Windows is caught between Mac and Linux

DesktopLinux ^ | 21 March 2008 | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

[papasmurf]

Are you using Linux or Windows or?

[Fiddlstix]

[restornu]

Windows

[webschooner]

We just bought two new machines with XP at huge discounts on Dell Outlet, a very fast Quad Core desktop, and a fast and very sturdy business laptop, d830, so we are good to go. We shall cruise thru the Visduh era without a stop.

I am not opposed to buying a Mac, but XP has run perfectly for us with not one BSOD or any other problem, for 6 years now, so I am unwilling to spend the extra $ for Apple machines over what I have been getting good XP machines from Dell Outlet for.

[goldstategop]

With Windows Vista SP1, I get the dreaded 800B0100 error message every time I try to install it through Windows Update. It never downloads and then ends in an error message with no clue on how to fix it.

[goldstategop]

PCLinuxOS has become my favorite distro. Its breeze to install and use. Its just very easy to get it set up and running.

[papasmurf]

OK. Assuming you want to download from youtube, it will download as a .flv video file. This will play on Quicktime or Real Alternative.

If you want to play it on Windows Media, you'll need to convert it to a format the WM can use, such as .wmv or .mpeg or, .avi. Since you're a Windows user, I would suggest you convert it to a .wmv format. It creates a small size video, of good quality, and can be edited easily with Windows Movie Maker.

So, to do this, you'll need to get a program that will do the conversion for you. My Brother uses Quivic, which he bought for $24.00. They also have a fully functional trial you can download and see if you like it, before you pay for it. The Website is Here.

Quivic is also a video downloader, so you don't need anything else. It is extremely easy to use, just click on file, get video online, type in the website, like youtube or?, and it will download and convert it to whatever format you set it for in the options section.

Once you have that, I can help you burn it to a CD or DVD, if you like.

[restornu]

I will Bookmark and ponder this!

Thank You

[zeugma]

Microsoft has abandoned the low end of the PC market. Vista is so bogged with DRM and user-antagonistic stuff, they can no longer compete in the realm of the ASUS eee and other similar boxes. As for the high end, Apple simply makes a better product. Gamers and the great unwashed who don’t know any better are the ones who’ll be stuck with this dog of a product.

[antiRepublicrat]

Gamers and the great unwashed who don’t know any better are the ones who’ll be stuck with this dog of a product.

Even the creator of DirectX isn't too hot on Vista for gaming.

[FRForever]

> The Mac numbers are especially revealing. NPD, a global market research company, has revealed that Apple’s share of the U.S. computer market jumped to 14 percent in February 2008. This was up from 9 percent in February 2007.

Misleading short-term numbers. This is the month that Apple introduced the Macbook Air, a machine unusual (and geekily attractive) in several ways, not the least of which is as the first computer to (loudly) advertise a solid-state drive.

Show me what March and April’s numbers are, then we’ll talk. :)

(FD: I’m a multi-OS guy, recently introduced to OS X and it’s driving me crazy.)

[militem]

That’s too funny. I know some one on FR has the tagline “Sudo is a jedi mind trick”

[papasmurf]

That’s too funny. I know some one on FR has the tagline “Sudo is a jedi mind trick

Yeah, and I used sudo apt-get install FredThompson, during his run.

Danged Linux n00b, I must've forgot to enter my password. :)