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FEB 08, 2007 09:59 AM
apesamongus said:
Why the fuck did you buy a new OS before it had been out for at least a year?
Seriously? This logic makes sense to you Windows people? The mind scrabbles. 
I mean, considering most of the reviews I've read of Vista have boiled down to "Meh. Not that much new stuff, no real compelling reason to upgrade for most users," it doesn't surprise me that there would be such a hesitation, I just come from a world where people are chomping at the bit to install a new OS because (shock and awe) there's compelling new stuff in it. *shrug*
MrStitches said:
Someone is going to have to give me a damned good reason to go through the hassle of installing a new OS.
I guess the fact that it's a "hassle" to upgrade the OS probably also plays a role in the hesitation.
FEB 08, 2007 11:25 AM
Eventually all new games will use DirectX 10.
Microsoft has insured that DirectX 10 will only work with Vista.
Resistance is futile, all serious users will eventually upgrade to Vista, like it or not. It is just a matter of time.
I'm kind of worried for the guys at Microsoft, eventually with enough market saturation your product will be used by some really crazy people.
When those crazy people find out that a bunch of the files they owned got DRM baleeted out of existence by Vista, (an operating system that thinks it has more rights to what you do on your computer than you do) they might just go nuts and start killing Microsoft employees. 
FEB 08, 2007 12:07 PM
bean said:
apesamongus said:
Why the fuck did you buy a new OS before it had been out for at least a year?
Seriously? This logic makes sense to you Windows people? The mind scrabbles.
I mean, considering most of the reviews I've read of Vista have boiled down to "Meh. Not that much new stuff, no real compelling reason to upgrade for most users," it doesn't surprise me that there would be such a hesitation, I just come from a world where people are chomping at the bit to install a new OS because (shock and awe) there's compelling new stuff in it. *shrug*
Operating systems don't need features. They're there to - suprise, suprise - operate the fucking system. All those added features are other goddamn programs that are bundled with your operating system - AND NOT PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM ITSELF. The big hastle of updating windows for me is spending that hour searching around for all the new added features so I can turn the damn things off.
FEB 08, 2007 02:55 PM
apesamongus said:
Who, the fuck, gets a faster processor and new video card in order to upgrade the OS - that's called buying a new computer. I hate how all of those mac vs PC commercials are blatant lies.
The last time I upgraded my PC (RIP), the aftermath was such that I actually DID have to buy a new computer! 
FEB 08, 2007 03:53 PM
apesamongus said:
bean said:
apesamongus said:
Why the fuck did you buy a new OS before it had been out for at least a year?
Seriously? This logic makes sense to you Windows people? The mind scrabbles.
I mean, considering most of the reviews I've read of Vista have boiled down to "Meh. Not that much new stuff, no real compelling reason to upgrade for most users," it doesn't surprise me that there would be such a hesitation, I just come from a world where people are chomping at the bit to install a new OS because (shock and awe) there's compelling new stuff in it. *shrug*
Operating systems don't need features. They're there to - suprise, suprise - operate the fucking system. All those added features are other goddamn programs that are bundled with your operating system - AND NOT PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM ITSELF. The big hastle of updating windows for me is spending that hour searching around for all the new added features so I can turn the damn things off.
Yeah, I also wish these damn kids would GET OFF MY LAWN!!
FEB 08, 2007 03:58 PM
apesamongus said:
bean said:
apesamongus said:
Why the fuck did you buy a new OS before it had been out for at least a year?
Seriously? This logic makes sense to you Windows people? The mind scrabbles.
I mean, considering most of the reviews I've read of Vista have boiled down to "Meh. Not that much new stuff, no real compelling reason to upgrade for most users," it doesn't surprise me that there would be such a hesitation, I just come from a world where people are chomping at the bit to install a new OS because (shock and awe) there's compelling new stuff in it. *shrug*
Operating systems don't need features. They're there to - suprise, suprise - operate the fucking system. All those added features are other goddamn programs that are bundled with your operating system - AND NOT PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM ITSELF. The big hastle of updating windows for me is spending that hour searching around for all the new added features so I can turn the damn things off.
Well, i don't know about Windows, but when Apple introduces Leopard (the next Mac OS), for example, it's going to be fully 64-bit. That's a feature of the OS. It's also going to have (built into the OS) multiple desktops (they call them "spaces"). In the past, prominent features of the OS like the graphics engine and core technologies that allowed interoperation between applications and made application development easier were rolled out. Those are OS features.
Sure, both Apple and Microsoft roll out dozens of new applications and utilities with each major system release and call them OS features just because they're applications bundled with the OS, but that doesn't mean operating systems don't have features.
By the way, why are you getting so worked up over this? Your comments come across like someone who is incredibly stressed out or strung out on caffeine or something.
FEB 08, 2007 07:17 PM
SirPsychoSexy said:
When those crazy people find out that a bunch of the files they owned got DRM baleeted out of existence by Vista, (an operating system that thinks it has more rights to what you do on your computer than you do)
Random deletions? Authoritarian OSs? DRM who?
Please to explain what it means?
FEB 08, 2007 07:32 PM
Necia said:
SirPsychoSexy said:
When those crazy people find out that a bunch of the files they owned got DRM baleeted out of existence by Vista, (an operating system that thinks it has more rights to what you do on your computer than you do)
Random deletions? Authoritarian OSs? DRM who?
Please to explain what it means?
Basically (and I have no idea if this is actually true, I'm just translating geekspeak) SPS is saying that Vista will nuke the files on your hard drive that it deems to be in violation of some kind of digital rights management (DRM) belonging to god knows who.
Savvy?
FEB 08, 2007 07:38 PM
MisterSatan said:
Necia said:
SirPsychoSexy said:
When those crazy people find out that a bunch of the files they owned got DRM baleeted out of existence by Vista, (an operating system that thinks it has more rights to what you do on your computer than you do)
Random deletions? Authoritarian OSs? DRM who?
Please to explain what it means?
Basically (and I have no idea if this is actually true, I'm just translating geekspeak) SPS is saying that Vista will nuke the files on your hard drive that it deems to be in violation of some kind of digital rights management (DRM) belonging to god knows who.
Savvy?
Do you have a source for that? I've heard that it takes over your hardware if it decides that you are in the process of pirating something, but I haven't heard anything like what you're saying, which sounds like a whole lot of suck.
mydogfarted
Waldwick, NJ
June 2003
FEB 08, 2007 08:49 AM