This entire article, much like this one that came out just before vista http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
are entirely FUD and have been debunked repeatedly.
You can download a copy of windows 7 and test it for yourself.
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I installed it myself to see and it uses 100mb or less on my system(vista x64). I also find it faster than chrome or firefox. Though I still don't like the layout of the browser.
I just installed it and it works great. Memory usage never topped 100mb and it's very fast so far.
Devil Mountain is a bunch of morons with an agenda. This isn't the first bit of nonsense they've come up with.
After installing any distro of linux it takes me anywhere from hours to days to get everything configured and working properly. Linux is just a pain in the ass for this stuff.
In windows I can have it fully installed, patched and all drivers downloaded and installed in an hour.
Windows is bundled with computers alot of times. And I can find copies of windows for much much cheaper than what you posted. And most motherboards now have onboard Gigabit ethernet and bluetooth is pretty much usless. Besides, who really pays for software anymore?
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It's drivers. Creative is just not going to support and old audigy card well when they can get you to buy their newer products.
This entire article, much like this one that came out just before vista http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html are entirely FUD and have been debunked repeatedly. You can download a copy of windows 7 and test it for yourself.
I installed it myself to see and it uses 100mb or less on my system(vista x64). I also find it faster than chrome or firefox. Though I still don't like the layout of the browser.
I just installed it and it works great. Memory usage never topped 100mb and it's very fast so far. Devil Mountain is a bunch of morons with an agenda. This isn't the first bit of nonsense they've come up with.
That particlar torrent is bundled with a trojan.
For some SATA hard drives you must install drivers first. For my SATA Raptor drive I did not have to do this. It just worked.
After installing any distro of linux it takes me anywhere from hours to days to get everything configured and working properly. Linux is just a pain in the ass for this stuff. In windows I can have it fully installed, patched and all drivers downloaded and installed in an hour.
Windows is bundled with computers alot of times. And I can find copies of windows for much much cheaper than what you posted. And most motherboards now have onboard Gigabit ethernet and bluetooth is pretty much usless.
Besides, who really pays for software anymore?