Here's an honest question. Do you really think your computing experience has improved that greatly on your spiffy new 3.4Ghz P4 compared to back when you had a P2 class machine?
IMO it hasn't. You've gone from Win95 to WinXP.
If you can't tell the difference between Windows 95 and Windows XP you need to get your head checked. Seriously. (Though, 90% of the differences came in at the Windows 9x -> Windows 2000 jump, but I could say the same about the jump to OSX 10.0).
If you want to see some progress, compare the Linux distro's from 7 years ago to the ones today. On the OSS side of things, I haven't seen any stagnation, everything gets better everyday.
I love it when people chew me out for driving a Nissan (built in Tennesse), when they drive some piece of crap Ford that was built in Mexico. Even when I point it out to them, they STILL don't get it. But usually, these are the same people who shop at Wal-Mart, so go figure.
I still run XP SP1 on my computer. With a decent firewall (Kerio, Sygate, etc.), antivirus, any browser other than IE, and some common sense, XP SP1 is just as secure as XP SP2. Locking down those computers should be easy.
Otherwise, consider upgrading to Windows 2000. Windows 2000 SP4 is the only to get an upto date, fully patched Windows system without all the crap found in XP SP2.
The only ones I have seen in Opera are the occasional CSS ads that pop up in front of a webpage. I don't have any examples handy because I don't frequent sites that pull crap like that.
I suppose whenever you had just bought your brand new Apple computer, you went to all of your Mac using friends and said, "You need to check out my new PC!!!". Or not...
Note that the article title is "5 Simple Steps to a Quieter PC." Besides, the Powermac G5 isn't really that quiet anyway. And the noise from some of the G4's is downright annoying.
Besides, Dell fanboys? I really didn't know that there were that many Dell fanboys. The only reason the Mac fanboys like to pick on Dell is that Dell really doesn't make a very good PC anyway. Though many of them are pretty quiet.
I don't see many old Audi's, Volvo's and BMW's. There are a few, but my theory is that when they get to about 10-12 years old, something breaks that requires the typical $1000-$2000+ repair bills those cars require, and off to the junkyard they go. I see lots of old Toyota's, Honda's, and Nissan's around (reliable), and plenty of more decent older American cars too (cheap parts and easy for DIY'ers to fix).
Someone broke into my car and stole a bunch of burned copies of my legit CDs (amonst other, mostly worthless items). But if I ever find out who did it, I'm sending the RIAA after them!
So what? Let the few people with their hybrids get a "free ride". There isn't many of them anyway, and they still burn some fuel.
If Hybrids become more common, either raise the gas tax to compensate for the fact the average car is more efficient, or start taxing Hybrid batteries - which isn't a bad idea since heavier batteries = more wear, and wearing out a batter faster = more driving.
The only reason I see people jumping up to defend Apple is because they are Apple. What if Microsoft sued some news site that had "leaked" informatidon about, say, Longhorn or the X-Box 2? The very same people would be bashing Microsoft for doing the exact same thing Apple is doing right now. That's all there is to it, as far as I can see.
Makes one wonder what would have happened had they gone with Atari?
Well, we would of had the Atari Entertainment System, followed by the Super Atari Entertainment System, followed by the Atari 64, and now we would have the Gamecube.:)
I agree about the SNES controller. I have an aftermarket one that is slightly larger to make room for the turbo switches. That one was as comfortable as can be.
I never liked the analog sticks in terms of comfort. After a while, my thumb just aches. Though, the N64 controller is really nice in the games where you can get away with using the regular + pad (which are pretty few, I must admit).
If they can get what they need to get done, and have some time to look at slashdot, then what's the problem? The alternative would be to keep piling more and more work on them, no matter how fast they get it done. In that case, what incentive is there for them to work hard at all?
The one with line of blue dots that bounce accross the screen, and the time displayed in yellow. I spent many bored hours staring at that on the classroom computers in high school.
The old fanless G3/450 iMac is the loudest machine in the house because it has one of those Maxtor drives that goes "weerrrerrrowwwwwwEEEERERROOWrrrrreeeoor".
Just curious, but why don't you replace it? 40GB drives run about $50-60 or so now, and most of the ones on currently the market only have 1 platter and run pretty cool and quiet.
Just wait. It's probably only a matter of time before one of the PC manufacturers takes the guts of one of their laptops, and creates the Dell-Mini, eMini, Mini-paq, Mini-Alien, Lini... (or whatever)
As the slashdot blurb even states, the Mac Mini uses a proprietary wireless driver that does not work with Linux at all. So it does make a difference if you intend to use wireless connectivity with your SFF PC, you should not buy a Mac Mini to run Linux no matter how cool you think it looks.
Given the popularity of the Mac Mini, I would bet that it's only a matter of time before someone codes a Linux driver for the wireless adaptor. Still, if you absolutely need wireless + Linux, I would hold off for now.
Bad analogy. First of all, you can swap parts in and out of cars fairly easily. You can't swap out WMP from Windows (well, until now). Secondly, no car manufacturer is a convicted monopoly, which abuses its position to enter new markets.
Actually, my favorite are the bugs that pop up when you try to play Windows Media files (WMA, WMV, ASF) files in a player like Winamp. Skipping, dropped frames, no fast forward, 2-3 second delay before it starts player. Not suprisenly, the same files play just fine in WMP.
Why not just build a new file search interface? 98lite proved that you can remove IE from Windows 98, and you could replace the shell with the one from Windows 95.
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Here's an honest question. Do you really think your computing experience has improved that greatly on your spiffy new 3.4Ghz P4 compared to back when you had a P2 class machine?
IMO it hasn't. You've gone from Win95 to WinXP.
If you can't tell the difference between Windows 95 and Windows XP you need to get your head checked. Seriously. (Though, 90% of the differences came in at the Windows 9x -> Windows 2000 jump, but I could say the same about the jump to OSX 10.0).
If you want to see some progress, compare the Linux distro's from 7 years ago to the ones today. On the OSS side of things, I haven't seen any stagnation, everything gets better everyday.
Expose desktop window management, etc.
Expose is pretty spiffy, but all I see it as is something to make up for the lack of a taskbar, as seen in Windows, Gnome, KDE, etc.
I love it when people chew me out for driving a Nissan (built in Tennesse), when they drive some piece of crap Ford that was built in Mexico. Even when I point it out to them, they STILL don't get it. But usually, these are the same people who shop at Wal-Mart, so go figure.
I still run XP SP1 on my computer. With a decent firewall (Kerio, Sygate, etc.), antivirus, any browser other than IE, and some common sense, XP SP1 is just as secure as XP SP2. Locking down those computers should be easy.
Otherwise, consider upgrading to Windows 2000. Windows 2000 SP4 is the only to get an upto date, fully patched Windows system without all the crap found in XP SP2.
The only ones I have seen in Opera are the occasional CSS ads that pop up in front of a webpage. I don't have any examples handy because I don't frequent sites that pull crap like that.
I suppose whenever you had just bought your brand new Apple computer, you went to all of your Mac using friends and said, "You need to check out my new PC!!!". Or not...
Buy a Mac.
Note that the article title is "5 Simple Steps to a Quieter PC." Besides, the Powermac G5 isn't really that quiet anyway. And the noise from some of the G4's is downright annoying.
Besides, Dell fanboys? I really didn't know that there were that many Dell fanboys. The only reason the Mac fanboys like to pick on Dell is that Dell really doesn't make a very good PC anyway. Though many of them are pretty quiet.
I think the whole point of the post was how you can use statistics to say basically anything you want.
I don't see many old Audi's, Volvo's and BMW's. There are a few, but my theory is that when they get to about 10-12 years old, something breaks that requires the typical $1000-$2000+ repair bills those cars require, and off to the junkyard they go. I see lots of old Toyota's, Honda's, and Nissan's around (reliable), and plenty of more decent older American cars too (cheap parts and easy for DIY'ers to fix).
Someone broke into my car and stole a bunch of burned copies of my legit CDs (amonst other, mostly worthless items). But if I ever find out who did it, I'm sending the RIAA after them!
So what? Let the few people with their hybrids get a "free ride". There isn't many of them anyway, and they still burn some fuel.
If Hybrids become more common, either raise the gas tax to compensate for the fact the average car is more efficient, or start taxing Hybrid batteries - which isn't a bad idea since heavier batteries = more wear, and wearing out a batter faster = more driving.
what will the fanboys say?
Looks like they are all leaping up to defend Apple.
What if Microsoft sued some rumor site that was leaking information on the Xbox 2 or Longhorn?
The only reason I see people jumping up to defend Apple is because they are Apple. What if Microsoft sued some news site that had "leaked" informatidon about, say, Longhorn or the X-Box 2? The very same people would be bashing Microsoft for doing the exact same thing Apple is doing right now. That's all there is to it, as far as I can see.
He made money by selling ads on his site, while breaking the law and conspiring with another person who dishonorably broke their agreements.
Spreading rumors concerning Apple is now breaking the law???
Makes one wonder what would have happened had they gone with Atari?
:)
Well, we would of had the Atari Entertainment System, followed by the Super Atari Entertainment System, followed by the Atari 64, and now we would have the Gamecube.
Do you ever wonder why macintosh fanboys are famed for not knowing what they're talking about?
Yes, actually.
I agree about the SNES controller. I have an aftermarket one that is slightly larger to make room for the turbo switches. That one was as comfortable as can be.
I never liked the analog sticks in terms of comfort. After a while, my thumb just aches. Though, the N64 controller is really nice in the games where you can get away with using the regular + pad (which are pretty few, I must admit).
If they can get what they need to get done, and have some time to look at slashdot, then what's the problem? The alternative would be to keep piling more and more work on them, no matter how fast they get it done. In that case, what incentive is there for them to work hard at all?
The one with line of blue dots that bounce accross the screen, and the time displayed in yellow. I spent many bored hours staring at that on the classroom computers in high school.
The old fanless G3/450 iMac is the loudest machine in the house because it has one of those Maxtor drives that goes "weerrrerrrowwwwwwEEEERERROOWrrrrreeeoor".
Just curious, but why don't you replace it? 40GB drives run about $50-60 or so now, and most of the ones on currently the market only have 1 platter and run pretty cool and quiet.
Just wait. It's probably only a matter of time before one of the PC manufacturers takes the guts of one of their laptops, and creates the Dell-Mini, eMini, Mini-paq, Mini-Alien, Lini... (or whatever)
As the slashdot blurb even states, the Mac Mini uses a proprietary wireless driver that does not work with Linux at all. So it does make a difference if you intend to use wireless connectivity with your SFF PC, you should not buy a Mac Mini to run Linux no matter how cool you think it looks.
Given the popularity of the Mac Mini, I would bet that it's only a matter of time before someone codes a Linux driver for the wireless adaptor. Still, if you absolutely need wireless + Linux, I would hold off for now.
Bad analogy. First of all, you can swap parts in and out of cars fairly easily. You can't swap out WMP from Windows (well, until now). Secondly, no car manufacturer is a convicted monopoly, which abuses its position to enter new markets.
Actually, my favorite are the bugs that pop up when you try to play Windows Media files (WMA, WMV, ASF) files in a player like Winamp. Skipping, dropped frames, no fast forward, 2-3 second delay before it starts player. Not suprisenly, the same files play just fine in WMP.
Why not just build a new file search interface? 98lite proved that you can remove IE from Windows 98, and you could replace the shell with the one from Windows 95.