Vista

[Goity]

I went and bought a microsoft aol computer today. good times.

 

[Blah]

You'd be surprised how many people know of the availability of different os's

...and how many people don't know their brain from their ass.

My mom has a Systemax AOL branded computer. Its not that old, but now its clogged with dust and keeps overheating.

 

[Goity]

You'd be surprised how many people know of the availability of different os's

...and how many people don't know their brain from their ass.

My mom has a Systemax AOL branded computer. Its not that old, but now its clogged with dust and keeps overheating.

hoover it then you nut.

 

[darkman]

I'm not buying. I don't want to give MS any more money. I think their bubble's gonna burst soon.

The public only really know what they are given, 99% of them think that windows is part of the computer. I asked one person what word processor she was using the other day and she told me she was using "Word XP", get the idea?

I totally agree with you. Most people that go out and buy a computer, or use it on their job, don't even know what an Operating System is. They are just totally unaware that there can be a choice. They basically approach and use a computer just as one would set down and use a TV. They see everything as integrated. They look at brand names when buying.

Personally, I don't think that this is true. I mean, even my dad knows that if he wants compatibility with the things he needs for what he does, he will use a windows PC, and if he needs to do something design based, for sketch plans, etc, he'll use my old imac, because it's easier for him, and he'll say "I can't do this on windows, can I use the mac?". You'd be surprised how many people know of the availability of different os's

You are Fortunate!
I rarely find anyone as knowledgeable as your Dad. Maybe it is because I live in Kentucky! In my workplace I can only find 3 other people, other than the IT guy, that I can talk intelligently about computers. And that is out of several hundred people! None of the people that I associate with daily would be able to understand what your Dad understands.

On my shift they run to me whenever they have a problem. I am only a Quality Assurance technician. I have had to straighten out some big messes. The number one mess is when they are accessing a data base on the network and they decide to drag and drop it onto their desktop. (in a network this makes a copy of the file to your desktop) They come running to me after they have been entering data for about three weeks wondering why no one else on the network can see their data. I then go through my routine, again, trying to explain and showing them that what they need is a shortcut! Do Not Drag And Drop! I have had to show supervisers over and over again how to use their email.

Some of the local owned Computer shops are just about as bad. I have had to explain what type of RAM I needed and why I need that type, and they hand something different and I have to give it back to them showing them where to look for the numbers on the RAM. And this is the guy fixing things in this shop? That is what got me studying, working, and building my own stuff years ago.
Sorry about the long post.

Just basic computer skills are definitely lacking here. I live in Kentucky, maybe that's it.

 

[Blah]

AFAIK, its like that everywhere (unless its only Oregon and Kentucky.)

 

[sam fisher]

I've single handedly attempted to educate my school :S However, basically it was learn how to fucking use Samba/Windows shares or you ain't using the games i'm sharing over the internet. They are still mostly fools. But then again so is my school IT Department, to a larger extent.

 

[Sphinxter]

I'm sorry to have to break it to you guys but Vista is not an option for your GP2X.

 

[sam fisher]

I'm sorry to have to break it to you guys but Vista is not an option for your GP2X.

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[epitaph]

Their piracy protection, infrequent and often useless updates and massive security holes will be the death of them. Businesses will go first, as they have the IT pros who know what they're doing, and for businesses, Windows upgrades are very expensive. The general public will eventually follow suit.

... and the irony in all of the piracy protection is that it's already been cracked. More work for Joe Average while pirates are still able to get by without paying.

 

[goob]

Vista or Ubuntu. That's a really tough decision NOT

 

[darkman]

I'm sorry to have to break it to you guys but Vista is not an option for your GP2X.

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I'm puzzled too sam. :huh:

 

[b._.o._.b]

Vista or Ubuntu. That's a really tough decision NOT

Exactly! Ubuntu, Kubuntu or Xubuntu, that's a tough decision.

 

[sam fisher]

No it's not, if something is designed for Gnome, then use Gnome!

 

[declaration]

none of that.

Xubuntu all the way. It flies and I really hate KDE.

 

[b._.o._.b]

none of that.

Xubuntu all the way. It flies and I really hate KDE.

When you want real speed, try Puppy Linux

But your right Xubuntu is great indeed, I'm using it on my 900 Mhz Duron PC. Don't think Vista will run happily on it...

 

[nickspoon]

I use Xubuntu on older PCs. Ubuntu and Beryl on the main one - all that processing power, why not make it fancy?

Most people I know are computer illiterate. Especially the new head of IT - the old one has to spend most of his time making sure the servers work. And it doesn't help that the government has supplied us with a free Windows 2003 server to run KS3 tests on, thereby blowing a great big hole in our secured Novell network. And with regards to Kentucky - I'm convinced that most people there couldn't count on their fingers.

 

[sam fisher]

I use Xubuntu on older PCs. Ubuntu and Beryl on the main one - all that processing power, why not make it fancy?

Most people I know are computer illiterate. Especially the new head of IT - the old one has to spend most of his time making sure the servers work. And it doesn't help that the government has supplied us with a free Windows 2003 server to run KS3 tests on, thereby blowing a great big whole in our secured Novell network. And with regards to Kentucky - I'm convinced that most people there couldn't count on their fingers.

I hate Novell....

 

[Axeman]

Price is a big problem with MS operating systems. With the Vista Premium edition being well over £300, it's nto suprising that people are wary.

Why can't MS be like Apple, and offer the new versions of their OS for about £80? The last update I did to my MacOS was fairly major in the way of features etc, and it only cost me that.

I've been using Vista on one of my PCs for a few months, and must admit that I really like it. Thing is though, even when the drivers catch up, I'd prefer to put £350 towards someting else than throw it at MS.

I use Xubuntu on older PCs. Ubuntu and Beryl on the main one - all that processing power, why not make it fancy?

Most people I know are computer illiterate. Especially the new head of IT - the old one has to spend most of his time making sure the servers work. And it doesn't help that the government has supplied us with a free Windows 2003 server to run KS3 tests on, thereby blowing a great big whole in our secured Novell network. And with regards to Kentucky - I'm convinced that most people there couldn't count on their fingers.

I hate Novell....

Elaborate.....!?

 

[Javacat]

Novell rocks, and so does Vista :lol:


Edit: With regards to Nova's original question; If you are wanting to use your laptop for gaming then you may want to stick with XP as a few games have problems with Vista. However if you just use the laptop for doing stuff like browsing the internet and word processing I would give Vista a try.
If you can get hold of the proper installation CD's, you could always try duel booting, so that you have the best of both worlds.

I've had Ultimate Edition on my laptop (Acer Aspire 3023WLMi) for a couple of months and am really impressed with it. I only really use the laptop for web browsing and word processing (Office 2007 gets my thumbs up btw), so it's nothing too stressful.
It took me a little while to get the wireless working properly on it as it's turned on by pressing a button as apposed to an on off switch and the drivers for those buttons on it aren't fully vista compatible. Installing them in XP compatibility mode and making all of the exe's it installs run in XP compatibility mode fixed them however.
My laptops only got 512MB of RAM but runs Vista extremely smoothly (even with the Aero interface and when using the fancy 3D screen tabbing), even more so after disabling the Superfetch service. I think this may be partly due to it having a pretty decent graphics card in it (ATI Mobility Radeon x700 PCI Express).

 

[saehn]

However if you just use the laptop for doing stuff like browsing the internet and word processing I would give Vista a try.

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I've had Ultimate Edition on my laptop (Acer Aspire 3023WLMi) for a couple of months and am really impressed with it. I only really use the laptop for web browsing and word processing (Office 2007 gets my thumbs up btw), so it's nothing too stressful.

If you're just going to use a laptop for web browsing and word processing, why bother paying for an operating system? Ubuntu, Linspire, Knoppix... just make sure that your wireless card is compatible or you'll face some of the same issues that Javacat did with Vista.