Author Topic: Windows 64 will be free (Read 1432 times)

Skuzzy · « **Reply #30 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:28:35 PM »

No, why?

Oct, the base reason behind what MS is doing is to keep users from porking up the OS (MS is best at doing that

). Basically, you will not be able to make changes without them knowing about it, and if they do not like it, they can undo the changes.
On the upside, it also prevents people from making a mess of the operating system.

But the downsides are enormous.

Eventually, you will not have any choice in the matter. MS will stop supporting all the other OS's they have shipped and applications written for Longhorn will not run on any other MS OS.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #31 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:31:24 PM »

Blue
If you are still on 98 or Me do yourself a favoer ang get XP, if you PC can handle it.

XP made even my crappy work HP celeron system stable. I reboot one time a week if that.

When I had ME on it I had to reboot 3 times a day.

Having ME or 98 on a modern computer is like buying a new vette and then yanking out the fuel injection and putting on a carb.

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:34:29 PM »

Im saving my pennies GtoRA2. Getting close to having enough for a new cpu completly.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #33 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:34:36 PM »

Not really Gto.

It's more like replacing the engine of the Corvette with one from a Pinto.

Octavius · « **Reply #34 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:34:38 PM »

Well it's about time I learn linux I suppose.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #35 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:36:12 PM »

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Originally posted by Siaf__csf
Grun I thought it has to be activated online at first.

Well you do have to register a stteam account, buy the game then download it - all of that requires an internet connection.

But after that I have played Steam HL2 even if my cable connection was down.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #36 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:36:14 PM »

I wonder how this MS controlling your PC O/S from there HQ is going to effect Tech support peeps like us Skuzzy?

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #37 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:37:35 PM »

Oct,
Do you have more then two pocket protectors?

if not get atleast one more and some horn rim glasses held together with tape before you buy linux.

Dont forget the nifty linuxgruven sticker for you car.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #38 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:45:17 PM »

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Originally posted by GtoRA2
I wonder how this MS controlling your PC O/S from there HQ is going to effect Tech support peeps like us Skuzzy?

I really do not want to think about it right now.

Linux ain't hard. I'll share the wheel barrow full of pocket protectors I have with ya Oct.

The problem with Linus is the lack of common applications and the inconsistent way it is implemented from distro to distro. That alone will keep it from being mainstream.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #39 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:52:51 PM »

You don't have the linuxgruvin sticker though right Skuzzy?

So way back in when I was at umax, the scanner company(6 or 7 years ago). They had a saturday shift that was overtime, and supervisors had to pull one shift a month, so on mine just happend to be on the same day as the linus club we let use the lunch room.

No joke it was like a casting call for revenge of the nerds. I know all are not like that but it was funny as hell.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #40 on:** March 11, 2005, 04:57:24 PM »

Nope, no sticker. Just a UNIX geek from way back. Waaaay back.

Rolex · « **Reply #41 on:** March 11, 2005, 05:14:01 PM »

Next Dx won't support 98SE? Ouch.

I only use my PC now for AH. I still have Win98SE and have never had a virus, a worm or a trojan for what, 6 years?

I bought a (legitimate, retail) copy of XP last year on a trip to the US, since English version is not available in Japan. It won't install. The final error code near the end of installation indicates a bad CD, according to MS site.

MS Japan won't replace it because they only 'support' Japanese version, MS Redmond won't replace it because I'm in Japan. What a load of doggie doo doo. It's just thievery. I wonder if MS employees hold up 7-11's at night for fun?

If there were ever a group or company that needs to have its wings clipped, it is MS, in my book.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #42 on:** March 11, 2005, 05:18:08 PM »

Now that you legally own a copy Rolex you could download it in order to get it working.

greentail · « **Reply #43 on:** March 11, 2005, 06:43:55 PM »

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Originally posted by GtoRA2
Linux
will never be more then a toy for computer geeks.

Well unless they find a way to make it so joe blow 65 year old retiree can use it.

They have. My girlfriend's 98 machine was crawling to a stop. I put Xandros on it.

She's been using it for almost two years now. She doesn't know, or care, if it is Linux, Windows, or whatever. She doesn't even know what an operating system is. She reads email, does word processing, downloads her digital camera, shops online. It has worked flawlessly since I installed it.

If it wasn't for AH I wouldn't have Windows at all.

Seagoon · « **Reply #44 on:** March 11, 2005, 06:56:48 PM »

Ok, I'll admit it, I doggedly stuck to Windows 98SE till 2004 because I disliked the idea of the "Redmond Check" and because I figured that XP wouldn't be any more stable (I was crashing at least once a day). I was very wrong. It's not as stable as the Apache boxes I used to administrate, but its definitely good enough. Can't believe I endured constant crashing for as long as I did. "We fear change"

- SEAGOON