Sorry, I should clarify, I'm not really talking about the OS when being sold on it's own for a consumer's pre-bought machine. I mean when you buy a machine at say CircuitCity or Best Buy. Would it not be a hassle to have to have only one OS installed on each of the machines on the floor to be sold?
Does anyone else see this as a manufacturer and consumer nightmare? Selling 8 versions of the same PC with nothing but different OS version? I mean, will different machines be tailored to different versions of the OS in retail stores? If that's the case then you'll not only have to choose the OS based on it's own merits, but on the merits of the machines that will run it.
I can only see this as a huge leap backward in every computing aspect, but then again, it's the world that chooses to follow MS, so we have but ourselves to blame.
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Go Linux!
And just look at it this way, if a person was only prompted to install an AV system when the news hyped up this worm then do you think that same person will be very likely to keep the system updated and run regular checks? Doubtful.
Oh, you mean like in the case of the Sony DRM? The one where you'd hit the button to not accept and it would install the rootkit anyways? Yeah, that was helpful wasn't it?
The thing is, I see most people here actually analyzing the data and seeing the flaws within it. But many many computer users will simply see the headlines and start telling everyone that there are these things called "Linux" and "Mac" that are really insecure, so everyone should use Windows.
No, the BitComet client actually passes it on. It's like pirating pirated material. One person pirates it from a private tracker using their registration with said tracker, and then uploads it along to anyone anywhere IIRC about BitComet's way of handling transfers.
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Um... http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aalienware.c
Sorry, I should clarify, I'm not really talking about the OS when being sold on it's own for a consumer's pre-bought machine. I mean when you buy a machine at say CircuitCity or Best Buy. Would it not be a hassle to have to have only one OS installed on each of the machines on the floor to be sold?
Does anyone else see this as a manufacturer and consumer nightmare? Selling 8 versions of the same PC with nothing but different OS version? I mean, will different machines be tailored to different versions of the OS in retail stores? If that's the case then you'll not only have to choose the OS based on it's own merits, but on the merits of the machines that will run it. I can only see this as a huge leap backward in every computing aspect, but then again, it's the world that chooses to follow MS, so we have but ourselves to blame. --- Go Linux!
And just look at it this way, if a person was only prompted to install an AV system when the news hyped up this worm then do you think that same person will be very likely to keep the system updated and run regular checks? Doubtful.
Oh, you mean like in the case of the Sony DRM? The one where you'd hit the button to not accept and it would install the rootkit anyways? Yeah, that was helpful wasn't it?
The thing is, I see most people here actually analyzing the data and seeing the flaws within it. But many many computer users will simply see the headlines and start telling everyone that there are these things called "Linux" and "Mac" that are really insecure, so everyone should use Windows.
No, the BitComet client actually passes it on. It's like pirating pirated material. One person pirates it from a private tracker using their registration with said tracker, and then uploads it along to anyone anywhere IIRC about BitComet's way of handling transfers.