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Bob_2007 wrote:

cyberblade wrote:It's hard enough to get it to run in a VM. lol. but if you get it running native-please let me know! I'm happy to run it as an alternative OS (particularly now that I can get to a terminal) I just hate paying extra for the hardware, and any repairs, etc.

Nah, it's actually quite easy to get it to run.

Getting it to run properly, now that's a different story (in particular display drivers, lan drivers, audio drivers, wireless). Haven't got my hands on the dvd yet (waiting for it to arrive) so I haven't even started looking for the necessary hacks or drivers yet... I'll keep you posted on the progress...

Check engadget, btw. Or was it Gizmodo? One of the two. Some nutcase has installed it on an Asus Eee PC (the 4Gb/512Mb model). He gave up with leopard (although he did get it running) and reverted to tiger for a bit snappier performance on the modest hardware. I've been thinking of getting the 8Gb/1Gb model for when I'm on the road so hmmm...

Semper wrote:Vista is bloody awful! I use it, what a mistake. It slows everything down, has a complete and utter spaz every time you try and use a none MS thing. (Photoshop, Fire fox, Itunes...) Drives me bonkers! Plus it dosent like my PC games! And I Know there is nothing wrong with the PC itself because its been checked out. Vistas sucks. BIG TIME, its got a lot of chinks that need working out, which is a shame because it has some nice features and great potential, its just not there yet.

Mac software has an impossible menu, you go a pixle over the edge and it'l shoot 50 items in the wrong direction, or at least that was the last time I used it, years ago. That frustrating I havent touched a mac since.

The others I didnt even know existed!

XP rules, id swear by it. So MS gets my vote.

Jack wrote:My post wasn't trying to defend Vista, merely informing those with Vista, that it is possible to kill the evil UAC.


I'd post instructions on how to do it, however I do not use a Vista machine, and the only 2 I have access to, are far too annoying to try and refresh my memory on how to do it. Though as Cyber said, it's fairly easy to kill, just Google it.

cyberblade wrote:The Eee PC does look nice-but for that price you can catch some of the holiday sales and pick up a much nicer beast. Personally-I hate small screens... But if you like it-it seems to be a good machine. The specs on the OLPC I think are quite similar-you might want to check.

Bob_2007 wrote:

cyberblade wrote:The Eee PC does look nice-but for that price you can catch some of the holiday sales and pick up a much nicer beast. Personally-I hate small screens... But if you like it-it seems to be a good machine. The specs on the OLPC I think are quite similar-you might want to check.

Tell me about it... when engadget picked up on that thing several months ago I picked up on it then, and it was being touted as a $199 machine. Somewhat disappointed at the price it eventually came out at. If it had onboard hsdpa or evdo (or preferrably both, with the gobi chip) it'd be ok-ish at that price. In fact they're so far off the $199 mark they're encroaching on the low end laptop prices - the Vostro I believe you can pick up for around $399.

But oh, trust me... if you've been roaming around with a nokia n95, a 7" screen wouldn't seem so small...

The OLPC specs are interesting, yeah... If only they didn't look like a V-Tech or Fischer Price toy... Am I the only one who thinks they look like a "speak 'n' spell" from the 80's??

_Thakallus_ wrote:I'm running on Vista.
So far so good.

cyberblade wrote:

_Thakallus_ wrote:I'm running on Vista.
So far so good.

I would be intrigued to know what programs you currently run/have installed on it and what you do with it on a daily basis...

Asami Ayano wrote:

cyberblade wrote:

_Thakallus_ wrote:I'm running on Vista.
So far so good.

I would be intrigued to know what programs you currently run/have installed on it and what you do with it on a daily basis...

stop interrogating people.
They can choose to run vista.

For most broswer based games, such as sgw, vista is perfect. It works with office and does all basic stuff really well. May not be hip as a mac, but it works perfectally fine.

Maybe it's because I was raised on a windows 95 system, but I have never deviated from the windows path. -though the mac was sort of tempting-

cyberblade wrote:err... whats with being so defensive? I asked (and would still like to know) what programs were installed and what it was used for... how is that interrogation? Just so you know-I use Vista several times a week... I used it several hours today... I don't like it-but I'm not condemning anyone for using it or interrogating anyone. Given that I work in IT I always want to know what people do with technology .

And yes-for a typical end user Vista works fine-if you have a relatively new machine. As for using Windows-the first Windows I used was 3.0... And I've used every one since then. I would recommend that you give another OS a try though-just for a different experience. It doesn't cost you anything, and you don't even have to install anything... Just use a live cd from one of the more popular GPL licensed OS's. The Mac is shiny-but it lacks compatibility, interoperability, security and you end up paying several hundred dollars for the brand... For an end user with money to burn it works though.

Asami Ayano wrote:It's true that I sound defensive, but I'm quite tired of people bashing microsoft.

fair enough-now I don't mean to bash-but there are a few things you should know...

They have developed great products are are continuing to do so.

Their first truly 'new' product was XP-which still had code from 95 in it... DOS they bought-and most of their OS's have been front end's for DOS. That said-they made PC's commonplace in the households, and that is a good thing.

It's true that microsoft has become huge, and quite lumbersome. But it's impossible for Microsoft to streamline it's operations or conduct some decent business without having a anti-trust or some monopoly lawsuit slapped against them

Microsoft has been slapped with lawsuits-but you'll notice that they almost always settle-while when they sue they almost always lose... That should say something about who the guilty party USUALLY is (not always).

Furthermore, I think Vista is revolutionary. Sure it lacks compatiblity, and the ask screens get annoying. But it's got great security, as it won't let you install or open anything without asking. And the compatibilty would come.

Vista is new, and has some new features for Windows (note that almost all of those features were available other places beforehand). A couple things-one-you can turn off the UAC so that doesn't annoy you. secondly-you are correct-compatibility will come-with most things... I wish MS stopped implementing their own corrupt standards though (for sql, html, java, etc...)

Thirdly:security. Ok-here I'm going to rant a bit (don't take it personally). Those pop up boxes that are annoying and make people feel better? Those are as useful as the national guards with guns but WITHOUT AMMUNITION were in airports were right after 9/11. Security is my field, and if you do research you'll find plenty to back this up-those boxes do not make it more secure. Any decently coded piece of malware can avoid that. The few new security features that Vista has are not visible to the end user... Yes-they make people THINK its more secure (which is worth something) but its all security theater (to quote Bruce Schneier). To be quite honest-currently Vista (fully patched) has more security holes than a fully patched installation of XP. It's as bad as XP was before SP2...

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The improtant part of vista is what it's run based on. It's not just the samething with a different interface. They're changed a lot of what's beneath the surface, to pave the way for the future.

Quite true. For the first time MS has started from scrath with a lot of their coding.

Apple Macs have better marketing and looks. But it still can't beat the reliability and compatibility of a PC.

Better looks, maybe, better marketing yes. Compatibility of a PC is much better, reliability is similar to windows (now that it has a UNIX kernel) but inferior to UNIX or Linux.

Macs aren't virus proof or security breachless, there are just less programs targeted at them. Once a Mac gets a virus, it's nearly impossible to fix without major reformating.

Macs don't have great security, neither does Windows. But there are plenty of ways to fix macs without reformatting if they do get infected (been there, done that).

In my view, Linux is a little over glorified. It isn't made for the average joe who only knows how to press the on button and open IE to check their email. It's more for techies who want to program their own settings etc. Also, it's great for certain shareware/ freeware, but lack compatiblity with many other programs.

I'm not sure what you mean by "over glorified"...

As for the "average joe" comment-up until a year ago I could have agrred with you... Nowadays it is just as userfriendly as Windows possibly more so. Try it out-the GUI has progressed a lot. And yes-while it is userfriendly it does allow people who know what they are doing to have more control. I don't know what you mean by freeware/shareware... I normally avoid those types of things. I much prefer Open Source stuff... Still free, but almost always much better quality. What compatibility problems do you have? there are games maybe that don't run (but a lot of the popular ones do) but there are tools (often better ones imho) to do every task possible with Linux.

Anyway-I don't mean to bash you, just showing the other side of the coin.

Jack wrote:Halo 2 sucks, I hated it, that's what I meant by it not being a benefit.