Posted on 10/18/2006 9:32:00 PM PDT by Eagle9
And what happens when four and more cores happen with virtual machines?? How many copies do you buy then?
Quit BSing yourselves, Vista isnt that different that WinXP, Quit reading all the FUD and BS...
DAILYTECH: Despite the buzz on the Internet(s), Vista licensing will be similar to XP
I've been using 2.0RC3 for the last couple of days. It's nice! There's built in spell checking for forms (Though it doesn't recognize beeber or stune as real words by default) and the tab controls are more streamlined. I keep running across new features and improvements as I use it. MSFT has some more catching up to do.
no ideas, havent used that in YEARS.
Who besides you forced you to download and go through the on screen dialogs of pushing "OK" more than once to install it?
Ahhh... I see that you've discovered one of the new security features. If you can't get out, the Russian Mob can't get in!
BS, with Automatic Updates turned on, you still get to choose whether to install the updates or not.
better shader models and such, you will need a DirectX 10 compliant video card to properly utilize it obviously... currently NONE are on the market.
If you re-install it on multiple computers or a single computer 25 times, you'll be asked to get a new 52-digit number from Microsoft. The worst part of that is, even if you upgrade say a hard drive, install a new hard drive, install a new piece of hardware like a sound card or video card, those count against you too, and you will eventually have to "reauthorize" an already legitimate and genuine installation of Windows XP.
Acquiring the 52-digit number from MS is free, but it's a pain in the a$$.
I browse the threads in one tab and reply in another.
[Quit BSing yourselves, ]
From your article:
"Since you can't transfer a copy of Windows that comes with a new PC anyway, less than 10 percent of all Windows licenses are transferable at all. And of those, only a tiny percentage of users have ever tried to even transfer a Windows license once. The only people that really need to do this regularly are hardcore PC enthusiasts who change their machine configurations regularly.."
But wait, I am a hardcore PC professional who regularly reconfigures. So, I guess what you are saying is that anyone really into computing should blow off Microsoft. Thanks for the advice.
Downloaded / launched it yesterday.
It's OK. Alot like Firefox, so why bother?
I'll stick with Firefox, thanks.
you couldn't do it with XP anyhow(legally).
"no ideas, havent used that in YEARS."
While you keep buying licenses like popcorn, I haven't bought a license for three years cause I went Linux and just have a couple legal servers left. But glad to know you like to spend money to support the Bill Gates charity.
I do sometimes, depending on how fast it's moving.
I use Both... Linux(PCLinuxOS and MEPIS) and WindowsXP
If the average user wants Linux I say go for it but expect to spend lots of time in suupport forums.
True. It's a Godsend for "LIVE Threads".
The biggest hurdle for most will be dealing with "hardware compatibility issues".
I have had it for two weeks, and so far, so good. I was wondering what in the nell was going on with Microsoft when every other browser available was able to manage tabs!
true.. but they will experience more issues once they start actually using it and try to actually start doing things. I personally have found Multimedia Support to be the hardest thing to get perfected(what codecs to use, what player to use for certain codecs on certain browsers i.e. Mplayer, Kaffeine etc... ) depending on you hardware, I have an old T21 thinkpad and have a terrible time with streaming video with it on linux I will watch a video for like 2 minutes then all of a sudden the speakers will go "BRRRRRRRRRBBRRRRRRVBBRRR" really loud! LOL! and the only way to get it to stop is to shut it down(and when i mena shut it down I mean HOLD THE POWER BUTTON DOWN!) this only happens with MS encoded streams on embedded pages. like comedy central.(I dont usually go there just use it as a test)
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