Okay, it's up to me, I'll do it....
Posted on 08/13/2008 12:35:25 AM PDT by Schnucki
There's a great video on Youtube about "Microsoft - The company that taught you to shut down a computer with the start button". Worth the three minutes.
Some people use Parallels for PC programs on a Mac.I use VMware Fusion to run an XP system under OS X.
It is seamless and very robust.
You can suspend the VM at any time.
VM will also let you checkpoint the XP system.
Or you can reboot the XP in the VM while continuing with OS X.
You can cut and paste across VMs.
Or share files, the network and printers.
If your machines are on a network,
you can with a utility
move the entire Windows machine into the VM.You can if you want, move all 8 PCs into eight VMs on one Mac under OS X
Hmm. Unfortunate. It does sound like it is the computer dropping the connection or incompatibility between Vista and the router/modem. Googling around a bit I see references to Vista and issues with IPV6 (probably on by default in Vista) and possible issues with older router/modems. Did you try calling Roadrunner and asking for help? Can they provide you with a later model router/modem with which Vista might play better?
It’s the tight integration between (limited variations of) hardware and software that makes Apple computers work better. Microsoft is hamstrung trying to make its stuff work on computers from Korea to Calcutta.
http://apcmag.com/xp_still_killing_vista_in_sales_volume_hp.htm
“Microsoft counts a sale for Windows Vista even though the computer manufacturer actually sold Windows XP. It’s kind of ironic when you realize how desperate Microsoft has become to gain public acceptance for the dying operating system[Vista}!!!.Dell and other computer manufacturers arereportedly also shipping computers ‘downgraded’ toWindows XP.”
While I generally despise MS software, it sounds like at least these problems you listed are hardware issues.
Thanks for the help. I turned off the tapping, it was far too sensitive and I did prefer using the left click button.
I looked for this earlier, already had the classic view setup but couldn’t find a touchpad option.
I've got Compiz installed, which takes advantage of the the graphics card to add some nice eye candy, and am now upgrading the desktop to KDS 4.1 - which adds yet more.
So, in the next few days I'll have a good side-by-side comparison.
But, even without all the glitz I've got to say that I'm sold on Linux. For me the big thing is that when I click the little icon in the system tray that says software udpates are available, it updates *all* the software on the system for which updates exist. (And it's all free!)
What is the relationship between Linux, Windows, and .net? Are there going to be any Microsoft-engineered difficulties running .net applications on Linux?
I'm not an expert on Microsoft.I have always looked at Microsoft with skepticism.
.Net was always calculated vaporware to me.
Most applications compiled with the 2005 editions of the Visual Studio tools will use (and thus require) the .net 2.0 runtime; the 2008 editions are optimized for the .net 3.0 runtime. How is that vaporware?
Okay, it's up to me, I'll do it....
a focus group in San Francisco of 140 volunteers who had not actually tried Vista but professed that they had heard awful things about it. They were then treated to ten-minute demos by a trained expert of a "new" operating system, allegedly called Mojave. They liked what they saw, and when told that this product was in fact Vista, they gasped in shock and delight."Do you think one of these piles of fresh linens looks whiter?" "Yes, I do." "Which one do you think looks whiter?" "Uh, the blue pile?" -- George Carlin
And how do you infer that? You're so smart you must be a defective! Did it occur to you that he might have spent 14 years on other Mac Os's and 6 on OSX, or something like that?
Because he said he was far more productive on a PC.Prior to OS X, MacOS and windows each had their strong and weak points.
With the advent of OS X, with it's BSD Unix core,
it outstripped M$ in productivity.Following the Mac move to Intel chips and the ability to run M$
in a Virtual Machine, the Mac advantage in productivity is complete.Windows runs better in a VM on a Mac than on a IBM clone.
Alright, I understand now what you’re trying to say. I still think the previous post was poorly worded, but thanks for the clarification. I’ve actually been thinking about switching to Mac and running Windows when needed in virtualization. I do a lot of it now anyway.
Yep, that’s the way to do it. When you’ve got a second rate product don’t make it better .... spend more on advertising. Its the American way.
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