There are lots of programs that install plugins automagically...Skype, antiviruses, and Picasa are a few that I can think of off the top of my head. The only bad part of this whole thing is that MS screwed up the remove/uninstall feature by making it show up for all users.
Because the apps WORK like you'd expect with the feature's you'd expect and don't look like SHIT. I used Ubuntu for three years after Vista came out, and I liked it at first. It didn't make my laptop crash when I put it to sleep. But God, open source software...it's such a crapshoot. You have gems like OOo and Gimp, but then there's so much garbage like Dia and Evolution. Windows 7 + Office 2007 + Windows Live brought me back. Things just work like how I'd expect. Granted, I wouldn't have made the switch back if I wasn't a student (I get all that stuff on the cheap), but still...the experience in Windows 7 is simply superior to what I get on Linux right now.
You can get a three license, legitimate copy of Office Pro off of eBay for $120. Yes, it's the educational version, but no one's checking cards and I doubt MS cares.
Who's going to buy it anyway? 99% of people are going to get it when they buy a new computer, and won't really give crap what's on it as long as they can get to Facebook and Myspace. I don't really think an OS is going to fly off the shelf at any price (unless it's OS X and the newer versions of your software require the new OS).
Did you not buy from their business store, because one of Dell's corporate support centers is located 3 hours from where I'm sitting (in Oregon). Their corporate support is top notch. If you bought cheap consumer PC's for a business, and didn't pay for better support, then you got what you had coming. And if your boss doesn't understand the value of paying for support, he's a moron and you should find someone more intelligent to work for.
I can't complain about their consumer support too much. The keyboard on my boss's personal laptop died and they sent someone from two hours away (closest certified Dell tech apparently) to come to our office and replace it.
They're a business, not a democracy. I'd expect them to do everything to protect their business. I'm unsure of what your point is. Should I be angry when businesses behave like businesses?
"What if this is to prevent labels from dumping crud into the iTunes store and making iTunes LP look like a joke? "
It's not for that. They already police the iPhone app store, and it doesn't cost $10k for a developer to have Apple review their app. They could easily hire a team to do QA and charge a reasonable fee for this, but they haven't. It stinks.
That's what pissed me off about Oblivion...no matter how much you leveled, it didn't feel like you accomplished anything because the bad guys were harder to kill.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that if person A has a restraining order against person B, then person B is not likely to be on person A's friend list.
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I read your comment again, and you did exactly what I said you did. It's still an asshole comment.
There are lots of programs that install plugins automagically...Skype, antiviruses, and Picasa are a few that I can think of off the top of my head. The only bad part of this whole thing is that MS screwed up the remove/uninstall feature by making it show up for all users.
Maybe I'm the odd one then. I've never had a bad experience with Dells support.
What the fuck?
Which utilities? I haven't run into anything yes (after several months) that won't run. I'd like to know which one's won't work so I can see.
In Linux? Are you joking?
GPU acceleration of the GUI - buggy as hell
self healing system files(in some instances) - no
DLL seperation - not quite
vastly better RDP - VNC sucks balls compared to RDP
Easy 64 bit usage with drivers - ha ha, no
Media center! - WMC is quicker and easier to setup/use than anything I've seen for Linux
epiclly better wireless support - If you can get your wireless working in Linux, NetworkManager still blows compared to wireless in Windows 7
support for propper GUI scaleing on high DPI LCDs - no
Integrated Touch support and Speech Recognition(not fantastic but alright) - no
Automatic driver retrival for most hardware right of Windows update without searching - if you're lucky, but most often no
Document libraries for easy organisation - no
Better moniter support for HD TVs and multi moniters/GPUs (by default) - no - multiple monitors are a hassle in Linux
Child restricted accounts to limit games and allow usage limits for children. - not without much configuring
Because the apps WORK like you'd expect with the feature's you'd expect and don't look like SHIT. I used Ubuntu for three years after Vista came out, and I liked it at first. It didn't make my laptop crash when I put it to sleep. But God, open source software...it's such a crapshoot. You have gems like OOo and Gimp, but then there's so much garbage like Dia and Evolution. Windows 7 + Office 2007 + Windows Live brought me back. Things just work like how I'd expect. Granted, I wouldn't have made the switch back if I wasn't a student (I get all that stuff on the cheap), but still...the experience in Windows 7 is simply superior to what I get on Linux right now.
Yeah, because people (like myself) who are using Windows 7 and like it are all just MS shills/drones. Don't be an asshole.
Go play with it...it's a lot easier than having someone explain it.
Windows 7 works great on old hardware. I installed in on an HP TC1100 (1 ghz, 512 MB RAM) and it runs well.
You can get a three license, legitimate copy of Office Pro off of eBay for $120. Yes, it's the educational version, but no one's checking cards and I doubt MS cares.
Who's going to buy it anyway? 99% of people are going to get it when they buy a new computer, and won't really give crap what's on it as long as they can get to Facebook and Myspace. I don't really think an OS is going to fly off the shelf at any price (unless it's OS X and the newer versions of your software require the new OS).
If you had said "blow job" instead of "mac", I'd agree with you.
Did you not buy from their business store, because one of Dell's corporate support centers is located 3 hours from where I'm sitting (in Oregon). Their corporate support is top notch. If you bought cheap consumer PC's for a business, and didn't pay for better support, then you got what you had coming. And if your boss doesn't understand the value of paying for support, he's a moron and you should find someone more intelligent to work for.
I can't complain about their consumer support too much. The keyboard on my boss's personal laptop died and they sent someone from two hours away (closest certified Dell tech apparently) to come to our office and replace it.
Who?
Fuck makes my ears burn!
They're a business, not a democracy. I'd expect them to do everything to protect their business. I'm unsure of what your point is. Should I be angry when businesses behave like businesses?
And by that I mean, they obviously aren't auditing code for the app store, so why would you think that they would be concerned about code for LPs?
So you're telling me that Apple lets in apps on people phones that do whatever they want, but they're going audit code for LPs? LOL
"And they just don't have the time to go over everyones code."
iPhone. App. Store.
"What if this is to prevent labels from dumping crud into the iTunes store and making iTunes LP look like a joke? "
It's not for that. They already police the iPhone app store, and it doesn't cost $10k for a developer to have Apple review their app. They could easily hire a team to do QA and charge a reasonable fee for this, but they haven't. It stinks.
That's what pissed me off about Oblivion...no matter how much you leveled, it didn't feel like you accomplished anything because the bad guys were harder to kill.
Having used Intel graphics chips, I can't blame them for wanting to use the CPU instead.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that if person A has a restraining order against person B, then person B is not likely to be on person A's friend list.
I doubt that fewer lawyers will result in less complex laws.