Posted on 04/12/2007 8:20:09 AM PDT by ShadowAce
My wife wants a new notebook for her birthday. I think I am finally tired enough of Microsoft that I will buy her a MacBook Pro.
this ought to cost the big M some business. I see a great market in XP bootlegs on Ebay in the near future :-)
Were it not for the fact that I tend to use my machine a lot for gaming, and those games don’t have Mac versions (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and a few online games), I would switch to a Mac at this point. I have no need for a bloated, intrusive OS like Vista, and I’m pretty pissed that Microsloth is now going to ram it down our throats.
}:-)4
It seems that many IT companies are in the mode of, “how can we drive away our customers as quickly as possible.”
I’m not sure of linux can fill the gap for most users, although I like the product, but this could be a big boost for Apple.
Vista, the best thing that’s ever happened to Linux.
That’s great. Now we get to rewrite our operating system AGAIN!
It is going to be a tough transition for business and schools.
Lots of security features but will be difficult to learn IMHO.
It makes my W2KSP4 look like DOS.
Good decision. I bought my first Mac in 1991 and have never had a PC. Virus? What's that? Never had one on any of my Macs in 16 years.
BUMP!
I don’t see a problem. Vista SP1 will be out by then, making it usable under the normal Microsoft rule, and the cost of memory and processor power will be down so that even cheap computers will be able to run Vista well. Microsoft does have to stop selling XP at some point to get on with Vista.
I got a new computer recently when my old one died suddenly and unexpectedly. I liked the hardware stats and the price so I snapped it up without a second thought.
Then I got home and realized I had bought a Vista. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE operating system. I spent over two hours trying to apply a self-downloading update patch for some software I wanted to run. The video drivers don’t work right, and I had to install some new audio drivers against Vista’s protests just to get the sound right.
Out of the box, I’ve never seen a more poorly operating computer. With 2 gigs of RAM, 256 megs of video memory, and dual-core processors, only Microsoft could turn that much hardware power into useless junk.
I almost nuked the harddrive and installed my old XP, but then again, I think XP had something to do with my last computer’s early demise. Anyone know a good Linux build they can recommend to a Linux newbie?
Are you familiar with EVE Online? If so, do you have an opinion on the sort of specs you’d like to see in a laptop that plays it? (Not interested in other games).
mabeeee, XP is running well enough that it doesn’t need no stinkin’ no micro no soft no support no more?
Try Ubuntu.
And Apple
We should put up a T-Shirt
I waited more than 7 years for Microsofts Great OS and All I got was an Apple Knock-Off and this T-Shirt..
There's a lot of good ones. I've been happy with the successive improvements to Fedora Core. My kid likes the KDE version of Ubuntu. I'm sure you'll hear some other favorites, too.
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