Reply to: Pleasure is so close to pain

[kandr]

Yep. The story that Windows is so dominant it's historically the only platform the bad guys focus on. Vulnerabilities in MacOs, iPhone and others are getting more attention.

Linux is very popular on the server, more so that ms, due to its stability and security.

[d000hg]

The fact that there is a whole industry build around the crap security on windows, tells its on story.

Yep. The story that Windows is so dominant it's historically the only platform the bad guys focus on. Vulnerabilities in MacOs, iPhone and others are getting more attention.

[kandr]

Thats absolutely disgusting, I think you should remove that comment.

The fact that there is a whole industry build around the crap security on windows, tells its on story.

[d000hg]

Must be the only PC ever not to crash, running windows, you should alert the media.

If all you use your PC for is surfing kiddie-porn and torrenting pirated stuff, no wonder you get viruses and malware.

[kandr]

OO: OK but not great
Gimp: trashy GUI. There's a reason pros all fork out for Photoshop

My current PC hasn't crashed ever. Upgrade from WindowsME...

Must be the only PC ever not to crash, running windows, you should alert the media.

[GreenLabel]

I have upgraded to a very fast connection

Still, when i turn on my 5 yr old lappy, despite giving me a windows desktop quite soon it takes ages to interact properly and fire up firefox

Most of the time it takes the edge off what i want to do

Which version of Windows?

[d000hg]

OO: OK but not great
Gimp: trashy GUI. There's a reason pros all fork out for Photoshop

My current PC hasn't crashed ever. Upgrade from WindowsME...

[alreadypacked]

Yeah i know that. problem is i have a lot of vendor sw installed badly on it. and i need it to blag on client sites.

if i could do an easy disk copy onto a new lappy w/o moving the problems onto the lappy i would, but i dont think i can.

so i live with the pain, and some pleasure

Have you looked at downloading the software from torrent sites, or downloading from vendor site and using the client key?

Or just get a new laptop for your own pleasure

[kandr]

Then you can start up your PC really fast, and think "oh, if only there were some decent applications".

Like what? Firefox, OpenOffice, Gimp all better than the windows alternatives and the bonus is it runs faster and never crashes, unlike Windows and its BSOD's

[TimberWolf]

Intel giveth, microsoft taketh away.

My laptop is similar. It pretends to have booted up, but takes 20 minutes before it is fully operational. It is a cheap laptop though.

[aussielong]

I think I spotted your problem

Yeah i know that. problem is i have a lot of vendor sw installed badly on it. and i need it to blag on client sites.

if i could do an easy disk copy onto a new lappy w/o moving the problems onto the lappy i would, but i dont think i can.

so i live with the pain, and some pleasure

[administrator]

I think I spotted your problem

Yup, upgrading your internet connection will not help. I would think of an analogy but can't be arsed. How much memory has your laptop got in it? Any less than 2GB is not enough IMO.

[d000hg]

One word......Linux

Then you can start up your PC really fast, and think "oh, if only there were some decent applications".

[alreadypacked]

I have upgraded to a very fast connection

Still, when i turn on my 5 yr old lappy, despite giving me a windows desktop quite soon it takes ages to interact properly and fire up firefox

Most of the time it takes the edge off what i want to do

I think I spotted your problem

[kandr]

So obvious Kandehar. Not at all. Any thought that comes into my head has to be stalled. PCs were faster in 1992 with 286s. Intel giveth, microsoft taketh away.

One word......Linux