Wow, another Mac fanboy compairing his nice shiny new Mac to an outdated and replaced (2 times over) operating system.
I bet he will say his Ipad will out perform a netbook too. Though the netbook can multitask, run virtually any windows app, has wifi, you can connect an external dvd and (gasp) it can be a color Ebook reader just like the ipad!!
of course it is being used....... and in the best way best way possible.
I am one of those that has waaaaay to many windows open on machines for months at a time and even my 2 gig lappy that I remote to 3 other PCs, manage my WHS and use daily for everything but games and torrents runs flawless.
BTW I finally rebooted it today for updates..... after 4 months
Windows7 64
Turion64 x2 TL-64 2.2ghz
2gig ddr2
8400m GS 512meg video
15inch display @ 1280x800
250gig hdd
I also have a AMD 4200+ running Vista 64 2 gig ram
intel 6600 quad running Win7 64 4 gig
AMD phenomx4 945 Win7 8gig ram
P4 1.6 XP pro 768meg ram
You are putting way to much into the powers of a wristwatch.....
I have 2 very nice ones... they sit in the wifes jewelery box because my phone is always on my hip or pocket and works just fine... BTW, its 6 years old and i just might go ahead and get a new one and keep it as a backup
did your foot taste good? hope so cause you just put it in your mouth all the way to your ankle..
you are paying for data and minutes with your mobile account, you use to much, then you pay the premium overage and then (if smart) upgrade your package.....
they still get thier money
you are a moron.....forcing someone to include the competitions product with thiers is just plain stupid...would be like forcing volkswagon to advertise Infinity or chevy cars in thier comercials.. BTW I use firefox at least 50% of the time (dont have a choice at work) so dont even call me a M$ fanboy
You forget, most people want simple.
having to to click on stuff and wait before getting online will most definately piss off my Wife.... oh, and all those other not so computer literate users out there.... almost forgot about them
Aren't those bundled office and norton trials only installed on factory built PCs? I have never seen it on my Windows install discs
yell at those manufacturers for that crap
I never have to worry about it since i build my own PCs...something you cant do with Macs
Ok, maybe im dense or something, eveyone slams M$ for having IE install with windows as if it somehow kill any attempts to install firefox or any other browser.... we all know you can install any browser you want and you do need one to install your favorite unless you want to buy a cd copy.
also, how is this different than Apple? Don't they force Safari on you? even half the Mac fanboys I know use firefox on thier supposedly "perfect" Macs.
I think all this Browser BS is just that... as long as the M$ and Apple dont force you to use thier browsers by blocking others from being installed, I have no problem with them including thiers with the install.
accually I think IE8 works fairly well, I use it and firefox about 50-50. apple can shove Safari... it just sucks
Hmmmmm my admin is password protected, isn't yours? I have recovered info by putting hdd in a linux box (data was marked private so i could not get to it from other windows machines), works great!
Nothing wrong with St. Louis.... not sure about a place that charges $105 for a paltry 1.5/0.5 line.. just wonder what else they rape you for........ BTW, I pay $37 a month for my 10/1 meg line.... in St. Louis.. they dont throttle me and use as much of that BW as i can.... need some more hdds. lol
you have that bassakwards, 720p is better than 1080i...much better. 720P = 720 lines x 60 every second. 1080i i for interlaced writes everyother line, the goes back and writes the others, there for it does 540 lines (half the picture) 60 times a second and only 30 full pictures a second. thats why sporting events are recorded in 720P not 1080i
I see you have some problem. I own lots of software that runs wonderful on Vista, cant get them for your beloved Linux (I used Mandrake back in the hard to configure days and Ubuntu gutsy gibbon most resently) I dont own a Mac, but i have run OSX on my AMD box, was fun but again, didnt have what i wanted to use everyday without a large finacial expense. I do still use XP pro on my archive machine and dont plan on changing it. I even have 3 unopened Win 98se discs.. you want to buy them? I even have office 5 if you really want older stuff, and win 3.1 to go with it. well enough of that. my Vista machine goes for months non stop with no troubles at all, does everyting i want and i dont have to worry that new programs wont run on it. If you are afraid to move forward to new products, you should not be using a computer... where change is the rule....
"the controls have all been moved around"
In Vista just use search.. type in "printer" hit enter and it takes youj straight to the printer applet, type "notepad" enter, opens notepad. Itunes ect. no fumbleling around with the programs menu or tring to figure out where they moved to is needed.
One thing i do have trouble with is IE7, fooken thing crashes, but then i use firefox anyway so no big deal to me.
Its lots of small things that make vista nice. much better search feature, better 64bit than XP (2 of mine run vista 64) I never get BSOD. adn for some reason, about half my games run better than under XP, i really expected the oposite. but then Vista uses your system RAM better... ie it accually uses it unlike xp. I have 2 PCs that will not get upgraded to vista..they not "New" enough to see any benifits but my AMD 4200+ with 1.5 gig ram and SLI seems to like it and my quad core intel with 8 gig loves it. Im not saying eveyone should run out and get it, not all machines will do good with it. but then M$ claimed XP would run on 128meg ram and we all know how that went..I say 512 min for XP and 2gig for Vista (thought i have 1.5 in 1 machine and its fine)
You sound like all the others that "has a friend of a friend" that hates Vista and has not even tried it themselves.
I have used and loved XP since i got my Pre-release of XP Pro. I now have Vista Ultimate and Home premium on 3 machines and cant go back to XP. Hate having to work on my wifes XP Pro machine, strange how that works isn't it.
So try it before you blast it and i dont meen a few clicks... but of course if you have a machine that barely runs XP... then upgrade or STFU
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Wow, another Mac fanboy compairing his nice shiny new Mac to an outdated and replaced (2 times over) operating system. I bet he will say his Ipad will out perform a netbook too. Though the netbook can multitask, run virtually any windows app, has wifi, you can connect an external dvd and (gasp) it can be a color Ebook reader just like the ipad!!
of course it is being used....... and in the best way best way possible. I am one of those that has waaaaay to many windows open on machines for months at a time and even my 2 gig lappy that I remote to 3 other PCs, manage my WHS and use daily for everything but games and torrents runs flawless. BTW I finally rebooted it today for updates..... after 4 months Windows7 64 Turion64 x2 TL-64 2.2ghz 2gig ddr2 8400m GS 512meg video 15inch display @ 1280x800 250gig hdd I also have a AMD 4200+ running Vista 64 2 gig ram intel 6600 quad running Win7 64 4 gig AMD phenomx4 945 Win7 8gig ram P4 1.6 XP pro 768meg ram
"It's at times like this I ask myself - Who would Don King back." LMFAO !!!
You are putting way to much into the powers of a wristwatch..... I have 2 very nice ones... they sit in the wifes jewelery box because my phone is always on my hip or pocket and works just fine... BTW, its 6 years old and i just might go ahead and get a new one and keep it as a backup
You forget, Kids these days dont put cards in spokes like we did......
did your foot taste good? hope so cause you just put it in your mouth all the way to your ankle.. you are paying for data and minutes with your mobile account, you use to much, then you pay the premium overage and then (if smart) upgrade your package..... they still get thier money
you are a moron.....forcing someone to include the competitions product with thiers is just plain stupid...would be like forcing volkswagon to advertise Infinity or chevy cars in thier comercials.. BTW I use firefox at least 50% of the time (dont have a choice at work) so dont even call me a M$ fanboy
You forget, most people want simple. having to to click on stuff and wait before getting online will most definately piss off my Wife.... oh, and all those other not so computer literate users out there.... almost forgot about them
yes I have used it, and removed it
Aren't those bundled office and norton trials only installed on factory built PCs? I have never seen it on my Windows install discs yell at those manufacturers for that crap I never have to worry about it since i build my own PCs...something you cant do with Macs
Ok, maybe im dense or something, eveyone slams M$ for having IE install with windows as if it somehow kill any attempts to install firefox or any other browser.... we all know you can install any browser you want and you do need one to install your favorite unless you want to buy a cd copy. also, how is this different than Apple? Don't they force Safari on you? even half the Mac fanboys I know use firefox on thier supposedly "perfect" Macs. I think all this Browser BS is just that... as long as the M$ and Apple dont force you to use thier browsers by blocking others from being installed, I have no problem with them including thiers with the install. accually I think IE8 works fairly well, I use it and firefox about 50-50. apple can shove Safari... it just sucks
Hmmmmm my admin is password protected, isn't yours? I have recovered info by putting hdd in a linux box (data was marked private so i could not get to it from other windows machines), works great!
Why are YOU such a fucking moron?
Nothing wrong with St. Louis.... not sure about a place that charges $105 for a paltry 1.5/0.5 line.. just wonder what else they rape you for........ BTW, I pay $37 a month for my 10/1 meg line.... in St. Louis.. they dont throttle me and use as much of that BW as i can.... need some more hdds. lol
you have that bassakwards, 720p is better than 1080i ...much better. 720P = 720 lines x 60 every second. 1080i i for interlaced writes everyother line, the goes back and writes the others, there for it does 540 lines (half the picture) 60 times a second and only 30 full pictures a second. thats why sporting events are recorded in 720P not 1080i
I see you have some problem. I own lots of software that runs wonderful on Vista, cant get them for your beloved Linux (I used Mandrake back in the hard to configure days and Ubuntu gutsy gibbon most resently) I dont own a Mac, but i have run OSX on my AMD box, was fun but again, didnt have what i wanted to use everyday without a large finacial expense. I do still use XP pro on my archive machine and dont plan on changing it. I even have 3 unopened Win 98se discs.. you want to buy them? I even have office 5 if you really want older stuff, and win 3.1 to go with it. well enough of that. my Vista machine goes for months non stop with no troubles at all, does everyting i want and i dont have to worry that new programs wont run on it. If you are afraid to move forward to new products, you should not be using a computer... where change is the rule....
"the controls have all been moved around" In Vista just use search.. type in "printer" hit enter and it takes youj straight to the printer applet, type "notepad" enter, opens notepad. Itunes ect. no fumbleling around with the programs menu or tring to figure out where they moved to is needed. One thing i do have trouble with is IE7, fooken thing crashes, but then i use firefox anyway so no big deal to me.
Its lots of small things that make vista nice. much better search feature, better 64bit than XP (2 of mine run vista 64) I never get BSOD. adn for some reason, about half my games run better than under XP, i really expected the oposite. but then Vista uses your system RAM better... ie it accually uses it unlike xp. I have 2 PCs that will not get upgraded to vista..they not "New" enough to see any benifits but my AMD 4200+ with 1.5 gig ram and SLI seems to like it and my quad core intel with 8 gig loves it. Im not saying eveyone should run out and get it, not all machines will do good with it. but then M$ claimed XP would run on 128meg ram and we all know how that went..I say 512 min for XP and 2gig for Vista (thought i have 1.5 in 1 machine and its fine)
had OSX Tiger on my AMD box dual booting with Vista ultimate, not bad but still like vista better
You sound like all the others that "has a friend of a friend" that hates Vista and has not even tried it themselves. I have used and loved XP since i got my Pre-release of XP Pro. I now have Vista Ultimate and Home premium on 3 machines and cant go back to XP. Hate having to work on my wifes XP Pro machine, strange how that works isn't it. So try it before you blast it and i dont meen a few clicks... but of course if you have a machine that barely runs XP... then upgrade or STFU