Operating Systems

[thegroggman]

LOL...actually balaamm Ive been running Longhorn...Id say its more stable than my copy of WinXp Pro...lol

[spudlover]

Originally posted by balamm@30 May 2003 - 07:39
If it is as "rock solid and reliable" as some people claim, then why did they start a year after it's release to build a replacement for it?

What do you expect? Just because MS have made XP doesn't mean to say they shouldn't develop another OS.

[balamm]

Duties are not performed for duty's sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable. A man performs but one duty - the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.
Mark Twain

[Neil__]

Originally posted by tommy1987@29 May 2003 - 23:14

can you get Vice City on 5 1/4 inch floppies?

...lol the answer you are looking for is NO!

I think I see why.

Could you imagine how pissed off you would feel when you find out that disk No.761 is corrupted.

Install Aborted,
Rolling Back Changes.
To reinstall insert Disk No.1 and type vicecity.bat at the command prompt.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"FUCK THIS DOS SHIT... I Gotta get Windows XP"

[spudlover]

Originally posted by Neil__+30 May 2003 - 10:45--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Neil__ @ 30 May 2003 - 10:45)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--tommy1987@29 May 2003 - 23:14

can you get Vice City on 5 1/4 inch floppies?

...lol the answer you are looking for is NO&#33;

I think I see why.

Could you imagine how pissed off you would feel when you find out that disk No.761 is corrupted.

Install Aborted,
Rolling Back Changes.
To reinstall insert Disk No.1 and type vicecity.bat at the command prompt.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

"FUCK THIS DOS SHIT... I Gotta get Windows XP" [/b][/quote]
IIRC DOS never had Direct X... No DX.. No VC ...

[Neil__]

I didn&#39;t say the dos version of vice city had decent graphics.

12 colour, 256 x 480, 7fps

And spudlover
Before you say DOS can&#39;t handle this level of detail I am joking.

[Neil__]

Originally posted by spudlover+30 May 2003 - 09:30--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (spudlover @ 30 May 2003 - 09:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--balamm@30 May 2003 - 07:39
If it is as "rock solid and reliable" as some people claim, then why did they start a year after it&#39;s release to build a replacement for it?

What do you expect? Just because MS have made XP doesn&#39;t mean to say they shouldn&#39;t develop another OS. [/b][/quote]
they develope a new OS so that they can charge you full price for improvements over XP
if they call it say "Longhorn" then you have to pay say &#036;200

If they call it an upgrade for XP they can only charge you &#036;5o

[Nightwolf]

Originally posted by Neil__+30 May 2003 - 07:17--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Neil__ @ 30 May 2003 - 07:17)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by -spudlover@30 May 2003 - 09:30
<!--QuoteBegin--balamm

@30 May 2003 - 07:39
If it is as "rock solid and reliable" as some people claim, then why did they start a year after it&#39;s release to build a replacement for it?

What do you expect? Just because MS have made XP doesn&#39;t mean to say they shouldn&#39;t develop another OS.

they develope a new OS so that they can charge you full price for improvements over XP
if they call it say "Longhorn" then you have to pay say &#036;200

If they call it an upgrade for XP they can only charge you &#036;5o[/b][/quote]
If they call it what it is - an XP bug-fix patch - it should be free. B)

[Texallen]

With a 90%+ market share Micro&#036;oft doesn&#39;t have to make a decent OS. Wait&#39;ll they start their software "leasing" program. You&#39;ll have to pay for your OS every year. Linux has it&#39;s drawbacks but it&#39;s FREE.

[Neil__]

Originally posted by Texallen@31 May 2003 - 10:55
With a 90%+ market share Micro&#036;oft doesn&#39;t have to make a decent OS. Wait&#39;ll they start their software "leasing" program. You&#39;ll have to pay for your OS every year. Linux has it&#39;s drawbacks but it&#39;s FREE.

How many people om this board pay micro&#036;oft for anything?