Reply to: Windows 7

[scotspine]

I've been using Windows 7 since the first release candidate was made available several months ago (free), and have no complaints except one big bloody annoying gripe - see below.

For a start, it seems like they have "de-bloated" Windows, no doubt because of the influence of Mobile Windows. But then as I am using a top-spec PC, maybe their customary bloat is still there, more so than ever, but just less noticeable.

My main complaint is that unbelievably Adobe _still_ haven't released a proper 64-bit Flash player, and I can't be arsed to keep dipping in and out of 32-bit Internet Explorer (especially when I far prefer Firefox).

It's a real irritation and almost equally baffling. I mean what are Adobe playing at? How hard can it be to tweak and recompile their poxy Flash player for 64-bit ?!

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[VectraMan]

My main complaint is that unbelievably Adobe _still_ haven't released a proper 64-bit Flash player, and I can't be arsed to keep dipping in and out of 32-bit Internet Explorer (especially when I far prefer Firefox)

Run 32-bit Firefox then. Simples.

It's a real irritation and almost equally baffling. I mean what are Adobe playing at? How hard can it be to tweak and recompile their poxy Flash player for 64-bit ?!

They've done it for Linux too, so it's not like they don't have x64 compatible code. They just haven't built it for Windows.

[d000hg]

Maybe some sneaky deal with Google/Apple

[OwlHoot]

I've been using Windows 7 since the first release candidate was made available several months ago (free), and have no complaints except one big bloody annoying gripe - see below.

For a start, it seems like they have "de-bloated" Windows, no doubt because of the influence of Mobile Windows. But then as I am using a top-spec PC, maybe their customary bloat is still there, more so than ever, but just less noticeable.

My main complaint is that unbelievably Adobe _still_ haven't released a proper 64-bit Flash player, and I can't be arsed to keep dipping in and out of 32-bit Internet Explorer (especially when I far prefer Firefox).

It's a real irritation and almost equally baffling. I mean what are Adobe playing at? How hard can it be to tweak and recompile their poxy Flash player for 64-bit ?!

[DiscoStu]

I've lost count of how many times I've tried linux
You stop trying after a while

I find Linux very trying.

For all its foibles and security holes, at least Windows just works (most of the time).

[Spacecadet]

I think this could be a good advertising slogan for Microsoft:

Have you tried Linux?

I've lost count of how many times I've tried linux
You stop trying after a while

[d000hg]

Have you tried Linux?

I think this could be a good advertising slogan for Microsoft:

Have you tried Linux?

[SuperZ]

I'm not sure I'd consider watching Lindsay Lohan and Scarlett Johannsen together a bad day.

Definately not, would be time for a nice pot noodle, kebab flavour

[Pondlife]

Congrats Spaceman on possibly the best off topic tangent ever.

[Spacecadet]

I'm not sure I'd consider watching Lindsay Lohan and Scarlett Johannsen together a bad day.

Just watching them is hardly a threeway

[VectraMan]

Lindsay Lohan is a bit of a dyke, so you might just end up feeling left out and inadequate before going home early and crying whilst trying to finish a pot noodle

I'm not sure I'd consider watching Lindsay Lohan and Scarlett Johannsen together a bad day.

[Spacecadet]

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IT consultant, Charlie Reeves, added: "Vista was 'less good' in the same way being tortured for three months in Abu Ghraib is 'less good' than a Belgian three-way with Scarlett Johansson and Lindsay Lohan."

Lindsay Lohan is a bit of a dyke, so you might just end up feeling left out and inadequate before going home early and crying whilst trying to finish a pot noodle

[BlackenedBiker]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/b...-200909182075/

Windows 7 has been introduced after Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths.

IT consultant, Charlie Reeves, added: "Vista was 'less good' in the same way being tortured for three months in Abu Ghraib is 'less good' than a Belgian three-way with Scarlett Johansson and Lindsay Lohan."

Meanwhile first year student Nathan Muir said: "My degree involves desktop publishing, spreadsheets and multimedia presentations, so I'm really looking forward to a hopeless series of meaningless error messages before crying myself to sleep every night."

Oh dear I think that a little wee came out

[daviejones]

Who is going to mention the Mac option?

[The Lone Gunman]

Why is he using a Windows machine?

That does rather scream MAC doesnt it.