M$'s bread & butter is in serious trouble!!

"Dell announced that it would be offering Windows XP again for Home PC's. The second that Vista came out, Microsoft makes it very hard for you to sell anything other than Me II. It can't do this on the business side because it would be laughed out the door, but for the walking sheep **** well, you take what you are shovelled."

"This is ****c abusive monopoly behavior, Microsoft wrote the modern book on it. It pulled all the major OEMs in by twisting their arms with the usual methods, and they again all fell into line. Never before has anyone backpedalled on this, to do so would earn you the wrath of Microsoft."

"The other equally monumental Me II failure? Gates in China launching a $3version of bundled ME II. Why is this not altruism? Well, it goes back to piracy and how it helped enforce the MS monopoly. If you can easily pirate Windows, Linux has no price advantage, they both cost zero." link  http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39087


I didn't see this coming.........as I use my Windows XP.;)

The death of a monopoly.

"Dell announced that it would be offering Windows XP again for Home PC's. The second that Vista came out, Microsoft makes it very hard for you to sell anything other than Me II. It can't do this on the business side because it would be laughed out the door, but for the walking sheep **** well, you take what you are shovelled."

"This is ****c abusive monopoly behavior, Microsoft wrote the modern book on it. It pulled all the major OEMs in by twisting their arms with the usual methods, and they again all fell into line. Never before has anyone backpedalled on this, to do so would earn you the wrath of Microsoft."

"The other equally monumental Me II failure? Gates in China launching a $3version of bundled ME II. Why is this not altruism? Well, it goes back to piracy and how it helped enforce the MS monopoly. If you can easily pirate Windows, Linux has no price advantage, they both cost zero." link http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39087


I didn't see this coming.........as I use my Windows XP.;)

ragrdoll21

Who will take their place? Mac? Linux? I doubt it. Windows isn't going anywhere.SmashBrosLegend

Who will take their place? Mac? Linux? I doubt it. Windows isn't going anywhere.SmashBrosLegend

Author: Charlie Demerjian.

That explains it all. He's the INQ's resident Linux nut.

Vole FTW! 

[QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"]Who will take their place? Mac? Linux? I doubt it. Windows isn't going anywhere.gnutux

[QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"]Who will take their place? Mac? Linux? I doubt it. Windows isn't going anywhere.gnutux

It's easy to grow the most when you had the smallest userbase. Even with the rapid growth, the amout of 

Linux users is still a tiny fraction of even Mac users. 

Author: Charlie Demerjian.

That explains it all. He's the INQ's resident Linux nut.

Vole FTW! 

mutenpika

[QUOTE="gnutux"][QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"]Who will take their place? Mac? Linux? I doubt it. Windows isn't going anywhere.SmashBrosLegend

It's easy to grow the most when you had the smallest userbase. Even with the rapid growth, the amout of

Linux users is still a tiny fraction of even Mac users.

I have Vista on the new PC I built and it is much better then XP. I had so many problems with XP. I would play music, and my whole system would crash to a blue screen of death. This made me lose everything I had saved, and I had to do a system recovery.BioShockOwnz

Really? My XP runs fine, no problems, ever.

Maybe you were, you know, watching too much...:? 

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]I have Vista on the new PC I built and it is much better then XP. I had so many problems with XP. I would play music, and my whole system would crash to a blue screen of death. This made me lose everything I had saved, and I had to do a system recovery.thirstychainsaw

Really? My XP runs fine, no problems, ever.

Maybe you were, you know, watching too much...:? 

Nah, I would start up a song in media player, and the PC would completely lock up, and 10 seconds later I would get the blue screen of death.

[QUOTE="mutenpika"]

Author: Charlie Demerjian.

That explains it all. He's the INQ's resident Linux nut.

Vole FTW!

ragrdoll21

The facts are probably true, but they've been spun to be as anti-vole (vole meaning Microsoft) as possible. Read up on some of Charlie's previous articles and you'll see what I mean. He's mad that Microsoft doesn't cater to his incredibly specific demands (he seems to swap out components 25 times a day or more) 

[QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]I have Vista on the new PC I built and it is much better then XP. I had so many problems with XP. I would play music, and my whole system would crash to a blue screen of death. This made me lose everything I had saved, and I had to do a system recovery.BioShockOwnz

Really? My XP runs fine, no problems, ever.

Maybe you were, you know, watching too much...:?

Nah, I would start up a song in media player, and the PC would completely lock up, and 10 seconds later I would get the blue screen of death.

 Going to some extreme Porn virus sites I take it.......... lol

 At least have a fire wall of some sort. 

Awww yeaaa mannnn. The Operating System Wars are ONNNNN!!!!!

Wooo. Taking all bets here. Who's ya pony?

In seriousness, that kinda sucks that Vista is forced onto you, but Microsoft is still supporting Windows all the way back to 98, so you can't say they bail on past programs (they just like to push forward, and of course make more money, but what company doesn't want to?). 

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"][QUOTE="thirstychainsaw"]

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"]I have Vista on the new PC I built and it is much better then XP. I had so many problems with XP. I would play music, and my whole system would crash to a blue screen of death. This made me lose everything I had saved, and I had to do a system recovery.GamerRadio

Really? My XP runs fine, no problems, ever.

Maybe you were, you know, watching too much...:?

Nah, I would start up a song in media player, and the PC would completely lock up, and 10 seconds later I would get the blue screen of death.

 Going to some extreme Porn virus sites I take it.......... lol

 At least have a fire wall of some sort. 

Nope, I have Norton Internet Security, so I'm all good. I'm not desperate like some individuals. I'm not pointing fingers though. :)

Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.musicalmac

hahaha. Microsoft isn't going anywhere.

It's is one of the largest corperations around. And one of the most profitable.

MS isn't going anywhere. 

[QUOTE="musicalmac"]Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.ragrdoll21

hahaha, nah.  

[QUOTE="musicalmac"]Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.ragrdoll21

Are you seriously that naive? Mac OSX is a fine, well-designed, and user-friendly operating system. It's, IMO, a worthy competitor to Windows.  Mac OSX is nice... but the company that makes it? The same company that makes the Ipod and negotiated the service deal for the Iphone? Aye, there's the rub!

You think Microsoft is a bully? Get a load of Apple's business practices! They operate a closed standard. Everything on their OS is regulated with an iron fist. They keep a stranglehold on their hardware and drivers. They censor their OS problems. They browbeat companies into doing what they want, just like MS. The current service provider for the Iphone is the only one that would listen, the rest walked away at Apple's ridiculous demands. Apple's press conferences are akin to a 30 minute's hate against Microsoft. Their OS, despite all claims to the contrary, seizes RAM like mad and is 15% less efficient, but they'll never tell you that nor adress that.

Microsoft presents the dirty sides of capitalism. Apple is... Orwellian. 

[QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"]Who will take their place? Mac? Linux? I doubt it. Windows isn't going anywhere.gnutux

When either Apple or Linux get near 20% of the entire desktop market share, then we can start talking about taking out MS, until then, this is all just a pipe dream. 

[QUOTE="ragrdoll21"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.mutenpika

Are you seriously that naive? Mac OSX is a fine, well-designed, and user-friendly operating system. It's, IMO, a worthy competitor to Windows.  Mac OSX is nice... but the company that makes it? The same company that makes the Ipod and negotiated the service deal for the Iphone? Aye, there's the rub!

You think Microsoft is a bully? Get a load of Apple's business practices! They operate a closed standard. Everything on their OS is regulated with an iron fist. They keep a stranglehold on their hardware and drivers. They censor their OS problems. They browbeat companies into doing what they want, just like MS. The current service provider for the Iphone is the only one that would listen, the rest walked away at Apple's ridiculous demands. Apple's press conferences are akin to a 30 minute's hate against Microsoft. Their OS, despite all claims to the contrary, seizes RAM like mad and is 15% less efficient, but they'll never tell you that nor adress that.

Microsoft presents the dirty sides of capitalism. Apple is... Orwellian. 

[QUOTE="ragrdoll21"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.mutenpika

Are you seriously that naive? Mac OSX is a fine, well-designed, and user-friendly operating system. It's, IMO, a worthy competitor to Windows.  Mac OSX is nice... but the company that makes it? The same company that makes the Ipod and negotiated the service deal for the Iphone? Aye, there's the rub!

You think Microsoft is a bully? Get a load of Apple's business practices! They operate a closed standard. Everything on their OS is regulated with an iron fist. They keep a stranglehold on their hardware and drivers. They censor their OS problems. They browbeat companies into doing what they want, just like MS. The current service provider for the Iphone is the only one that would listen, the rest walked away at Apple's ridiculous demands. Apple's press conferences are akin to a 30 minute's hate against Microsoft. Their OS, despite all claims to the contrary, seizes RAM like mad and is 15% less efficient, but they'll never tell you that nor adress that.

Microsoft presents the dirty sides of capitalism. Apple is... Orwellian. 

All this "Vista is going to fail" crap is exactly a repeat of the XP launch. And we all now how that turned out...

XGuNn3rX

[QUOTE="alfy13"][QUOTE="XGuNn3rX"]

All this "Vista is going to fail" crap is exactly a repeat of the XP launch. And we all now how that turned out...

XGuNn3rX

but just like windows me, vista is following the same path. just a os that MS can milk until their next os that they are releasing in the next year or 2. same thing happend with XP. :)

[QUOTE="mutenpika"]

[QUOTE="ragrdoll21"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.musicalmac

Are you seriously that naive? Mac OSX is a fine, well-designed, and user-friendly operating system. It's, IMO, a worthy competitor to Windows. Mac OSX is nice... but the company that makes it? The same company that makes the Ipod and negotiated the service deal for the Iphone? Aye, there's the rub!

You think Microsoft is a bully? Get a load of Apple's business practices! They operate a closed standard. Everything on their OS is regulated with an iron fist. They keep a stranglehold on their hardware and drivers. They censor their OS problems. They browbeat companies into doing what they want, just like MS. The current service provider for the Iphone is the only one that would listen, the rest walked away at Apple's ridiculous demands. Apple's press conferences are akin to a 30 minute's hate against Microsoft. Their OS, despite all claims to the contrary, seizes RAM like mad and is 15% less efficient, but they'll never tell you that nor adress that.

Microsoft presents the dirty sides of capitalism. Apple is... Orwellian.

What makes Vista so bad? I find it to be a damned fine OS.... No real need to upgrade from XP at this time, but if you are getting a new PC, Vista is the way to go. 

[QUOTE="musicalmac"][QUOTE="mutenpika"]

[QUOTE="ragrdoll21"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.snyper1982

Are you seriously that naive? Mac OSX is a fine, well-designed, and user-friendly operating system. It's, IMO, a worthy competitor to Windows. Mac OSX is nice... but the company that makes it? The same company that makes the Ipod and negotiated the service deal for the Iphone? Aye, there's the rub!

You think Microsoft is a bully? Get a load of Apple's business practices! They operate a closed standard. Everything on their OS is regulated with an iron fist. They keep a stranglehold on their hardware and drivers. They censor their OS problems. They browbeat companies into doing what they want, just like MS. The current service provider for the Iphone is the only one that would listen, the rest walked away at Apple's ridiculous demands. Apple's press conferences are akin to a 30 minute's hate against Microsoft. Their OS, despite all claims to the contrary, seizes RAM like mad and is 15% less efficient, but they'll never tell you that nor adress that.

Microsoft presents the dirty sides of capitalism. Apple is... Orwellian.

What makes Vista so bad? I find it to be a damned fine OS.... No real need to upgrade from XP at this time, but if you are getting a new PC, Vista is the way to go. 

[QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"]Who will take their place? Mac? Linux? I doubt it. Windows isn't going anywhere.gnutux

No.  It's not.

buying a new PC with XP installed that can handle Vista is a down right dumb movesupermechakirby

yep.

[QUOTE="snyper1982"][QUOTE="musicalmac"][QUOTE="mutenpika"]

[QUOTE="ragrdoll21"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.musicalmac

Are you seriously that naive? Mac OSX is a fine, well-designed, and user-friendly operating system. It's, IMO, a worthy competitor to Windows. Mac OSX is nice... but the company that makes it? The same company that makes the Ipod and negotiated the service deal for the Iphone? Aye, there's the rub!

You think Microsoft is a bully? Get a load of Apple's business practices! They operate a closed standard. Everything on their OS is regulated with an iron fist. They keep a stranglehold on their hardware and drivers. They censor their OS problems. They browbeat companies into doing what they want, just like MS. The current service provider for the Iphone is the only one that would listen, the rest walked away at Apple's ridiculous demands. Apple's press conferences are akin to a 30 minute's hate against Microsoft. Their OS, despite all claims to the contrary, seizes RAM like mad and is 15% less efficient, but they'll never tell you that nor adress that.

Microsoft presents the dirty sides of capitalism. Apple is... Orwellian.

What makes Vista so bad? I find it to be a damned fine OS.... No real need to upgrade from XP at this time, but if you are getting a new PC, Vista is the way to go.

I have read the reviews, and done one better, actually used the OS!!!! I know, I know, it is a shocker, but I find coming to your own opinion much more accurate than relying solely on reviews. The reviews I have said echo what i stated. No real reason to upgrade from XP, but if you are getting a new PC, then go with Vista.

 I like it. I have Ultimate and it has been great.

As soon as it's worth it for computer wizards to screw with another OS besides Windows, it will be just as bad for them as well. 

Windows isn't nearly as bad as most of the loud-mouths make it out to be, and osx and linux are not nearly as good as they are made out to be.  An OS is an OS.

I caught my own self ownage before any one else, Yet theinquirer is a tech site, I assumed it was a crap newspaper like weekly world news, because it shares the name of one of them....sorry for that, I've self owned im glad i caught it before any one else.

lol did some more research...The Enquirer is what I mistook it for...

[QUOTE="ragrdoll21"][QUOTE="musicalmac"]Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.mutenpika

Are you seriously that naive? Mac OSX is a fine, well-designed, and user-friendly operating system. It's, IMO, a worthy competitor to Windows.  Mac OSX is nice... but the company that makes it? The same company that makes the Ipod and negotiated the service deal for the Iphone? Aye, there's the rub!

You think Microsoft is a bully? Get a load of Apple's business practices! They operate a closed standard. Everything on their OS is regulated with an iron fist. They keep a stranglehold on their hardware and drivers. They censor their OS problems. They browbeat companies into doing what they want, just like MS. The current service provider for the Iphone is the only one that would listen, the rest walked away at Apple's ridiculous demands. Apple's press conferences are akin to a 30 minute's hate against Microsoft. Their OS, despite all claims to the contrary, seizes RAM like mad and is 15% less efficient, but they'll never tell you that nor adress that.

Microsoft presents the dirty sides of capitalism. Apple is... Orwellian. 

When did the inquirer become a reliable tech newspaper or magazine? The inquirer i do believe is the uk equivilant of weekly world news and other grocery store checkout lane mags and papers...you know the ones with celeberty pics and stories like celeberty anarexia...or bat boy found in cave...WilliamRLBaker

[QUOTE="SmashBrosLegend"]Who will take their place? Mac? Linux? I doubt it. Windows isn't going anywhere.ragrdoll21

 yeah and world of warcraft isnt like the number one seeling game in the world

Apple is coming out on top in the OS war... ;)

You know it.musicalmac

First of all Microsoft isn't going anywhere even if Dell starts to backtrack to XP and sell Linux based PCs. Fact of the matter is Microsoft will continue to make money no matter which version of their operating system is sold and Linux isn't going to replace Windows either. Secondly Apple is an awful operating system in my opinion; if I had to choose between Linux and Mac I would choose Linux. Apple is nothing more than a Unix based OS with a fancy window manager, if your after the bells and whistles of Mac OS then switch to Linux and download beryl, not only you can get better looking effects, you don't have to pay $2000 for hardware which limits your ability to upgrade with ease or be limited in software.
All I ever hear from people who want to sound intelligent but know nothing about computers is Macs are good for multimedia, graphic design and sound. What exactly makes them better for these tasks comparing to Windows and Linux? All of these tasks can be achieved on PCs with the same efficiency if not higher.