If you're denied DX9c (I wouldn't know. I never use Windows Update. They release their software in a fucked state, why would I trust their updates to be any less fucked?) you can get that off any recent game disk. I should know... I am SICK TO DEATH of most installs insisting on running the damn thing when I already know I have it.
This is like a Judge Dredd strip I read years ago where in a hostage situation, Dredd killed the hostage. Microsoft is saying "You've been unlucky enough to buy Vista from a dodgy OEM. We're going to compound your misery." Since I doubt the consumer has any comeback whatsoever on this.
Microsoft are just a company that sells misery really aren't they.
Actually the better solution in Windows is Irfanview. Hit Print Screen, paste into Irfanview, do what you need (crop, blur etc...) Unless you want to actually draw on the image, Irfanview is great.
Just checked the sizes. Irfanview is 446k, Paint is 335k... So Irfanview is 25% bigger, so I've rather shot myself in the foot there since this is about small apps... *sigh*
On Ubuntu at least mplayer throws up an IPV6 error unless you configure it to not bother with IPV6. Since most users won't want IPV6, I think that'd count as bloat.
What? Sorry, but if you're talking about WinRar, you're very very wrong. It never expires. It just pops up a nag every time you load the main program. Right clicking and choosing extract pops up nothing. I've used WinRar for years, across multiple systems, and it has never expired. (It's been on my laptop for about a year now. On my older Dell box for over a year etc...)
All I can say from lots of experience is the following.
With Azureus running = Forget about doing anything like gaming. With uTorrent running = Forget you're actually downloading something there's so little performance hit.
I've only sent in for a few rebates, and I received every single one. Usually I don't figure it into any buying decision because I'm always suspicious, but those on things I happened to be buying anyway, I've always received them.
In fact in one case they screwed up and gave me the money twice.
And my experiment proved a success. Well, someone modded it insightful anyway. What does this prove? Well it's quite detailed, but it proves*^^((%*%^... NO CARRIER
Not sure why the original post is flagged as a troll right now. It's a perfectly fair comment. I've just got back into using Linux with Ubuntu and I love it. I used to use Mandrake in my previous Linux days. I always found it to be exceptionally good. Better than RedHat, Suse etc...
If I could be bothered I'd do a comparison of distros, but Ubuntu was largely painless, does everything I want, and is ludicrously popular meaning if there's a program I want and I don't want to cock about with source releases, I can invariably find a package of it.
(Yeah, flag me as a troll... I don't care. It was a joke, and I am an Ubuntu user. Now the question is, will anyone with mod points actually READ this far. If so, please mod it as interesting. Consider it a social experiment to see if anyone reads beyond the opening comment without bothering to see the context.)
Dell only sells machines with Linux in certain countries. US, France, Germany and the UK I believe.
Torrents are the answer for XP. There are people building custom versions out there with all hotfixes etc... I've got one sitting here with all fixes up to August 17th I think it is. Plus.NET framework, Media Player 11. I have a perfectly legal copy of XP here, but it's just so much easier to install a version with the fixes already done.
Same here. Over the years I've gone Win 3.11->Win 95->Win 98->Win XP, and I am done now. My MS line stops here. If continuing to use the PC as a gaming platform requires me to go to Vista, then I am done with PC gaming as well. What with all the endlessly offensive copy protections, all the DRM crap etc... It's just not worth the aggravation anymore.
Cracking and popping? I wasn't aware you could get MP3 on vinyl...
When I have MP3 playback issues (under heavy load on my laptop) I get stuttering and dropouts. Cracking and popping only occurs from my back when I sit at the computer for too long.
A friend of mine has a Creative soundcard. Don't remember which one, but it's not very old. It won't work in Vista. He contacted Creative, who informed him they have no intention of releasing a driver for Vista.
Anyone who runs out and buys a new Windows OS on release day is a moron. There's no other way to describe them. It's one thing when a $60 game on release day equals a paid beta test. To spend $250 on an OS for the same thing... It's just baffling to me why people do it. The only reason I can see is so they can show off, and then really it's a case of "Look! I just spent $250 on a broken OS!"
I still don't think that makes any sense, unless Microsoft have fundamentally hosed the sound subsystem of Vista. Your thing about 100ms of latency, that would effect 0.1% of users at best I'd think. (In fact every musician I know uses a Mac rather than a PC.)
I still think this is just making excuses, as there is I can see no real logic for Vista's sound system being coded this way.
Vista doesn't "strangle" a user's ability to copy/use music. You can rip your music to any format you wish, and share it with all and sundry, with no restrictions whatsoever.
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If you're denied DX9c (I wouldn't know. I never use Windows Update. They release their software in a fucked state, why would I trust their updates to be any less fucked?) you can get that off any recent game disk. I should know... I am SICK TO DEATH of most installs insisting on running the damn thing when I already know I have it.
This is like a Judge Dredd strip I read years ago where in a hostage situation, Dredd killed the hostage. Microsoft is saying "You've been unlucky enough to buy Vista from a dodgy OEM. We're going to compound your misery." Since I doubt the consumer has any comeback whatsoever on this.
Microsoft are just a company that sells misery really aren't they.
Free Pascal! (With every packet of Corn Flakes. One inside every box.)
LOL! My XP box would probably have good uptime... If I didn't dual boot it.
Wasn't there a bug in earlier versions of Windows that meant it would crash after 40 hours regardless?
That is the most asinine argument against rebates I've ever heard.
So I paid 6% tax and my rebate means I'm only technically getting $16 instead of $20... Well boohoo.
I don't ever recall having to install WinZip again to be honest. I remember it saying "You are on day 317 of your 30 day trial" and that's it.
Actually the better solution in Windows is Irfanview. Hit Print Screen, paste into Irfanview, do what you need (crop, blur etc...) Unless you want to actually draw on the image, Irfanview is great.
Just checked the sizes. Irfanview is 446k, Paint is 335k... So Irfanview is 25% bigger, so I've rather shot myself in the foot there since this is about small apps... *sigh*
"Windows uptime util"
Talk about pointless. "My windows box has been up 48 minu... Oh, well it was..."
On Ubuntu at least mplayer throws up an IPV6 error unless you configure it to not bother with IPV6. Since most users won't want IPV6, I think that'd count as bloat.
That site would be very useful for the browser built into DS Organize on the DS. (The best piece of console homebrew ever.)
Ah, I remember doing that. Someone mail bombed me for some imagined slight upon their character and I wound up having to telnet into the server.
What? Sorry, but if you're talking about WinRar, you're very very wrong. It never expires. It just pops up a nag every time you load the main program. Right clicking and choosing extract pops up nothing. I've used WinRar for years, across multiple systems, and it has never expired. (It's been on my laptop for about a year now. On my older Dell box for over a year etc...)
All I can say from lots of experience is the following.
With Azureus running = Forget about doing anything like gaming.
With uTorrent running = Forget you're actually downloading something there's so little performance hit.
I've only sent in for a few rebates, and I received every single one. Usually I don't figure it into any buying decision because I'm always suspicious, but those on things I happened to be buying anyway, I've always received them.
In fact in one case they screwed up and gave me the money twice.
Loved that when I first saw it. Very clever.
And my experiment proved a success. Well, someone modded it insightful anyway. What does this prove? Well it's quite detailed, but it proves*^^((%*%^... NO CARRIER
Not sure why the original post is flagged as a troll right now. It's a perfectly fair comment. I've just got back into using Linux with Ubuntu and I love it. I used to use Mandrake in my previous Linux days. I always found it to be exceptionally good. Better than RedHat, Suse etc...
If I could be bothered I'd do a comparison of distros, but Ubuntu was largely painless, does everything I want, and is ludicrously popular meaning if there's a program I want and I don't want to cock about with source releases, I can invariably find a package of it.
Does anything?
(Yeah, flag me as a troll... I don't care. It was a joke, and I am an Ubuntu user. Now the question is, will anyone with mod points actually READ this far. If so, please mod it as interesting. Consider it a social experiment to see if anyone reads beyond the opening comment without bothering to see the context.)
Oh I wish I had mod points for that... Awesome.
Dell only sells machines with Linux in certain countries. US, France, Germany and the UK I believe.
.NET framework, Media Player 11. I have a perfectly legal copy of XP here, but it's just so much easier to install a version with the fixes already done.
Torrents are the answer for XP. There are people building custom versions out there with all hotfixes etc... I've got one sitting here with all fixes up to August 17th I think it is. Plus
Why it may run fine for your girlfriend and mom, what do they do? Isn't 2 gigabytes the recommended anyway?
Same here. Over the years I've gone Win 3.11->Win 95->Win 98->Win XP, and I am done now. My MS line stops here. If continuing to use the PC as a gaming platform requires me to go to Vista, then I am done with PC gaming as well. What with all the endlessly offensive copy protections, all the DRM crap etc... It's just not worth the aggravation anymore.
XP is the end of the line.
Cracking and popping? I wasn't aware you could get MP3 on vinyl...
When I have MP3 playback issues (under heavy load on my laptop) I get stuttering and dropouts. Cracking and popping only occurs from my back when I sit at the computer for too long.
A friend of mine has a Creative soundcard. Don't remember which one, but it's not very old. It won't work in Vista. He contacted Creative, who informed him they have no intention of releasing a driver for Vista.
Anyone who runs out and buys a new Windows OS on release day is a moron. There's no other way to describe them. It's one thing when a $60 game on release day equals a paid beta test. To spend $250 on an OS for the same thing... It's just baffling to me why people do it. The only reason I can see is so they can show off, and then really it's a case of "Look! I just spent $250 on a broken OS!"
I still don't think that makes any sense, unless Microsoft have fundamentally hosed the sound subsystem of Vista. Your thing about 100ms of latency, that would effect 0.1% of users at best I'd think. (In fact every musician I know uses a Mac rather than a PC.)
I still think this is just making excuses, as there is I can see no real logic for Vista's sound system being coded this way.
Vista doesn't "strangle" a user's ability to copy/use music. You can rip your music to any format you wish, and share it with all and sundry, with no restrictions whatsoever.
Yep. It just reports all of it to the RIAA...
Allegedly...