at 7:45pm. Microsoft only increments the build number when it reaches a significant goal, and the only one left is the RTM milestone. The last builds that were leaking were all 72xx builds, so such a large bump is suspicious but at the same time it is something Microsoft would do to signify that this is the final build.'"
pushing Vista damaged their credibility pretty strongly
After logging in slashdot still does not take you back to the page you were on. It's been that way for 20 years.
A $400 Windows laptop is cheap only if your time has no value.
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Great troll, there friend! You almost had me until you said "reasonably modern" and then I lost it! I tip my hat to thee!
Seriously though, WinXP is about as good as it gets when it comes to Windows, and seriously, you could have probably stopped with Win2000 if you were willing to live without the WiFi applets, cleartype, and current support from Microsoft--although given the direction of their last few releases, that last one might not really be a negative at all...
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You are using Windows for working with data which is precious enough to need a backup? I admire your faith.
Linux is philanthropic and intrinsically good in its conception.
Windows is not.
That ought to be enough reason for people to choose Linux. Your actions is, and should be, guided by your ethics; but people rather want to put on their blindfold and play Crysis because they're used to technology being a field devoid of ethics.
And don't play the "Well, when you want some REAL work done..."-card or the "Food on the table"-card, if the need for personal integrity does not trumph those, then this world is going to hell in a handbasket.
And yes IAA philosopher.
If you quote this signature there'll be 72 copies of Windows ME waiting for you in Heaven.
I think OS X will only really beat MS if either A) Apple releases -cheap- computers or B) Licenses it out to other OEMs that make cheap computers.
For the one hundred hojillionth time... APPLE DOESN'T WANT TO BEAT MS! I mean, sure, if they "won" they'd be happy, but they are RIDICULOUSLY PROFITABLE RIGHT NOW and they don't need to change. Look at who "won"* in the PC world: HP, Dell, Compaq--you think Apple wants to be involved in that race to the bottom? (Let alone "win"?) Apple is a LUXURY BRAND. Do you think BMW execs lie awake at night worried that they aren't selling as many cars as Toyota?
Here's just one example of how well Apple is doing, and this is from 2006, before the iPhone even existed: "Apple's [retail] stores have hauled in annual sales per square foot of $4,032, compared with Best Buy's $930, Neiman Marcus' $611, and luxury store Tiffany & Co.'s $2,666." (The original article is gone but there are many reports about it.)
I can't see people flocking over to Apple when PC hardware is dirt cheap.
HAHAHAHA! DUDE! Wake up! The answer is right in front of you. GO TO A DAMN APPLE STORE and start asking questions of customers! Never mind, Apple probably won't like that, but hint: you don't even have to bother. Just sit outside and watch how many people walk out with large boxes. THERE'S YOUR ANSWER! Just because "OMG TEH ECONOMY IS CRASHING!!!111" doesn't mean NO ONE has money. And many that do are willing to pay for a GOOD computing experience.
In other words: Apple is doing just fine, WITHOUT your "advice".
Also: Apple supporting other OEMs would KILL their profitability. Do you know why you can install ANY version of OS X on ANY supported Mac and EVERYTHING that came with the machine--video, networking, sound, wireless, etc.--all work without installing a SINGLE driver? Because Apple controls the hardware and they can include everything. Do you think they WANT to start testing a million other kinds of (cheap, variable-quality) hardware? HELL NO!
If I had almost no money, and my Mac laptop died, I'd quit eating out for a year if that's what it took to replace it with a Mac instead of a PC. OS X is THAT GOOD, and Windows is THAT BAD. To me**, anyway, and that's all that matters.
* besides MS, which doesn't make PC systems, so it's not quite a (you'll pardon the expression) apples-to-apples comparison.
** and to the millions of people who buy Apple computers every year. And that's all Apple needs.
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the real retard is ericfitz because using "0" is better than using "127.0.0.1" any day of the week. it is even better than using 0.0.0.0 witch vista is using. for there hosts file. next dns client service should not be used because all it will do is slow your computer down. and any body that thinks different is the real retard. and i can say this because i use AC method of securing my computer.