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Oooh look how 'edgy' I am! I insulted Windows AND Macs. Guy must be a Linux geek.
Well, to be fair, he insulted Linux too. I think he's just a curmudgeon.
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Hmmmm, bitter ex-Amiga user then?
More than likely.
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More than likely.
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I will hear nothing bad said against Charlie Brooker.Oooh look how 'edgy' I am! I insulted Windows AND Macs. Guy must be a Linux geek.
He's just a little (very) cynical.I'd tell you to go 64 bit, but that's because I want everyone to go 64 bit in order to push that platform. I don't care if it doesn't work for you, go 64 bit.
I've been using the 64 bit RC as my primary OS for months and almost everything works for me, all the drivers are working and it has excellent compatibility for 32 bit software. The only thing that didn't work was the driver for my 4 year old phone, but I booted up XP mode and tried it in there and it worked a charm. If your hardware is around 2 years old it will probably have 64 bit drivers available, any older and you might have trouble.
I think this is a can't win scenario for Apple. Snow Leopard on PPC would give the PPC user absolutely no benefit over Leopard, but we're used to running the latest OS on some really old stuff.
Ok, I promise to quit Mac-jacking the Windows thread now.
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Maybe he was brought up on RISC OS.Well, to be fair, he insulted Linux too. I think he's just a curmudgeon.
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Hmmmm, bitter ex-Amiga user then?
More than likely.
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Most of my hardware is 2008 or newer, and Vista tells me the computer is 64-bit ready too, according to the Experience Index, so I think I could be in luck there. I am tempted by the x64 option, if only to finally make good use of that extra Gb of RAM sitting around doing nothing. Whether it will run Civ 4, though...I'd tell you to go 64 bit, but that's because I want everyone to go 64 bit in order to push that platform. I don't care if it doesn't work for you, go 64 bit.
I've been using the 64 bit RC as my primary OS for months and almost everything works for me, all the drivers are working and it has excellent compatibility for 32 bit software. The only thing that didn't work was the driver for my 4 year old phone, but I booted up XP mode and tried it in there and it worked a charm. If your hardware is around 2 years old it will probably have 64 bit drivers available, any older and you might have trouble.
Mine runs Civ 4 okay. When I first installed it there was a problem where the game would pause and go black for a few seconds every couple of minutes, but a driver update fixed that a few months back. I suppose it depends on your graphics card and how good the x64 drivers are for it.
When I first installed it there was a problem where the game would pause and go black for a few seconds every couple of minutes, but a driver update fixed that a few months back. I suppose it depends on your graphics card and how good the x64 drivers are for it.
I got halfway through before I had to turn it off. Good lord...
Ok, I promise to quit Mac-jacking the Windows thread now.
Sounds kinky.
I can't say I care much. I'm a Linux user in my free time ... and, at work, XP suits me just fine. Vista is also a passable operating system after its last service package and a few configurations. Considering that Microsoft likes to beta test on its customers, I never get excited about "new" products like this one.
... and, at work, XP suits me just fine. Vista is also a passable operating system after its last service package and a few configurations. Considering that Microsoft likes to beta test on its customers, I never get excited about "new" products like this one.
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Yeah, I just saw one of the latest commercials and they didn't even touch on anything about PC's comment on the Windows 7 launch, all they had were people saying "I'm going to buy a Mac!", which had nothing to do with PC at all. It made absolutely zero sense, and I say this as an Apple fan. It had nothing.
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I've felt like that since the early days of the "Get a Mac" campaign, some of the first ads talked about the positive features of Macs, but they quickly devolved into insulting PCs. Plus, I like John Hodgman and think that the Mac guy looks like a heroin addict, so the ads have the opposite effect on me.I can't say I care much. I'm a Linux user in my free time
I installed Win7 Ultimate yesterday... and I've just suffered my first BSOD!
Four months in the beta and five months in the RC and I didn't encounter one, so it is amazing that it happened right after installing the finished product. To be fair to MS it seems to have been a recurring issue with my HDD so it's not their fault, and once I jiggered about with the innards and turned it back on it booted up with no problems. That was a relief because when this problem happened to me on Vista it corrupted the OS and I had to reinstall it three times.
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Yeah, I'm thinking Apple has abandoned the high road in favor of lots of below the belt jabs. They were at one time cute and fun, now they seem to have a bitter undertone to the commercials, like they don't even bother fact checking their sources. It feels like 2004 Elections and ABB again.
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My brother works for Microsoft, so he is getting a copy for me and a copy for my parents. I told him no rush on shipping it, though.
Now I just gotta figure how to save all my mom and dad's e-mails from Windows Mail and transfer them over to Windows Live Mail.
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Easy. This is what I did.
Go to Windows Mail
File >> Export >> Messages
Select Save Folder
Select Folders You Wish To Export
Export
In Windows Live Mail
File >> Import >> Messages
Select Folder to Import
Import
(Your old messages will be in the Imported Messages folder)
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He truly is a genius of our time.
