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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 12:01 PM Original message |
NYT: Will the Next Version of Windows Be Worth the Wait? (Longhorn) |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Of course not, just like the other ones |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I have to laugh at the Mac bigots . . . |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Bah. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. lol ----------> XvsXP.com |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
55. The price difference has come way down. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
57. The GUI controls on a MAC are in-fucking-credibly bad |
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drdtroit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Powermac G5! n/t |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Powerbook G5 with OS 10.3.5 |
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drdtroit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Word!!! |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. Get a Mac. nt |
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Godai Kyoko (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nope |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'll get it when I have to, I suppose. |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Why know anything about politics then? Just vote for the party that |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have always hated Win95 |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's awful, China -- |
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CAMANY (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. How can you compare Longhorn to Win95 |
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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Get a Mac you fools! The software price would come down big time |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 04:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Most of the Mac software I use is free. Photoshop is one of the few |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Screw the corporations, get Linux. |
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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's something I want to look into as soon as I get the yard planted |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. IMO, the improvements we have seen in PC technology |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Windows XP was a worthwhile upgrade over 2000/NT/98. |
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CAMANY (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. I trust you are aware |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Of course |
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CAMANY (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Word is |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
51. The old joke about Microsoft: |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. Last I heard the processor and memory requirements were large |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Of course the processor requirement is large. It will run 64 bit. |
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CAMANY (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. 64-bit AMD solutions |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Yep |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. For what? |
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pdurod1 (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm done with MS Windows |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. going to be getting a nice |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Be careful over there, qazplm! |
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Conservativesux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. Nope, just more buggy software that has more holes in it then swiss cheese |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. This one wasn't ... why would the next one be? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 06:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. It's impossible and cost prohibitive. |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. I know it's impossible ... |
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Conservativesux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. It would be nice if Gates supplied some Vaseline with each new Win OS.. |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 09:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. ROFL! |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. Windows. |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Get a Mac. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. Windows 95 was a big deal. |
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nine30 (593 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. You can't fool all of the people all of the time |
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CAMANY (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. The Win9x series |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. Isn't XP still sitting on top of DOS? |
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rukkyg (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. No. |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Then how come you can still get c: prompt in XP? |
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dethl (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Its a DOS virtual machine that runs when you get a C: prompt |
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CAMANY (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. The command prompt |
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CAMANY (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. No of course not |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 10:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Welcome to DU, CAMANY! |
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dethl (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. Given the huge system requirements for Longhorn |
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CAMANY (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. What "huge hardware requirements"? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Last time I read something about Longhorn, it was a 4ghz processor |
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CAMANY (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-05 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's nice to have different products on the market |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
52. Just when I was getting used to XP... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
53. I miss MSDOS |
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