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error10 · 10-23-08

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Originally Posted by bobdragster

I tried Linux once.
It looked pretty cool.

...But, then I opened up the music player. It wouldn't play anything. After searching forums and guides, I was told that I had to code a driver for mp3 playback into the program. That kinda just turned me off from it.

Now, don't get me wrong, anyone who uses Linux deserves some respect for being patient enough to get through the setup of everything like that. I still would like to put Linux on my laptop once I build a new PC so I can learn Linux, but I don't have the time or interest/motivation to do it right now.

I think you want the other thread

And, it works now.

AMD+nVidia · 10-23-08

At first I thought you were serious...

Kinda funny...

But wrong.

metala · 10-23-08

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Originally Posted by james.ciesla

Exactly.

For general computing and gaming (Everything more or less) use Windows.
For Programming, Coding, hacking; use Linux and it's derivatives. (Stability)
For media use MAC. (Still, why would you

)

All systems server a purpose.

S..*sigh*...
Right... actually not...

To be honest, most of my hacks were done in Windows, and to be exact as possible, I haven't hacked anything using Linux yet.

Probably I have to switch to Windows back again

And other thing. I'm using Linux for general computing, and Windows for gaming..

I'm glad I haven't used Mac, cause the Macintoshes I used in school 5 years ago had 512KB RAM and if you put too much icons on the desktop, there wouldn't be enough ram to delete them

Dve228 · 10-23-08

That was pretty good. But I'm still going to use windows.

nathris · 10-23-08

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Originally Posted by error10

1) Games
Windows is a great OS for playing video games, sometimes even exceeding dedicated game consoles. Microsoft put a lot of work in making sure that Windows is the best gaming OS available and it shows. They even have the best versions of Solitaire and Minesweeper available anywhere for any OS.

Damn straight! I love the new look in Vista, much better than the cut and paste graphics of most tux games.

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2) Openness
MS has also spent over a decade making Windows the most open platform possible, so that viruses written 5 years ago will still run on the latest computers with Vista SP1, and so that new viruses will work even more effectively. Internet Explorer and Outlook Express have been specially designed to make sure that you can easily download viruses and spyware.

False, especially if you go x64(why wouldn't you, it works flawlessly). Vista was redesigned to eliminate those problem, and while it may not be perfect, I ran my computer for 3 months without any antivirus software and didn't get a single piece of malware.

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3) Choice
Everybody is different and so some people want to run things other than what Microsoft ships with the OS and the automatically installed viruses and spyware available from the Internet. Windows has available millions of third-party software packages which do everything under the sun, and some of them actually work. A special class of software will uninstall viruses and spyware from your computer, but not all of them, since some are required to keep the IT support industry in business.

Again, its extremely difficult to get a virus, and for the record, after using both Ubuntu and Windows rather extensively over the past year, I've found that the 3rd party Windows applications work about 95% of the time (and thats in x64) where maybe 20% of linux applications (excluding repositories) will work without at least 20 minutes of tweaking.

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4) Reliability
Over the years Microsoft has made Windows even more reliable, by having the computer automatically restart when a STOP error occurs, and automatically checking the Internet to find a nonexistent solution to the problem. In accordance with choice, you can disable this so that you can stare at the blue screen of death all day if you want. Windows Vista has added hundreds of new APIs for hardware drivers to generate STOP errors.

You have a point there. I hate the solution feature, but I've never had a non-OC related crash on either XP or Vista. I can't say the same for linux.

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5) Performance
Microsoft has a team of highly skilled programmers dedicated to eliminating Windows performance wherever they can find it. And it shows: benchmarks for Vista are consistently lower than those for XP.

Again, false! It may have been true at launch, but since SP1 there is literally no difference between XP and Vista.

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6) Innovation
Windows was the first OS to ship a Texas Hold'em game. Though it doesn't come with your computer, you have to pay $319 for Vista Ultimate, and then download it. By using as much bandwidth as possible, Microsoft helps to drive the growth of the Internet and faster download speeds for everyone. In addition, a new major version of Windows comes out about once every five to seven years. With every Microsoft office stocked with standup arcade games and pool tables, their programmers can easily think up new features over a game of 9-ball or Donkey Kong.

I found it kind of annoying that I had to download the extras, so I guess you have a point, but its somewhat irrelevant. Ultimate is overpriced however.

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7) Looks
Every new release of Windows improves on the look and feel of the operating system. With an upgraded GUI design, new artwork, backgrounds and screen savers, Windows Vista looks better than ever. You can always count on Microsoft to have a visually appealing operating system which requires expensive graphics cards to take full advantage of. This helps to keep the video card industry in business.

Aero runs flawlessly on anything better than GMA950. While its true that you can run Compiz on GMA950, you still won't be able to watch movies or play games without first disabling it because of the rendering problem.

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3) I need my command line power!
Well you're in luck because Windows now comes with PowerShell which is a totally revamped command line environment with the word "power" in its name and where none of the commands make any sense whatsoever. For a more traditional experience you can also install Services for Unix which has a more traditional command line environment that Microsoft purchased in the 1980s and never updated.

True, but the GUI in windows allows you to do way more than the GUI in Linux, so its a bit of a tradeoff.

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5) Drivers are a hassle.
Not any more. Now all you have to do is throw in the CDs that came with your system components and you can get all your drivers installed in just a couple of hours. Sometimes you can even find updated drivers on the Internet.

Vista's update feature will install most of the drivers you need (video card, chipset etc..). And might I add they do a better job of it than linux's "Oh, but its not 100% absolutely guaranteed to be free for ever and ever so we're going to nag you about not using open source method". You also don't have to worry about shutting off xserver or installing packages just to get the drivers to install either.

While I appreciate that its just satire, don't spread empty rumours. This was worse than the Mac vs PC commercials.

Dawlish7 · 10-23-08

lmao!, this is madness some valid points yet come on im a linux nut but vista SP1 x64 is the dogs erm thingys

error10 · 10-23-08

Hey, I warned you right at the top that it was satire!

Syrillian · 10-23-08

Dethredic · 10-23-08

That was awesome!

William151515 · 10-24-08

lol i don't think this really has a purpose since 92% of the market goes to Microsoft
unless your trying to reach the 8% of Apple fanboys, but good luck there cult goes after people that leave ROFL
JK Apple is not a cult

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William151515 PC Gamer Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,685 Rep: 77 Unique Rep: 66 Trader Rating: 0	lol i don't think this really has a purpose since 92% of the market goes to Microsoft unless your trying to reach the 8% of Apple fanboys, but good luck there cult goes after people that leave ROFL JK Apple is not a cult

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