Because I can get a machine for half the price that does the same thing if the Apple logo isn't on it.
Show me a pc at half the cost with Apache, Perl and a boatload of other *nix software factory installed... and also runs Dreamweaver, PhotoShop, Quicken and MS Office natively.*
Yeah, you can get Apache and Perl and install them yourself... but, time is money.
Or you can build a Linux box and buy VMWare and Windows and come out a little $$ ahead... if your time is worthless. (I did this, but I also bought a Mac... Maximum flexibility! But, the pc cost about a grand more than the Mac did.)
You don't save as much once you take the value of your time into account. (well, not the value of *my* time... yours may actually be worthless, I don't know)
You won't be done with the product activation in the time that someone can set up some of the Macs!
*Hey, some of the Macs still run this stuff natively.
Seriously though, what's your objection to Windows XP?
I don't know about the original poster... but I like to know that 10 years from now I can install the OS and use it in whatever emulater I'm using at that time. (Right now it is VMWare)
Product activation is a HUGE objection for me. (and not just for some time in the future...)
After paying for an OS I really don't think it is anyone's business how many times I reinstall it, as long as I'm not using it on more systems than licensed for.
And I sure as hell ain't gonna ask permission to use it the way I want...
If you sent a letter through the US mail. They would find out similar information without opening the letter.
No... they *could*... but it is not reasonable to think that they *would* because it would be too labor intensive to do so with very little to show in return.
Also, they would not even consider doing this with the mail becasue it would be painfully obvious who should pay for the ability... them.
However, not only do they do this with email because "it is easy"... they also cram the cost of being able to do it onto the carrier because "it is easy".
It would take about 17 minutes for Google to add a notice to their pages for Verizon users telling them that their ISP is deliberately crippling their connection.
And even less time for them to figure out where you are based on your IP address, and show you very targeted ads to help you find a better provider!
While making money on the ads even.
Believe me, Google has very little to lose in this fight...
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My only problem is that I do have a hard time finding shows that aren't either very popular or have a cult audience.
And how is that different from cable?
I'm starting to think that access to the source might be part of the problem.
It's almost as if someone figured out how to open the back door and now they have to scramble to fix it.
If you remove all parts of Konqueror from KDE, will all KDE applications be unaffected?
What if it did?
KDE isn't the OS, and... all of your non-KDE apps... (including GNOME) would still function as they always have.
Vista will come with installation media that will install the version corresponding with the license key given.
Um... I don't think he was talking about installing from official media... or using legal license keys.
And how about those political ads?
They are totally disgusting!!
Oh... and don't forget telemarketers... those sluts!!
The law says the person providing the images is.
Which makes the law extremely stupid when you consider that it tries to address activities that can originate outside the border of the country...
It gets even stickier when you start taking into consideration the rape laws and the age of consent...
One would think that statistical analysis should be able to give enough information to make or break their case already.
But... they aren't trying to *break* thier case.
That is why they need this data.
Why is microsoft researching this kind of thing?
;-)
Let's put it this way... Vista won't support booting from EFI based machines until they can figure out how to do the same thing there too.
Quite frankly... I expect to pay more for a better product!
Paying more for Linux doesn't surprise me nearly as much as how much they pay for Windows to begin with...
Deciding that a story must be false because it was referenced/re-printed on a biased blog -- in either direction -- is stupid.
Yeah, that would be like not trusting what Bush says just because he is a liar.
Perhaps the Microsoft code does in 5 lines what the Open Source code does in 150.
;-)
I didn't know MS used Perl.
(unix tools excepted)
I'm just curious... what's the situation where you need the same SQL to talk to multiple kinds of databases?
Um...
Writing software for people that may already have a database?
Even, god forbid, a different kind than the developer may have...
Because it is so easy to find web hosting with MySQL.
Next...
A 32 Meg card would be fine for you. (Something like the Matrox G450)
It sounds like what you need is to get off the PCI bus.
And, possibly some better drivers...
resolution indepependent, for example
;-)
Does this mean that no matter how large your display, the start menu will cover it all?
You really think a PCI video adapter will run Vista?
;-)
On a more serious note... finding one of those cards in AGP may not be so cheap by the time Vista actually comes out.
They seem to be getting scarcer as time goes by and companies move to "the next great video slot".
Because I can get a machine for half the price that does the same thing if the Apple logo isn't on it.
Show me a pc at half the cost with Apache, Perl and a boatload of other *nix software factory installed... and also runs Dreamweaver, PhotoShop, Quicken and MS Office natively.*
Yeah, you can get Apache and Perl and install them yourself... but, time is money.
Or you can build a Linux box and buy VMWare and Windows and come out a little $$ ahead... if your time is worthless. (I did this, but I also bought a Mac... Maximum flexibility! But, the pc cost about a grand more than the Mac did.)
You don't save as much once you take the value of your time into account. (well, not the value of *my* time... yours may actually be worthless, I don't know)
You won't be done with the product activation in the time that someone can set up some of the Macs!
*Hey, some of the Macs still run this stuff natively.
...what's the benefit of upgrading other than looks?
In my opinion, there really is only one reason to get a newer version of Windows.
Support.
That is the only reason I have *ever* gotten a newer version. Software I wanted to run would not run on the current installed version...
And, no... I'm not going to call it an "upgrade" either...
(And, no... I've never gotten Windows as an included OS either.)
Seriously though, what's your objection to Windows XP?
I don't know about the original poster... but I like to know that 10 years from now I can install the OS and use it in whatever emulater I'm using at that time. (Right now it is VMWare)
Product activation is a HUGE objection for me. (and not just for some time in the future...)
After paying for an OS I really don't think it is anyone's business how many times I reinstall it, as long as I'm not using it on more systems than licensed for.
And I sure as hell ain't gonna ask permission to use it the way I want...
To play devils advocate
Back at you...
If you sent a letter through the US mail. They would find out similar information without opening the letter.
No... they *could*... but it is not reasonable to think that they *would* because it would be too labor intensive to do so with very little to show in return.
Also, they would not even consider doing this with the mail becasue it would be painfully obvious who should pay for the ability... them.
However, not only do they do this with email because "it is easy"... they also cram the cost of being able to do it onto the carrier because "it is easy".
Sure it is... if you pay for the setup to do so.
In the end, it is another hidden tax from the "tax break" party... and the money goes directly to their contributors.
I'm at a loss to understand how this will reduce spam.
Well... the "paid for" email will have a marker attached to it.
So... you filter for the marker... and put it all in the trash.
Spam reduced!
Where's my "-1 Corrosively Jaded" when I need it?
Scroll down a bit, it's right below "-1 No Shit Sherlock".
...which internet provider would you choose, the one with or without Google?
As far as I"m concerned... the internet without Google is worthless.
If you can't find what you are looking for, all you have is a bunch of crap...
It would take about 17 minutes for Google to add a notice to their pages for Verizon users telling them that their ISP is deliberately crippling their connection.
And even less time for them to figure out where you are based on your IP address, and show you very targeted ads to help you find a better provider!
While making money on the ads even.
Believe me, Google has very little to lose in this fight...