Re: OT Has anybody tried Windows 7? - rather put my head in a microwave
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"Epicurus" <Epic...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Christopher A. Lee wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:08:14 GMT, Epicurus <Epic...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Christopher A. Lee wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:38:25 +0000, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Christopher A. Lee <ca...@optonline.net> wrote in
>>>> news:p5kcb5lq551pl1ovt...@4ax.com:
>>>>
>>>>> Has anybody here tried Windows 7?
>>>>>
>>>>> Does it give any advantages over Vista? Although I suppose anything
>>>>> would because it's such a dog.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have they cleaned up home networking which has too many deficiencies
>>>>> in Vista? Like networked printers identified internally by IP address
>>>>> not URL so you have to deinstall and reinstall if they get assigned
>>>>> different IP addies? I ended up needing fixed IP addresses for
>>>>> everything otherwise computers and networked devices would get lost if
>>>>> things were powered back on in a different order.
>>>>>
>>>>> They also need to clean up recovery of programs with open files when a
>>>>> network connection is dropped and recovered.
>>>> I must answer your question with another question.....
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever seen a Micro$oft product that is ready for sale on the
>>>> first 3 versions?
>>>>
>>>> Why put yourself through the torture of being a Micro$oft alpha tester
>>>> when you can wait a year or two until the other bleeding-edge fanbois
>>>> have gotten at least the major bugs to the point where it's moderately
>>>> stable?
>>>
>>> You can't help it when it comes with the machine.
>>
>> You can't install an operating system?
>
> Idiot.
Oh, I'm sorry, If I knew you were intellectually disabled I
wouldn't have made fun of your inability to install an O/S.
Is your brain damage congenital or were you dropped on your head?
>>> This time around I
>>> had to replace a PC that came with ME and got upgraded to XP before it
>>> died, and also a laptop when the previous one with XP's mother board
>>> failed.
>>
>> You make it sound like operating systems are hardwired and you need
>> a technician to upgrade your software.
>
> Hardly, moron.
Do you mean you are hardly a Moron or you are a Moron who took it hard?
> I was installing operating systems almost 40 years ago
And you still haven't finished! B^D
Perhaps you should have tried putting one in a computer
instead of stuffing floppy disks up your arse.
> father was still in diapers.
I guess that stops him stuffing floppy disks up his arse..
...it must have been your mother that taught you.
>
>>>> Notice how WinXPSP3 runs for weeks, now, without crashing...instead of
>>>> hours....(c;]
>>>
>>> They still haven't cleaned up their Vista networking which has some
>>> pretty basic problems.
>>
>> I know one site which ran Vista on 450 machines for six months before
>> deciding they would rather put their head in a microwave, and
>> backed out every machine and now run XP again.
>>
>> In my view Microslop should be liable for costs.
>>
>> Their days are numbered ever since Red Flag Linux appeared.
>>
>> Naturally the Chinese would not run any government or
>> business apps on such a fragile platform with crap
>> security.. (at the least they would suspect CIA backdoors,
>> although I can't imagine Microslop being that competent)
>>
>> So once the Chinese went Linux, it is just a matter of time
>> before they dominate the software distros, just as they
>> will dominate the hardware market.
>>
>>