Careful with that argument. MS would blow all competitors away based on that criteria if determining quality was tied into popularity.
Anyway, the reason why more people run linux is b/c x86 is cheaper than mac. But that has nothing to do with discussions about which distro is better for the desktop.
Yeah, the only two things that XP has that Win2k doesn't have is a) faster boot time and b) defrag.exe.
The native CD burning is overrated. Most users need.iso support and such from Nero (et al) anyway. Also, since XP can do.zip files but not.rar files, XP still needs WinRAR loaded.
Hmmm, come to think of it, there's support for syncing your clock w/ an Internet time server in XP, but there is w32time in the win2k resource kit available.
Heh, there's probably more, but I can install win2k pro, turn off the unnecessary services and memory usage drops to 45megs after logging in. Oh wait, there's also the expanded Task Manager with the bandwidth utilization tab.
And oh yeah, there's the concurrent logon's where separate users can run apps in the background while another user is logged on.
OK, this post didn't turn out the way I thought it would but the only things I miss from XP are the first two things mentioned.
Tablet PC's are kind of like a convertible. It should be your second car, not your first. Most families should have a beast of a desktop somewhere in the house but also have a more portable device that's good for lying around on the couch and watching tv at the same time or listening to the stereo.
A lot of people now recognize the utility of a PC and have more than one in their home. Usually one for them (and spouse maybe) and one for their kids. This type of demographic would probably be interested in something like a tablet PC just for screwing around and such.
With Coke and Pepsi, you have two pretty strong competitors. Who's the desktop OS competitor to MS? Don't say linux because having 5% of the desktop OS market doesn't count as competition.
"as a software consumer"? it seems that you freely admit that you don't program for a living yet you feel justified in lecturing this guy on how to do his job well?
Tell me how you change dns server settings from the command line in 2k? Or how about this one. What's the equivalent of 'ps -ef' in 2k from the cli? You know what even funnier? When you look at the list of processes, you don't know what files you're looking at. You only know the name of the executable!
Don't argue that the remote admin in NT/2k/XP, is better than in unix. It's an argument you will lose. Loser.
It sounds like you've never run unix. You might've known that he was referring logging on via telnet/ssh/whatever.
If someday, you get let out of your cage and you get to admin some unix boxes, you'll see what a sad sad story remote administration of windows is.
Heh, i predict that right about now, you're going, "vnc, pcanywhere, blah, blah, blah" Fuck off. Just trust me when I say that you don't know what real remote administration is.
Yes, you're right. We should write a book about how special *you* are.
If you don't like the idea of the book, don't buy it. But a lot of people who played pac-man, pitfall, asteroids, tempest, etc. will be able to appreciate the unfathomable accomplishments of something like that guy who had a perfect score in pac-man. A perfect fucking score! He ate all four ghosts every time he swallowed the power pill and he grabbed every piece of fruit. And he kept playing until the very last screen possible.
Something like that deserves to be preserved in a published book.
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I'm also guessing your high school didn't have Internet access "back in the day".
What would you have gotten? Poorly written essays?
I think with Heisenberg we're not allowed to measure or observe individual molecules in any way.
Maybe I subconsciously didn't want to find it...
http://www.stallman.org/rms.jpg
Obviously no pics included...
http://www.stallman.org/#personal
don't worry. they were all cheating.
We've all seen that episode of South Park too.
What's the form factor size of the HD in the iPod?
If it's bigger than 1.8", then I'm glad iWaited.
Careful with that argument. MS would blow all competitors away based on that criteria if determining quality was tied into popularity.
Anyway, the reason why more people run linux is b/c x86 is cheaper than mac. But that has nothing to do with discussions about which distro is better for the desktop.
The poster was not making arguments about which was more popular. The poster was making a comment on the quality of linux distro's vs. Mac OS X.
I'm riding along an early post to get an answer:
Are there 3rd party antivirus solutions for Quantum Snap file servers?
Thanks.
His nick indicates that he only understands "iirc", "afaik" and "ianal".
Yeah, the only two things that XP has that Win2k doesn't have is a) faster boot time and b) defrag.exe.
.iso support and such from Nero (et al) anyway. Also, since XP can do .zip files but not .rar files, XP still needs WinRAR loaded.
The native CD burning is overrated. Most users need
Hmmm, come to think of it, there's support for syncing your clock w/ an Internet time server in XP, but there is w32time in the win2k resource kit available.
Heh, there's probably more, but I can install win2k pro, turn off the unnecessary services and memory usage drops to 45megs after logging in. Oh wait, there's also the expanded Task Manager with the bandwidth utilization tab.
And oh yeah, there's the concurrent logon's where separate users can run apps in the background while another user is logged on.
OK, this post didn't turn out the way I thought it would but the only things I miss from XP are the first two things mentioned.
Look up the difference between accuracy vs. precision.
Don't you think everyone here is intelligent enough to know to look at the link before they click it?
For gawd's sake, the link has "goatse" in it.
Tablet PC's are kind of like a convertible. It should be your second car, not your first. Most families should have a beast of a desktop somewhere in the house but also have a more portable device that's good for lying around on the couch and watching tv at the same time or listening to the stereo.
A lot of people now recognize the utility of a PC and have more than one in their home. Usually one for them (and spouse maybe) and one for their kids. This type of demographic would probably be interested in something like a tablet PC just for screwing around and such.
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With Coke and Pepsi, you have two pretty strong competitors. Who's the desktop OS competitor to MS? Don't say linux because having 5% of the desktop OS market doesn't count as competition.
"as a software consumer"? it seems that you freely admit that you don't program for a living yet you feel justified in lecturing this guy on how to do his job well?
you = pompous ass
Explain how a read-only CD is going to be "locked" to a BIOS signature?
You need to budget an extra $100 for the fans.
I'm guessing when they check the *apache* (*snicker*) logs, they'll see the referrer as /.
Heh, that's funny, jackass.
Tell me how you change dns server settings from the command line in 2k? Or how about this one. What's the equivalent of 'ps -ef' in 2k from the cli? You know what even funnier? When you look at the list of processes, you don't know what files you're looking at. You only know the name of the executable!
Don't argue that the remote admin in NT/2k/XP, is better than in unix. It's an argument you will lose. Loser.
It sounds like you've never run unix. You might've known that he was referring logging on via telnet/ssh/whatever.
If someday, you get let out of your cage and you get to admin some unix boxes, you'll see what a sad sad story remote administration of windows is.
Heh, i predict that right about now, you're going, "vnc, pcanywhere, blah, blah, blah" Fuck off. Just trust me when I say that you don't know what real remote administration is.
Like I said. Unfathomable.
Yes, you're right. We should write a book about how special *you* are.
If you don't like the idea of the book, don't buy it. But a lot of people who played pac-man, pitfall, asteroids, tempest, etc. will be able to appreciate the unfathomable accomplishments of something like that guy who had a perfect score in pac-man. A perfect fucking score! He ate all four ghosts every time he swallowed the power pill and he grabbed every piece of fruit. And he kept playing until the very last screen possible.
Something like that deserves to be preserved in a published book.