Reply to: XP twice as fast as Vista

[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.

[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.

[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.

[scooterscot]

OS X better than the lot of them...

[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.

[miffy]

It's because you're filthy rich DP.

The mansion in Swindon is well within your grasp.

[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]

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

How does it feel?

[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.

[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

[gadgetman]

... not forgetting good old MS-DOS, and CPM.

Bet those would be really quick.

OS/2 1.3 Faster than the lot of 'em!!!

Oh, OS/2 how I miss you!

Churchill - In "Poet and didn't know it" mode!

[PAH]

Are M$ doing the cut down version of Vista they did (or were going to do) with XP for the 3rd world?

I bet that one flies, and at a fraction of the price, if not free!

I think M$ shot themselves in the foot by developing their new operating systems using their own bloated dev tools. They should have stuck to C++ instead of believing their own hype about C#, which is just a wrapper for their .Net carp. Hence developing in C# or VB.net makes very little difference to the overall solution, where C++ used to wipe the floor with VB. Is it M$ dumbing down or my understanding of it?

[Churchill]

It is.

HTH.

And 95 is quicker still.

HTH HTH...

OS/2 1.3 Faster than the lot of 'em!!!

Oh, OS/2 how I miss you!

Churchill - In "Poet and didn't know it" mode!

[PAH]

My new laptop, bought mid 07, came preinstalled with vista and ran like a 3 legged dog running through treacle.

Quick install of XP and it flies...

Besides, if you want all that Aero stuff, which I think is vastly overrated, there's third-party add-ons to make XP look more like Vista, but without the massive performance hit.

I await news that M$ have bought the rights to it and the next 'update' for Vista will be XP in drag.

[ratewhore]

My new laptop, bought mid 07, came preinstalled with vista and ran like a 3 legged dog running through treacle.

Quick install of XP and it flies...