At last - the end is nigh for Windows XP :happy: :happy:
(I won't use a pc with it installed, if you hadn't guessed).
Today, I saw on ebay that beta dvd's of Windows Longhorn are now available.
Anybody got it yet? any good?
Ok, sorry, I'll go crawl back under my stone.
Ian
Join the most popular community of UK swingers now
Login
Geek's Corner, Windows Longhorn
Mines a chicken balti 
Sex God
its not called longhorn now ian
its called viesta (some crap ) like that
it will be a pile of over priced , scurity bugged, peice of junk that the average consumer will have to purchase.
rolll on linux and the open source software!!!!
MikeC
edit ok its called vista. roll on mandriva 2006, apache, mysql, openoffice, php. All FREE!!!!!
its called viesta (some crap ) like that
it will be a pile of over priced , scurity bugged, peice of junk that the average consumer will have to purchase.
rolll on linux and the open source software!!!!
MikeC
edit ok its called vista. roll on mandriva 2006, apache, mysql, openoffice, php. All FREE!!!!!
Orgasminator
Longhorn ? ? isn't that some kind of american steer ?
talking of animals( and operating systems), anyone tried 10.4(tiger) osx yet ? I have and its brill, apple just gets better and better
talking of animals( and operating systems), anyone tried 10.4(tiger) osx yet ? I have and its brill, apple just gets better and better
Sex God
98se omg!!!!!!!!!!!
who uses that still.....ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
buggy buggy buggy
xp pro user here (only because llinux does work with my network card)
i cam do most of what i do on linux that i do on windows
Bring back spectrum - yes i still have a zx 81 in my house with the rubber keys.
MikeC
who uses that still.....ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
buggy buggy buggy
xp pro user here (only because llinux does work with my network card)
i cam do most of what i do on linux that i do on windows
Bring back spectrum - yes i still have a zx 81 in my house with the rubber keys.
MikeC
Sex God
i would like topint out the bill gates stole the idea of MSDOS from somelse
MIkeC
MIkeC
Orgasminator
Quote by MikeC
i would like topint out the bill gates stole the idea of MSDOS from somelse
MIkeC
I think saying he stole the idea is a little strong, however it was co developed with Steve Jobs before their split which eventually devoloped into what we today know as microsoft and apple
Sex God
I don't like XP, don't know why, we just don't have a happy working relationship :dry: .
I have it at home just cos it was what was on when I bought the PC, but when XP was brought in at work after a few years of NT I resisted and I was the last person in my dept by over a year to have my machine XP'd :smug: .. But sadly the network became so incompatable with NT that I couldn't read emails at work via the network for several months, then other things started to crash too :uhoh: . The technicians just laughed when I complained and XP'd my machine while I was off on leave
. I must admit that it now works fine and I have now no excuse not to reply to emails 
I have it at home just cos it was what was on when I bought the PC, but when XP was brought in at work after a few years of NT I resisted and I was the last person in my dept by over a year to have my machine XP'd :smug: .. But sadly the network became so incompatable with NT that I couldn't read emails at work via the network for several months, then other things started to crash too :uhoh: . The technicians just laughed when I complained and XP'd my machine while I was off on leave
. I must admit that it now works fine and I have now no excuse not to reply to emails Quote by Jas-Tim:dunno:
Can't we talk about pies - I know about pies
Jas
XXX
I made this excellent apple and blackberry pie last week, it was so tasty.
Unlike the apple crumble I'd made the week before which I dropped all over the kitchen floor shattering the pyrex. Was a complete bastard to clean up
Dawn
(p.s. I apologise for my husbands geekyness and I will keep an eye on him in future
) Quote by bluexxx
when XP was brought in at work after a few years of NT I resisted and I was the last person in my dept by over a year to have my machine XP'd
Almost the same here... I've had my new pc approved for 6 months, but as soon as the IT department told me I'd be getting XP, I cancelled my request.
Looks like I'll be stuck with the 233Mhz Pentium II for years now. But at least it's got Windows 2000 on it.
Ian
Sex God
Quote by Ian_Mids
when XP was brought in at work after a few years of NT I resisted and I was the last person in my dept by over a year to have my machine XP'd
Almost the same here... I've had my new pc approved for 6 months, but as soon as the IT department told me I'd be getting XP, I cancelled my request.
Looks like I'll be stuck with the 233Mhz Pentium II for years now. But at least it's got Windows 2000 on it.
Ian
I loved win2k ...................... absolutely hated the very thought of xp, resisted and resisted, 10 wild horses etc etc
Then someone bought me a brand new shiny pc with loads of gizmos on it, including xp ……………… begrudgingly, I have to say its one of the most stable MS platforms I have ever worked with, including NT???
Oh hum, guess in the end u just have to move with the times.
Orgasminator
To be honest, I can't see why people dislike XP so much (at least XP pro, never used the home edition). It is after all merely Windows NT 5.1 (Windows 2000 being a posh name for NT 5.0). You can make it look like Windows 2000 if you want to (and I do, just 'cos Microsoft spent so much on the playschool-style default user interface for XP).
Having said that, the only reason I use Windows at all is to play games, if I gave up my addiction to first person shoot-em-ups then I'd have Linux or FreeBSD on my main machine, my laptop's been running Debian GNU/Linux for years now, and I even have a Linux pda (Sharp Zaurus) which is very acceptable.
Having said that, the only reason I use Windows at all is to play games, if I gave up my addiction to first person shoot-em-ups then I'd have Linux or FreeBSD on my main machine, my laptop's been running Debian GNU/Linux for years now, and I even have a Linux pda (Sharp Zaurus) which is very acceptable.
Quote by Mister_Discreet
Recommended System Needed for Vista:
256Mb Graphics card
2Gb Ram
NCQ SATA Hard Drive (none of these exist yet)
HDCP Compliant Monitor (none of there exist yet)
and that's just to run the operating system... not to actually have programs running too!
No.. Microsoft say it only needs this..
Minimum system requirements will not be known until summer 2006 at the earliest. However, these guidelines provide useful estimates:
• 512 megabytes (MB) or more of RAM (most PC's currently have)
• A dedicated graphics card with DirectX® 9.0 support (most PC's currently have)
• A modern, Intel Pentium- or AMD Athlon-based PC. (most PC's currently have)
Orgasminator
Quote by wolvie_dude
Recommended System Needed for Vista:
256Mb Graphics card
2Gb Ram
NCQ SATA Hard Drive (none of these exist yet)
HDCP Compliant Monitor (none of there exist yet)
and that's just to run the operating system... not to actually have programs running too!
No.. Microsoft say it only needs this..
Minimum system requirements will not be known until summer 2006 at the earliest. However, these guidelines provide useful estimates:
• 512 megabytes (MB) or more of RAM (most PC's currently have)
• A dedicated graphics card with DirectX® 9.0 support (most PC's currently have)
• A modern, Intel Pentium- or AMD Athlon-based PC. (most PC's currently have)
Since when did Microsoft's minimum system requirements have any relation to what is actually required for a reasonably productive user experience? These are the same people that told everyone it was possible to run Windows 95 on 4MB of RAM. :shock:
Sex God
Quote by Deviated Prevert
To be honest, I can't see why people dislike XP so much (at least XP pro, never used the home edition). It is after all merely Windows NT 5.1 (Windows 2000 being a posh name for NT 5.0). You can make it look like Windows 2000 if you want to (and I do, just 'cos Microsoft spent so much on the playschool-style default user interface for XP).
Having said that, the only reason I use Windows at all is to play games, if I gave up my addiction to first person shoot-em-ups then I'd have Linux or FreeBSD on my main machine, my laptop's been running Debian GNU/Linux for years now, and I even have a Linux pda (Sharp Zaurus) which is very acceptable.
OOH OOH
have you tried Ghost Recon? :bounce: :bounce:
sooooooooo many hours wasted on that one
, could have built the ESB all by myself lol 