Pocket PCs aren't made by Microsoft, they're something more like Dell's boxes with OEM Windows pre-installed. Microsoft makes only general hardware specs and the OS. And Microsoft's keyboards & mice are quite good.
If an app clearly states it's incompatible with Vista (and not just "we're not sure if this will work"), you're likely to run into problems. I tried to install an older, Vista-incompatible version of Nero this way and it crashed the installation and wouldn't uninstall. Had to clean all the files manually.
I bet that if you use the music from this idea, create lyrics from logs and memory dumps and use a text-to-speech for singing, this would sound better than most stuff RIAA sells:-)
Most warez sites require you to register (and enter a captcha) in order to view links and torrents:-P That's because otherwise bots will find the site and it will be shut down. OTOH, posting a Vista torrent on that site would be fun:-)
Vista is like a new "soul" for your computer. You'll have all your files and settings, you'll spend less than on a new machine and you'll have a shine new interface with new APIs. That's something like installing OS X or Linux, only with compability with older apps.
I bought a cheap HP laptop and it had FreeDOS installed. What drives me mad is that this does no good either to FreeDOS (who's really using it nowadays?) or to Linux. If it had Linux pre-installed it would probably have all these weird drivers (battery, buttons, wi-fi etc.) working out of the box. Not to mention that you could browse the Web, send mail and write Office documents without bothering to install a real OS. Dell does the same thing, pre-installing FreeDOS on cheaper models.
If development is made simpler, programmers can focus more on algorithms and see what's happening more clearly. That's why we have expensive RAD software like Matlab - instead of writing garbage collection and array resizing, developers focus on how to do the job most efficiently. And after that is found out, the app can be rewritten (even with some help from Matlab) in C++ or other language.
Well, Vista's.NET approach to 32/64bit compability seems a more elegant approach to me than Apple's Universal Binaries. Firefox 2 for MacOS X s a 18Mb download (compared to 5 Mb Windows and something like 7 Mb Linux). Are we going to see universal binaries that contain the PPC, Intelx86 and Intelx64 versions?
You can call me a Microsoft fanboy, but I think Visual Studio 2005 is one of th best development environments out there. It has Intellisense, debugging (done right!), great project management (if you use it correctly). Not to mention a lot of.NET stuff like an API for saving application settings in an XML file (no registry keys and just as easy as adding a component to a form). The only IDE I think is just as good is NetBeans. Oh, and if you develop non-C# applications you probably won't notice half the features, because C++ doesn't seem to be updated a lot since VS 6.0
*A full screen iPod would have worse battery life, all things being equal, than an iPod with a smaller screen.
Well, my PDA has a worse battery than my mp3 player (it has a 240x320 screen). Yet the PDA's battery lasts 2-3 times longer between recharges that the mp3 player (iRiver h320). It seems that the hard drive consumes a lot more energy than the screen, even a relatively large one. Oh, and the most consuming part of the screen is the backlight. If Apples makes a larger screen and sets the backlight to consume no more power than a "small" screen (can be 15% less bright), the big screen won't consume more power.
Oh these Microsoft bastards! If they never existed people would never throw away printed plain-text passwords, never stick access codes on post-it notes to their monitor, and everyone would be immune to social engineering.
had Netscape won the browser wars, Microsoft would likely not be vilified to the extent it is today since security would not be as big of an issue.
Most thing that hijack IE require a user clicking an "I agree" button. In fact, I've seen pages that say "in order to download Acrobat Professional 7.0 keygen, press Install Plugin". Now, if Netscape was the dominant browser, do you really think that in some magical way users would not be able to install malware and yet could easily install things like Flash and Java? Firefox does have vulnerabilities and these can be exploited; the only thing that stops massive infestations is that writing Firefox malware is just as hard as IE (OK, it may be harder) but you won't get as much spam zombies because 1) it's not really popular 2) most Firefox users are either tech-savvy or have tech-savvy friends that installed Firefox in the first place, and they are probably aware of malware so why bother infecting 10% of the market when 90% is good enough? My dad uses IE (all my other relatives use Firefox) and he NEVER got any malware on his PC.
I suppose Symantec is simply too lazy to rewrite stuff and they'll whine until Microsoft changes Vista to support the current version of Norton AV (without any changes by Symantec). Symantec is known to be lazy: for example the only thing that's new in Norton AV 2001 compared to 2000 is a new theme and a few new features that were probably written in a week by no more than 4 programmers. 2002 had new features and the same theme, but these features were something like five new checkboxes for more "user control of application". Every new version of NAV differs only slightly from the previous one. I think they're still using their scanning engine from the Win98 version. And yet they charge $50 for every update, that's about 40% of a new MacOSX version (and that's a whole OS!).
This product became noted as determining that the upgrade program of Windows 95 was detected as a computer virus, something which was embarrassing to Microsoft.
I have an HP laptop and it works perfectly. I bought it, downloaded the drivers and installed them (my laptop was a cheap one with Freedos), and that's it. Their iPAQ PDAs are probably the best. Much higher quality than Palm, Dell and Acer. And HP probably has one of the best support you can find. Someone gave me an ancient 486 HP server and just for fun I tried to download drivers. To my amazement, its BIOS was last updated in 2001! Most motherboard manufacturers stop supporting their products one year after they are released.
IBM used to make PCs (as well as laptops). And they quit the market while they were still good at it (and profitable!). Perhaps if Apple moves into the software market, we'd be able to buy OSX the same way as we can buy Windows today (and install it on any PC).
I can't remember the details but I've read that changing XP Home into XP Pro is REALLY easy. Something like changing a reg key, an integer in a *.inf file on the installation CD or running some program (already included with Windows) with weird parameters.
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Not only Vista, but super-magnets now require activation!
OMG!
In fact, "My Documents", "My Coumputer" etc. are named as simply "Documents","Computer" in Vista.
Pocket PCs aren't made by Microsoft, they're something more like Dell's boxes with OEM Windows pre-installed. Microsoft makes only general hardware specs and the OS.
And Microsoft's keyboards & mice are quite good.
If an app clearly states it's incompatible with Vista (and not just "we're not sure if this will work"), you're likely to run into problems. I tried to install an older, Vista-incompatible version of Nero this way and it crashed the installation and wouldn't uninstall. Had to clean all the files manually.
I bet that if you use the music from this idea, create lyrics from logs and memory dumps and use a text-to-speech for singing, this would sound better than most stuff RIAA sells :-)
Most warez sites require you to register (and enter a captcha) in order to view links and torrents :-P That's because otherwise bots will find the site and it will be shut down. :-)
OTOH, posting a Vista torrent on that site would be fun
Vista is like a new "soul" for your computer. You'll have all your files and settings, you'll spend less than on a new machine and you'll have a shine new interface with new APIs. That's something like installing OS X or Linux, only with compability with older apps.
Most brand-name PCs have a customized version of Windows XP with all necessary drivers included.
I bought a cheap HP laptop and it had FreeDOS installed. What drives me mad is that this does no good either to FreeDOS (who's really using it nowadays?) or to Linux. If it had Linux pre-installed it would probably have all these weird drivers (battery, buttons, wi-fi etc.) working out of the box. Not to mention that you could browse the Web, send mail and write Office documents without bothering to install a real OS. Dell does the same thing, pre-installing FreeDOS on cheaper models.
Better support 2+ Gb than crash on 33 megs (with the 32 meg limit). ;-)
Remember, 640k is enough for anyone
If development is made simpler, programmers can focus more on algorithms and see what's happening more clearly. That's why we have expensive RAD software like Matlab - instead of writing garbage collection and array resizing, developers focus on how to do the job most efficiently. And after that is found out, the app can be rewritten (even with some help from Matlab) in C++ or other language.
Well, Vista's .NET approach to 32/64bit compability seems a more elegant approach to me than Apple's Universal Binaries. Firefox 2 for MacOS X s a 18Mb download (compared to 5 Mb Windows and something like 7 Mb Linux). Are we going to see universal binaries that contain the PPC, Intelx86 and Intelx64 versions?
You can call me a Microsoft fanboy, but I think Visual Studio 2005 is one of th best development environments out there. It has Intellisense, debugging (done right!), great project management (if you use it correctly). Not to mention a lot of .NET stuff like an API for saving application settings in an XML file (no registry keys and just as easy as adding a component to a form).
The only IDE I think is just as good is NetBeans.
Oh, and if you develop non-C# applications you probably won't notice half the features, because C++ doesn't seem to be updated a lot since VS 6.0
This is a joke,not flamebait - TFA is hosted on Netcraft.
Oh these Microsoft bastards!
If they never existed people would never throw away printed plain-text passwords, never stick access codes on post-it notes to their monitor, and everyone would be immune to social engineering.
To not pirate it.
RTM will (hopefully) be released on 8.11.2006, while the version you can buy in a store will not be released until 30.01.2007
I think the OP was saying something more like "If we can make ASM code from C, why can't we get ASM code from Perl?"
1) it's not really popular
2) most Firefox users are either tech-savvy or have tech-savvy friends that installed Firefox in the first place, and they are probably aware of malware
so why bother infecting 10% of the market when 90% is good enough?
My dad uses IE (all my other relatives use Firefox) and he NEVER got any malware on his PC.
I suppose Symantec is simply too lazy to rewrite stuff and they'll whine until Microsoft changes Vista to support the current version of Norton AV (without any changes by Symantec).
Symantec is known to be lazy: for example the only thing that's new in Norton AV 2001 compared to 2000 is a new theme and a few new features that were probably written in a week by no more than 4 programmers. 2002 had new features and the same theme, but these features were something like five new checkboxes for more "user control of application".
Every new version of NAV differs only slightly from the previous one. I think they're still using their scanning engine from the Win98 version. And yet they charge $50 for every update, that's about 40% of a new MacOSX version (and that's a whole OS!).
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Antivirus
I have an HP laptop and it works perfectly. I bought it, downloaded the drivers and installed them (my laptop was a cheap one with Freedos), and that's it. Their iPAQ PDAs are probably the best. Much higher quality than Palm, Dell and Acer. And HP probably has one of the best support you can find. Someone gave me an ancient 486 HP server and just for fun I tried to download drivers. To my amazement, its BIOS was last updated in 2001! Most motherboard manufacturers stop supporting their products one year after they are released.
IBM used to make PCs (as well as laptops). And they quit the market while they were still good at it (and profitable!). Perhaps if Apple moves into the software market, we'd be able to buy OSX the same way as we can buy Windows today (and install it on any PC).
I think Macbooks don't have PCMCIA. Apple's choice would probably be an inductive charger and Bluetooth sync.
I can't remember the details but I've read that changing XP Home into XP Pro is REALLY easy. Something like changing a reg key, an integer in a *.inf file on the installation CD or running some program (already included with Windows) with weird parameters.