(We do however buy Tylenol - I've never seen a bottle simply labeled "acetaminophen".)
Really? All I buy is generic acetaminophen. I know that the Costco (Kirkland) brand is literally called acetaminophen. Others, like Walgreens, may be called something else, but the only active ingredient is acetaminophen, so it's the same thing.
What point did I miss? Actually, why limit it to just the browser?
They should install 6 different text-editing pieces of software, because Notepad is from Microsoft, and other text editors should have a chance.
Let's not forget Paint. They need to include a bunch of other simple photo/picture editing pieces of software, so they can have a chance too.
Calculator too. God, I hate that I'm forced to use the calculator that's installed automatically!
Oh, and don't forget Windows Backup!
Hell, let's just go back to a simple, DOS command prompt, and everything else is open to 17 different vendor's products, so you don't have to feel so imposed on by Microsoft. Don't like it? GET A DIFFERENT FUCKING OS.
Oh, and hkmwbz, get a fucking sense of humor. Does everyone take themselves so seriously on here?
Force MS to use an actual app instead of the activex in IE for windows update. Why anyone thought it was a good idea to use a web browser to do a system update is beyond me.
Windows Vista has a specific application for updates, it no longer uses a browser with active x.
So I guess that Macs will have to go along with this too? I hate the fact that Mac has Safari pre-installed, so I have to go and download another browser. It isn't fair!!!1!
I mean, they forced MS to build "Windows N", which doesn't include Windows Media Player. Why didn't they insist that they install WinAmp, MusicMatch, iTunes, etc., instead of removing Media Player?
This is just stupid. Hey, European Union - You're stupid.
But his point is that the corporate patch cycles are too slow, not that they shouldn't test the patches. IT folks need to test their systems when the patches come out, not 3 months later when they get around to it.
We had a system admin for a department at an organization I worked for that absolutely refused to upgrade his Novell 3.12 server. (This was in 2006). His justification was always that all these viruses that we were getting elsewhere in the organization never affected him, because they didn't hurt his old as dirt system.
You're comparing apples and oranges. You're comparing operating a computer with repairing a car. If you wanted to say that you would never operate a car without taking driver's education, then your point may have been sort of valid.
The thing is, when someone buys a TV, they want to turn it on and it works. When they buy an appliance for the kitchen, they don't want to have to spend another bundle of money to learn how to use them.
What was even worse about Vista's shut down button is that it wasn't even a shut down button! (Unless you changed it's default function) It just put the damn thing to sleep!
THIS.
I installed it on an HP DX2000 (P4 non-HT 2.8, 1G RAM) and it runs at least as well as XP did on the same box. I had Vista loaded on this same test machine before I loaded Win7 on it, and I definitely did not have the same experience when it had Vista on it; it was terribly slow.
So far, I like 7. Not going to move my users to it anytime soon, but I will actually consider it, unlike Vista.
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(We do however buy Tylenol - I've never seen a bottle simply labeled "acetaminophen".)
Really? All I buy is generic acetaminophen. I know that the Costco (Kirkland) brand is literally called acetaminophen. Others, like Walgreens, may be called something else, but the only active ingredient is acetaminophen, so it's the same thing.
This is exactly how we felt when our son was born in October.
What point did I miss? Actually, why limit it to just the browser? They should install 6 different text-editing pieces of software, because Notepad is from Microsoft, and other text editors should have a chance. Let's not forget Paint. They need to include a bunch of other simple photo/picture editing pieces of software, so they can have a chance too. Calculator too. God, I hate that I'm forced to use the calculator that's installed automatically! Oh, and don't forget Windows Backup! Hell, let's just go back to a simple, DOS command prompt, and everything else is open to 17 different vendor's products, so you don't have to feel so imposed on by Microsoft. Don't like it? GET A DIFFERENT FUCKING OS. Oh, and hkmwbz, get a fucking sense of humor. Does everyone take themselves so seriously on here?
Force MS to use an actual app instead of the activex in IE for windows update. Why anyone thought it was a good idea to use a web browser to do a system update is beyond me.
Windows Vista has a specific application for updates, it no longer uses a browser with active x.
So I guess that Macs will have to go along with this too? I hate the fact that Mac has Safari pre-installed, so I have to go and download another browser. It isn't fair!!!1! I mean, they forced MS to build "Windows N", which doesn't include Windows Media Player. Why didn't they insist that they install WinAmp, MusicMatch, iTunes, etc., instead of removing Media Player? This is just stupid. Hey, European Union - You're stupid.
But his point is that the corporate patch cycles are too slow, not that they shouldn't test the patches. IT folks need to test their systems when the patches come out, not 3 months later when they get around to it.
We had a system admin for a department at an organization I worked for that absolutely refused to upgrade his Novell 3.12 server. (This was in 2006). His justification was always that all these viruses that we were getting elsewhere in the organization never affected him, because they didn't hurt his old as dirt system.
You're comparing apples and oranges. You're comparing operating a computer with repairing a car. If you wanted to say that you would never operate a car without taking driver's education, then your point may have been sort of valid. The thing is, when someone buys a TV, they want to turn it on and it works. When they buy an appliance for the kitchen, they don't want to have to spend another bundle of money to learn how to use them.
What was even worse about Vista's shut down button is that it wasn't even a shut down button! (Unless you changed it's default function) It just put the damn thing to sleep!
THIS. I installed it on an HP DX2000 (P4 non-HT 2.8, 1G RAM) and it runs at least as well as XP did on the same box. I had Vista loaded on this same test machine before I loaded Win7 on it, and I definitely did not have the same experience when it had Vista on it; it was terribly slow. So far, I like 7. Not going to move my users to it anytime soon, but I will actually consider it, unlike Vista.