Are you out of your mind? "Always looks best before the official release" is just insane. Have you ever installed a beta in your life? The final product is always an improvement over the beta. I've installed just about every single beta of every rev of NT and SQL Server, all the way back to Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1 and SQL Server 4.21. Do you understand that betas and previews are released before the final product, and that *work continues* before the final product? Do you understand that time flows forward, not backward?
I love the way Slashdot people spend years bagging on Microsoft for not "innovating", and then when they do something new, all you can do is piss and moan. If you don't like it, and you have something useful to say, then NOW IS YOUR CHANCE to affect the final outcome. This is a developer preview. It's not even a beta. They WANT to make it better, they want to engage with developers and users.
So all you whiners -- here is your chance to stop being a hypocrite, and maybe either 1) admit that they're doing something *at least* interesting, and 2) maybe even consider installing it and sending in real feedback.
If this was some random group of guys building a new UI / desktop for Linux, you'd be cheering them on.
Enjoy your safety and security. And maybe occasionally, tip your hat to the people who make it possible.
War and policing are sausage factories. You might like the product, but you'll rarely enjoy seeing it made.
MSDN has, for over a decade, provided a free Virtual CD-ROM tool for mounting the ISO images that you download from MSDN. Virtual CD-ROM has always been just a developers-only tool; Microsoft never saw a need to make it into a product of its own because 1) nobody would spend money on it, and 2) there were plenty of 3rd party virtual CD-ROM mounters already out there.
Bullshit. I've been to China, shopped in Chinese computer markets, and I work with a lot of Chinese folks. Trust me, they have just as much current hardware, maybe even more, than we do in the West. At least in the cities.
Piracy + banks is the reason, not outdated hardware.
Agreed. My wife and I both have 120GB Zunes, and we share a Zune Pass. The player hardware is rock solid, the software is decent, and the Zune Pass just kicks ass all day long.
Yes, Zune marketing has undeniably failed. But it's a shame, because the product itself is actually pretty damned good.
I'm typing on a clicky keyboard right now. Made by Unicomp. It's not *quite* as durable as an old IBM keyboard (which could stun an ox), but it's still pretty solid.
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Are you out of your mind? "Always looks best before the official release" is just insane. Have you ever installed a beta in your life? The final product is always an improvement over the beta. I've installed just about every single beta of every rev of NT and SQL Server, all the way back to Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1 and SQL Server 4.21. Do you understand that betas and previews are released before the final product, and that *work continues* before the final product? Do you understand that time flows forward, not backward?
You should up your meds, and switch to daily therapy sessions, not weekly.
I love the way Slashdot people spend years bagging on Microsoft for not "innovating", and then when they do something new, all you can do is piss and moan. If you don't like it, and you have something useful to say, then NOW IS YOUR CHANCE to affect the final outcome. This is a developer preview. It's not even a beta. They WANT to make it better, they want to engage with developers and users. So all you whiners -- here is your chance to stop being a hypocrite, and maybe either 1) admit that they're doing something *at least* interesting, and 2) maybe even consider installing it and sending in real feedback. If this was some random group of guys building a new UI / desktop for Linux, you'd be cheering them on.
The main vector of infection on Windows these days is dumb users installing programs from bogus sources, not Windows itself.
Enjoy your safety and security. And maybe occasionally, tip your hat to the people who make it possible. War and policing are sausage factories. You might like the product, but you'll rarely enjoy seeing it made.
MSDN has, for over a decade, provided a free Virtual CD-ROM tool for mounting the ISO images that you download from MSDN. Virtual CD-ROM has always been just a developers-only tool; Microsoft never saw a need to make it into a product of its own because 1) nobody would spend money on it, and 2) there were plenty of 3rd party virtual CD-ROM mounters already out there.
Actions and choices have *CONSEQUENCES*!?!?!?
Bullshit. I've been to China, shopped in Chinese computer markets, and I work with a lot of Chinese folks. Trust me, they have just as much current hardware, maybe even more, than we do in the West. At least in the cities.
Piracy + banks is the reason, not outdated hardware.
Agreed. My wife and I both have 120GB Zunes, and we share a Zune Pass. The player hardware is rock solid, the software is decent, and the Zune Pass just kicks ass all day long. Yes, Zune marketing has undeniably failed. But it's a shame, because the product itself is actually pretty damned good.
I'm typing on a clicky keyboard right now. Made by Unicomp. It's not *quite* as durable as an old IBM keyboard (which could stun an ox), but it's still pretty solid.