Posted on 10/27/2001 11:16:24 AM PDT by Democrats are liars
Well, I just finished installing Windows XP on my computer. It did not go nice and smooth. I ended up reformatting my hard drive and starting from scratch. I know Windows XP sure does not like AOL 6.0. I am in the process of downloading AOL 7.0. I am still installing all my old software. Yes Windows XP locked up on me many times today and last night. Well, I guess I just would like to know how every one else is doing with Windows XP.
He was a bit confused at first, then to save face he's changed his argument a bit but hasn't let go one bit of the gloom and doom fear part of his argument.
The real problem is users will do stupid things and install trojans viruses and not buy any anti-virus protection. The problem this guy is talking about has been around ever since NT. However, with every new OS everyone wants to find the silver bullet that will get their name in lights. He thought he found it, but all he really found was that if you connect machines to the Internet and run trojan horse programs you can cause problems.
But let's take his scenario out. Let's say every machine in the world is running XP. And there are 5 bad users that run the trojan that will exploit the ports. Now let's say all the other machines in the world that are running XP have their firewall on...guess what nothing happens to those machines that are protected.
Bottomline: Install a good AV program and run a firewall. I'm using a dlink 713P and I'm pretty much hidden from the world.
Of course. Anyone knows that. These were on virgin, i.e., F-Disked, machines. The last sentence assumes ignorance, that someone would argue with the obvious, and attempts an insult. The bottom line is, you installed it and like it, based on a couple of days. You are welcome to use it--that's the free market. He beta-tested it and has been using it for 3 weeks. The flaws are too much for his use. The free market says he doesn't have to use it. That doesn't make him a moron.
Anyway, did they tell you WHY they weren't going to run XP? Like I said earlier, if I had a game that I really liked to play and for some odd reason it didn't work on XP I would have to go with 9x (98SE).
Without a WHY they won't run it, makes the comment pretty useless.
And your link to the article which proves that to be the case is where?
These Windoze kids are cranky and grumpy - they like griping about their OS. It reminds me of the little kid who is tired but won't take a nap... I love my Mac, too. It makes me happy. CC :)
You are mistaken. It is Oracle that has taken the lead on the National ID card, which the congress and Prez have basically pooh poohed. It won't happen.
As for Java, it's great - in the proper environment.
No Doubt. But when you get stuff like Media Player caused a GP fault in kernel.exe at etc. etc. it is squarely on Microsoft. Windows Me is / was /and will forever be a disaster. I will be done with MS by the end of the year.
I do enjoy these MAC/PC debates, however. It's a lot like arguing religion--no one wins and everyone gets hot under the collar.
Convince me I'm wrong.
Larry Ellison really rubs a nerve on me. If you ever seen an interview with him, you'll know what I'm talking about. He thinks he deserves to be the richest man in the world and if it wasn't for Bill Gates' luck he would easily dominate the world. Larry's a real arrogant swine.
What kind of problems did you have.. I am getting a new computer soon with win me and a coupon for XP. Should I bother with the coupon?
I was having problems with Windows ME before I even started the upgrade. So, I probably had a lot of corrupted files to start with. I guess I would suggest upgrading from the other OSs to Windows XP. Maybe check back with me in a week; I will have more time to see if I like Windows XP.
That is the statement I made. He called my computer guy a moron--twice. It had nothing to do with me.
Neither one of us plays or evaluates games. That seems to be your focus, so go for it. You wanted a substantive criticism--I have given our primary two. The security holes and the copy protection.
MAC OSes have always crashed. I understand OS X is finally where NT4/2000 has been, so it looks like MAC has fixed that problem. The only difference between old MAC OS and win9x is that the MAC would crash gracefully and hide what really happened to the user. The 9x user would get a blue screen and know something bad happened.
I guess it depends on what you like. Do you want to know your system crashed and what caused it? Or would you rather your system just reboot and let you get back to what you were doing? 6 of one/ 1/2 dozen of the other.
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