EPTOn January 10 2009 18:12 closed wrote:
Windows 98 runs fast like hell on modern machines.
Windows 98 runs fast like hell on modern machines.
Pretty sure Vista is faster on modern machines.
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
Pretty sure Vista is faster on modern machines. | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
On January 10 2009 19:41 Klogon wrote: Pretty sure Vista is faster on modern machines. Ture Vista will read hard drives and write them faster due to better data management and also use quad core alot better. running a 10 year old program on a modern computer ofc it's fast Why have a car that can do 300 that looks like shit and you never even take it out of the city. | ||
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Beamo
France1279 Posts
On January 10 2009 18:08 Centric wrote: You seriously think that the cost of an OS is equal to the extra money that Apple charges on upgrades? Just looking at the retail for desktop replacement laptops, for equal specs, you're paying an extra $2000 dollars. An OS costs what...$100 max? Seeing Microsoft has 95% of the market, yes I do think the charges of their OS is at least as much as "the design" you pay when you get a Mac. My main problem with Mac is not about how expensive their products are, if people want to pay for the design it's their problem. That's called added value and that's what companies sell (look how much a painting costs compared to how much it's worth creating (time included). The part where I think they act like bastards is on how they force you to use their products the way they want you to. Imprisoning you with their tools. Take a look at an I-Phone, it has a perfectly working OS on it but you can't install tools you like you have to install the tools they sell using their format. Same for I-Pod, they tatooed the firmware of the last generations preventing you to use an other one and preventing you to use anything else then I-Tunes. On the other hand we have Microsoft who gained a quasi-monopole on desktops and laptops and who keeps on abusing (which is not legal, see the anti-trust laws) it's position forcing suppliers to sell out Windows & Office, forcing people to perpetually upgrade their hardware for few added functionalities, bribing countries and the ISO to adopt their unfinished OpenXML format when an ISO certified document format already existed (ODT) etc... etc... So yes I think both companies are equally bastards that are robing miss-informed people. I'm not saying theor products are bad, I just don't like how they force you to use them. Do you really think IE would still be over 70% used if it was not forced by Windows (you can't even uninstall it...) and if Windows did not hold 95% of the market ? | ||
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
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MuR)Ernu
Finland768 Posts
I mean JESUS, its only a computer, not a change of lifestyle... Mac, Linux, Windows, it doesn't make too big of a difference, you will mostly do the same stuff anyways. I like linux the best, but i use windows because i am a gamer. Also i use a PC because it's simpler to upgrade, i mean, i dont have to buy a new computer to get some new component or something | ||
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jjun212
Canada2208 Posts
how is it? ^^ | ||
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Rev0lution
United States1805 Posts
On January 04 2009 13:19 haduken wrote: Mac will never become a dominant market force simply because of their target customers and their business model. If OS X becomes as popular as Windows then the same will happen. Even if Windows keep screwing up, some one have to be the janitor. the extra price of macs is the smugness tax and the superiority complex surcharge oh and the attention whore hidden fees.. If your gonna get anything other than a PC just get ubuntu or whatever other free OS. personally I don't see anything wrong with vista, i just turn off the graphics off and it works just like xp did. | ||
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ilovehnk
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
On January 11 2009 03:47 oneofthem wrote: i got a key, but i don't have a machine for it. hopefully that will change soon. I got a key but i dont have a dvd burner lol but that is what friends are for. | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx | ||
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Kula
United States140 Posts
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miseiler
United States1389 Posts
I don't really think this will make it or break it for microsoft. From their position, they really just have to stop releasing bad software, rather than release good software. i.e., if they rebranded XP as "Windows 2009" and released it, people would call it the savior of the company. | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
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eugene17
Singapore174 Posts
for mac people out there is there anything similar on your side? development tools ? not quite sure on how the model looks like in mac. thanks! | ||
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PobTheCad
Australia893 Posts
On January 10 2009 19:41 Klogon wrote: Pretty sure Vista is faster on modern machines. finding drivers for modern computer equipment for win98 is a pain , if not an impossibility | ||
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SlickR12345
Macedonia408 Posts
I think they went too hardware heavy with Vista and thats why it failed. People buying new PC every 3 or 4 years don't want to upgrade since it slows down teir systems and companies don't adopt it since the functionality advantage over XP it brings is very small, but the hardware requirements are too big. So why in the hell change windows, except to give microsoft even more money? No reason what so ever, apart from DX10 there is virtually no reason whatsoever to switch from XP to Vista. Windows 7 on the other hand will get more adopted, since people would have recycled their hardware and bought new PC's. More demanding applications is also forcing companies to buy new and better PC's and they might as wel switch to windows 7 when it gets released. | ||
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Cobalt
United States441 Posts
Running in compatibility mode doesn't work, regardless of which OS you choose. Nor does running as an administrator. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this? | ||
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ilovehnk
475 Posts
On January 11 2009 12:49 Cobalt wrote: Well Windows 7 was working perfectly fine until now--Starcraft isn't working, with an error saying that the game can't find the file font/font.gid. Some googling suggests this is the file that contains the CD key you used to install the game. Running in compatibility mode doesn't work, regardless of which OS you choose. Nor does running as an administrator. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this? reinstall under compatibility mode | ||
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Cobalt
United States441 Posts
I can't believe I didn't think of this. Attempting now. EDIT: Nope. Still not working. | ||
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