Microsoft VISTA

parabolize · #1 September 13th, 2005, 11:29 PM

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Puke said:
If you've only been keeping up with the hype, then you can keep on hating Microsoft and think they're copy cats that have stolen the Mac desktop theme. Ignore that Mac stole it from Gnome / KDE, which are both efforts to copy / improve on windows.

The GUI wars go back to Xerox PARC; who cares where the first good idea came from, I'll take practical useability over originality any day of the week.

Hay! What about Enlightenment and Solaris?

Puke · #2 September 14th, 2005, 01:32 AM

anyone going to the expense of running solaris shouldnt really be slowing it down with a gui. but, whatever.

I count ME as a short lived exception. it filled a tiny gap between 98se and XP for a short period of time, and never really needed to exist.

and pretty much any "home" version of anything - which are basically stripped down versions of the real version, with more wizards and irritating assumptions made for you. and more packaged software... dont forget the preinstalled garbage.

which is another reason alot of home users dont think windows works. it comes with all sorts of crazy junk from manufacturers and advertising partners that is likely to screw up your PC. I think its a testament to window's stability that it runs AT ALL with that garbage on there, and that its possible to write such diverse and unregulated trash in the first place.

NullAshton · #3 September 14th, 2005, 08:22 AM

Windows is the only operating system that runs my games. That's all I need.

Atrocities · #4 September 14th, 2005, 10:42 AM

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NullAshton said:
Windows is the only operating system that runs my games. That's all I need.

Truer words have never been spoken. - Well said.

NullAshton · #5 September 14th, 2005, 10:46 AM

Besides, it comes preinstalled on what? 95% or more of computers? Hey, it comes with the computer, it works, it's compatible with practically everything, what more could you ask for?

Atrocities · #6 September 14th, 2005, 11:01 AM

I just got my confirmation about the HP suite yestarday. Sure enough people are pissed off about the OS being stored on a partition of the HD and not getting a back up disk with the info. (Kinda hard to install an OS when the OS is on the drive that FAILED!!!!)

It asks me to sign a statement swaring that I am the ORIGINAL owner of the PC. Well I am not..... by that I mean this..

It was sent to me DIRECTLY from HP as a new Computer, however, it did belong to someone before me as I discovered when the CDROM failed. So what do I do??? Do I say I am the original owner? I cannot, I have to call the law firm that is handling the case and be advised. I will not purger myself for a free copy of an OS that should have been given with the PC! HP is EVIL!!

NullAshton · #7 September 14th, 2005, 11:04 AM

If a friend works for a software company, you can get their developer OS disks and not have to pay for the OS... My dad works at a software company, and he gets the latest stuff of anything dealing with software. Free developer studio, free microsoft office, free operating systems... And sometimes free computers!

Suicide Junkie · #8 September 14th, 2005, 04:08 PM

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Atrocities said:
It asks me to sign a statement swaring that I am the ORIGINAL owner of the PC. Well I am not..... by that I mean this..

It was sent to me DIRECTLY from HP as a new Computer, however, it did belong to someone before me as I discovered when the CDROM failed. So what do I do??? Do I say I am the original owner? I cannot, I have to call the law firm that is handling the case and be advised. I will not purger myself for a free copy of an OS that should have been given with the PC! HP is EVIL!!

How about signing and mailing a handwritten copy of the thing, with the only difference being you write "legal owner" instead of "original owner"?

El_Phil · #9 September 14th, 2005, 04:25 PM

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Atrocities said:
I just got my confirmation about the HP suite yestarday. Sure enough people are pissed off about the OS being stored on a partition of the HD and not getting a back up disk with the info. (Kinda hard to install an OS when the OS is on the drive that FAILED!!!!)

It asks me to sign a statement swaring that I am the ORIGINAL owner of the PC. Well I am not..... by that I mean this..

It was sent to me DIRECTLY from HP as a new Computer, however, it did belong to someone before me as I discovered when the CDROM failed. So what do I do??? Do I say I am the original owner? I cannot, I have to call the law firm that is handling the case and be advised. I will not purger myself for a free copy of an OS that should have been given with the PC! HP is EVIL!!

Well do remember, you don't own any Microsoft OS, you lease it. That is what the EULA says, its leased not brought. I would imagine that produces all sorts of horrible legal problems, or at least expensive ones knowing lawyers

Seriously though good luck fighting this and I hope you do win. Never much liked HP, always seemed like a bunch of jumped up printer makers. A nice bit of embaressment and coughing up for being tight on new PCs would do them some good.

parabolize · #10 September 14th, 2005, 03:49 PM

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NullAshton said:
Besides, it comes preinstalled on what? 95% or more of computers? Hey, it comes with the computer, it works, it's compatible with practically everything, what more could you ask for?

95% of the PCs? I don't know but that sounds about right.
95% of computers? Are you out of your mind?