Windows 7 still doesn't have virtual desktops. OSX has had them for a few releases and every major desktop environment for Linux has had them since the beginning.
WTF are you on about? Windows had virtual desktops before Linux got a GUI and OSX was even remotely thought about. Windows 95/98/NT4 had multiple desktops accessed using the Virtual Desktop Manager powertoy.
Dumb clueless cunt.
It's easy to accomplish tasks when you set a low standard and fail to maintain it.
Fuck yeah...just look at the shit that the Linux and FOSS brigade are prepared to accept. Hell, half the desktop managers can't even do Win95 functionality.
So an OS which is barely in BETA is within a whisker of one that's been in the market 7 years and is extremely mature and somehow that's bad?
And are Cinebench, 3DMark and Passmark certified as Windows 7 compatible?
Fuck, you're dumb. UAC can be turned off. The crucial controls you claim not to be able to find are there but it's not XP and they're not in the same place. In fact, there's a shitload more stuff you can find and control than XP ever had.
How the fuck is Control Panel harder to get to change to basic? Open Control Panel. See the words "Classic View" on the left? Click on it and guess what you get? Classic view. Fucking bullshitting retard wanker. Go back to watching tellytubbies you fucking bullshitting noob.
I thought that it dropped support for 16-bit Windows applications. That's a problem for those of us that have some old programs that were never updated to run in 32-bit mode.
Who gives a fuck TBH? 16bit was effectively dead a decade ago. If you want to continue to use 10 year old software, that's you're fucking problem. There's tons of solutions out there such as DOSBox but I guess your IT knowledge is as up to date as the software you're bitching about not being able to run.
But after Windows 3.11 for workgroups and Windows NT, which were pretty good, why do they insist on breaking things and putting out crap?
Fuck me, Linux has been doing that for years. Latest one is any distro which uses Gnome 2.24 now can't browse password protected Windows shares unless you know the IP address and share name whereas before, you had the same browsing ability as My Network Places or Network Neighborhood.
I agree. Nobody is selling 32-bit processors anymore.
Linux can handle 32-bit applications on 64-bit OSes. Surely MS can do the same?
So I take it you've not seen anyone selling Intel Core Duo CPUs (Note Core 2 Duo)? The lower end ones are 32bit. And MS has been doing WoW (Windows on Windows) 32bit on 64 bit OS better than Linux for a long time now.
So despite not understanding fully how the climate works, everything that affects it and how, they want to start fucking about with it trying to fix something that actually might not be broken in the first place?
The one thing these articles miss out is the massive costs involved in switching over and training staff. The old adage of "Linux is free only if your time is worthless" is especially relevent to the corporate world.
And as they've already got fully working and paid for Windows setups, why would they incur costs they don't need to to switch?
Then maybe you can answer me one question, and it's a honest one, I couldn't find it: How do you print in MSO 2007?
You're shitting me...See the big fucking round button on the top left corner with the office logo on? When you click on it, a menu comes up with file and print functions....
but Windows is now more difficult to install than Linux. I've never had a Linux user ask me "how do I get the activation number"...
I've never had Windows ask for it. All I've been prompted with is a "would you like to activate", selected the online option and clicked OK. Job done.
HOWEVER, I have given up after hours of fucking about trying to get Wifi working under Linux and trying to find the best way to stop the hard drive load cycle count rocketing on my lappy without turning off the power management.
I wouldn't know - I've never paid for Windows. And I've always had a legit version. No doubt you'll bleat on about it being in the cost of the computer but when Dell et al are selling Linux boxen at the same or higher price as Windows ones, its an argument that falls on deaf ears.
However, those days have been over for a while. Linux with Gnome or KDE with Compiz is just as bloated, processor intensive and memory hogging as Windows.
Indeed. The Linux community is only now discovering just what happens to an OS the more user friendly you try to make it. At the moment, they've not got the hang of it yet which is why you've currently got Gnome and KDE needing twice as much RAM as Windows XP for the same functionality. They'll catch up somewhere or fail horrendously....
You are aware that it is Dell who have chosen to up the price and not Microsoft? If it were Microsoft, all those netbooks running XP would suddenly go up $100.
Exactly what do you mean with a low-end machine? I dont belive you, or your conception of a low-end machine is way different than mine.
Mine is a 4 year old Abit AN8 motherboard running a discontinued 2 years ago AMD Althlon X2 4800+ with 2GB PC3200 RAM. The only remotely recent tech thing in it is a nVidia 9600GT.
When I see Linux software being sold in my local retailer, that's when I'll know Linux is being taken seriously as an all-purpose consumer desktop OS.
PC World in the UK used to stock boxed versions of SuSE and Mandrake. I bought a SuSE one once. Eventually they stopped because nobody bought it, even though it was virtually being given away and you got all the benefits of a boxed version of SuSE such as a very very good manual and telephone support.
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WTF are you on about? Virtual desktops have been in Windows since Win95.
Windows 7 still doesn't have virtual desktops. OSX has had them for a few releases and every major desktop environment for Linux has had them since the beginning.
WTF are you on about? Windows had virtual desktops before Linux got a GUI and OSX was even remotely thought about. Windows 95/98/NT4 had multiple desktops accessed using the Virtual Desktop Manager powertoy. Dumb clueless cunt.
Probably because it's bullshit.
It's easy to accomplish tasks when you set a low standard and fail to maintain it.
Fuck yeah...just look at the shit that the Linux and FOSS brigade are prepared to accept. Hell, half the desktop managers can't even do Win95 functionality.
So an OS which is barely in BETA is within a whisker of one that's been in the market 7 years and is extremely mature and somehow that's bad?
And are Cinebench, 3DMark and Passmark certified as Windows 7 compatible?
Just because they'll run 32bit apps with emulation doesn't mean they're not fully 64bit. Try installing 32bit drivers and see how far you get.
How the fuck is Control Panel harder to get to change to basic? Open Control Panel. See the words "Classic View" on the left? Click on it and guess what you get? Classic view. Fucking bullshitting retard wanker. Go back to watching tellytubbies you fucking bullshitting noob.
I thought that it dropped support for 16-bit Windows applications. That's a problem for those of us that have some old programs that were never updated to run in 32-bit mode.
Who gives a fuck TBH? 16bit was effectively dead a decade ago. If you want to continue to use 10 year old software, that's you're fucking problem. There's tons of solutions out there such as DOSBox but I guess your IT knowledge is as up to date as the software you're bitching about not being able to run.
But after Windows 3.11 for workgroups and Windows NT, which were pretty good, why do they insist on breaking things and putting out crap?
Fuck me, Linux has been doing that for years. Latest one is any distro which uses Gnome 2.24 now can't browse password protected Windows shares unless you know the IP address and share name whereas before, you had the same browsing ability as My Network Places or Network Neighborhood.
yeah, keep telling me how stable vista is as my dual-boot system in vista crashes twice daily
Bullshit TBH. My 2 year old Vista install has not borked once. Perhaps you should learn how to use a computer....
I agree. Nobody is selling 32-bit processors anymore.
Linux can handle 32-bit applications on 64-bit OSes. Surely MS can do the same?
So I take it you've not seen anyone selling Intel Core Duo CPUs (Note Core 2 Duo)? The lower end ones are 32bit. And MS has been doing WoW (Windows on Windows) 32bit on 64 bit OS better than Linux for a long time now.
So despite not understanding fully how the climate works, everything that affects it and how, they want to start fucking about with it trying to fix something that actually might not be broken in the first place?
And as they've already got fully working and paid for Windows setups, why would they incur costs they don't need to to switch?
I am not a programmer, but I would probably go for something that's entirely web based, but that can also be used offline.
Like you can in MSO2007 with the "Office Live!" add ins?
Then maybe you can answer me one question, and it's a honest one, I couldn't find it: How do you print in MSO 2007?
You're shitting me...See the big fucking round button on the top left corner with the office logo on? When you click on it, a menu comes up with file and print functions....
but Windows is now more difficult to install than Linux. I've never had a Linux user ask me "how do I get the activation number"...
I've never had Windows ask for it. All I've been prompted with is a "would you like to activate", selected the online option and clicked OK. Job done.
HOWEVER, I have given up after hours of fucking about trying to get Wifi working under Linux and trying to find the best way to stop the hard drive load cycle count rocketing on my lappy without turning off the power management.
I wouldn't know - I've never paid for Windows. And I've always had a legit version. No doubt you'll bleat on about it being in the cost of the computer but when Dell et al are selling Linux boxen at the same or higher price as Windows ones, its an argument that falls on deaf ears.
However, those days have been over for a while. Linux with Gnome or KDE with Compiz is just as bloated, processor intensive and memory hogging as Windows.
Indeed. The Linux community is only now discovering just what happens to an OS the more user friendly you try to make it. At the moment, they've not got the hang of it yet which is why you've currently got Gnome and KDE needing twice as much RAM as Windows XP for the same functionality. They'll catch up somewhere or fail horrendously....
So in order to run at the same speed as XP on low RAM, you've got to use a DE that is pushed to match Win95 in functionality?
You are aware that it is Dell who have chosen to up the price and not Microsoft? If it were Microsoft, all those netbooks running XP would suddenly go up $100.
On my box, Vista eats up 1GB of RAM doing absolutely nothing, even with Areo turned off and all effects etc disabled.
That's because it uses Superfetch to preload applications into RAM to speed up start times....
Exactly what do you mean with a low-end machine? I dont belive you, or your conception of a low-end machine is way different than mine.
Mine is a 4 year old Abit AN8 motherboard running a discontinued 2 years ago AMD Althlon X2 4800+ with 2GB PC3200 RAM. The only remotely recent tech thing in it is a nVidia 9600GT.
Achieves 178FPS in Counterstrike video stress test under Vista at 1440x900 with everything ramped up full.System Info panel in vista CS:Source video settings Result
Openoffice Impress is fine for displaying presentations.
I guess you're not a power user.
When I see Linux software being sold in my local retailer, that's when I'll know Linux is being taken seriously as an all-purpose consumer desktop OS.
PC World in the UK used to stock boxed versions of SuSE and Mandrake. I bought a SuSE one once. Eventually they stopped because nobody bought it, even though it was virtually being given away and you got all the benefits of a boxed version of SuSE such as a very very good manual and telephone support.
I doubt you bought any in the first place, even though you play them....