XP twice as fast as Vista

[Ardesco]

I think many people have now woken up to M$ strategy of software progression. All their latest products don't do a lot that much better or efficiently than the previous version. Some things are simply worse, like that ribbon she-ite on the latest version of Office.

I would have to say that it's actually quite good once you get used to it. no doubt I'm now going to get flamed

[DimPrawn]

Don't blame Microsoft, blame the chip manufacturers whom seem incapable of creating a low cost PC with 400 TB of RAM, 1024 core CPU's running at 500 GHz and Petabyte Flash HDD's.

Idiots.

[miffy]

Hey DP's back, you've had a few days away from the board haven't you?

How does it feel?

[DimPrawn]

Hey DP's back, you've had a few days away from the board haven't you?

How does it feel?

Good.

I've been counting my money. These days it takes a long time.

[miffy]

It's because you're filthy rich DP.

The mansion in Swindon is well within your grasp.

[PAH]

It's because you're filthy rich DP.

The mansion in Swindon is well within your grasp.

And so is the trawler net he keeps getting stuck in.

That's what happens when you buy a newbuild house on a flood-plain.

[scooterscot]

OS X better than the lot of them...

[Shimano105]

and here's me thinking that the purpose of an operating system is to make your machine work. I can be such a plonker sometimes.

[Cliphead]

This morning I downloaded hooky version of OS X for x86 and set it up on a spare PC I had lying around. Now I've got a shiny new Mac to play with (if I knew what to do with it).

No problem getting and installing drivers for network, video and sound, kinda slick, maybe I've been missing out on something all these years.

[PAH]

This morning I downloaded

Thanks for reminding me. Just magicked the latest episode of Lost onto my PC. I was inspired by Paul Daniels when he had an Atari 800 in the 80s.