Why is XP Good... ;)

Graeme43 said:

ummm

it looks nicer?

didn't you see the macoffice only features at the macworld 2004 keynote

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Nope. What are they?

Hmm.... you guys hi-jacked the thread.

Who mentioned Office? I said Microsoft sucked! It's just my personal opinon, you guys needn't agree, I'm sure I'm intittle to expressing my thoughts. However, can't speak for Office, don't have the need for it.

Normally, if some guy sends me a .doc or .ppt file, i open it on a PC then export in .rtf; why waste good money on a company that i don't support?



Are you guys getting paid by Microsoft? maybe your staff? Or maybe your just loyal MS supporters?

Because you/they create some lossy software, in some respects it's so buggy a mono-pod is more stable! when i buy bootlegs, i still feel like I'm getting ripped off!

(i don't condone software piracy, but buying bootlegs from the street is the smart person's way of creating more jobs for the low salary earning house hold. But, then again. Didn't microsoft's started this copying fiasco, when they copied Xerox's GUI interface? After Apple made it a success on their platform?)

everybody knows it and they are just denying it i assume because who wouldn't know about all the viruses, worms etc

you cannot remove IE
you cannot remove WMP
you cannot remove most of the other things either and thats to stop competition, and its also 2gb (or more) for an install.. 98 can be 100mb (and 7 with litepc) why the big difference!? its bloat... to make it look like theres more stuff

Microsoft is too damned busy working on pirating and new software features to figure out that these "features" are f***ing annoying.



Microsoft Innovations

Installation of new software requires a reboot

System recovery requires an OS re-install

Insecurity by design

Allthough I don't hate Microsoft as much as most guys here do, there are a few things about MS software on Mac:

- first thing I did after I started my mac for the first time, was removing Internet Explorer... it's vulnerability just simply sucks!! (on Mac as well as on Windows)

- I use Proteus for my MSN and ICQ accounts, allthough the last MSN messenger update did some improvements. ICQ (allthough not MS) on Mac looks like it is older than the last Ice Age! It sucks...

- I don't need MS Office, because I can open, edit and export .doc files in TextEdit. But I miss a nice .ppt/.pps viewer for Mac OS X... anybody has one? ;-)

Apple software (Quicktime, iTunes) on Windows works exactly like on Mac OS. MS software on Mac does NOT work like on Windows, it lacks most features (except maybe Office, it has most features of the Win version)

It's like putting some Volkswagen rims on a Porsche... it might fit, but looks like **** and drives like **** ;-)

hype.it: You have to be kidding me. It was APPLE who stole Xerox's GUI. Steve Jobs even admited it by quoting Piccaso: "Good artists create. Great artists steal."

hype.it: You have to be kidding me. It was APPLE who stole Xerox's GUI. Steve Jobs even admited it by quoting Piccaso: "Good artists create. Great artists steal."

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Hmm... the GUI thing isn't a primary issue, that's yesterday's news. Now we have GUI not only on hardware systems but on websites, car audio systems, satellite navigation, television and one-day the house hold fridge/freezer! Now... who stole from who?

*Download more mp3's, rip a few game, record a couple of movies using the Tapeless DV Cam from the local cinema*

Who cares? Really? Apart from the RIAA, even then; that's American Only.
It's a Dog eat dog world out there! Everyone's stealing from everyone else... out goes the copyright... never really existed in China!

I believe that's true, though I guess they both kinda borrowed the idea in the end. And present day xp is very interesting from a guy who saw no practical end user advantage to a GUI and 640K RAM is plenty for anyone!

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In the 1970's that statement might of been true. But we're in the 20th century now and 8192 is barely enough to load windows 3.0 never mind anything else.

The GUI story is really old and cleared since ages. It is a known fact that Xerox invented it, and Apple was the first to introduce it to the "masses". And it has always been copied since...

You don't have copyright troubles in China?? You lucky guys! Unfortunately, it is not only American, but becomes more and more European too, as our politicians like a lot copying american laws, even the most stupid ones... they should be copyrighted too ;-)