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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 12:46 PM Original message |
Ballmer: Microsoft Unlikely To Top Vista's 'Success' |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. VIsta is wonderful - the best OS MS has ever made |
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kansasblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I have it on one of my laptops. I've had some data coruption issues. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yea, but if you're a full-time Mac evangelist it obviously sucks ass.. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. haha :) |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I use both a Mac and a Windows machine. My old XP laptop crashed, so |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Even with all of the Back doors ? |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Faint praise IMO n/t |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Corruption issues? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Nope. Vista works flawlessly for me |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Never had a problem with it. |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
55. It's the O/S on my computer that I use for graphic and video production, ... |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Vista is a pain in the tuckus... |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Vista has never had problems on the hundreds of systems I've installed it on for my clients. |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
56. If you have been using industry standard s/w and switched to Vista... |
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yayden (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Vista is the new ME |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. A standard Windows Update just corrupted my wife's Vista laptop. |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
57. That's happened to me too. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. All I'll say is that there is a world of difference between MS's server OSs and the home ones. n/t |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
58. Got that right. |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. now there's some faint praise. |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Tried it, despised it |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Not everyone can devote weekly hours to updating Linux. |
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RedLetterRev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Not necessarily the case |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I would NEVER touch Linux. |
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anguna (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-24-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. But without saying WHY. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Ubuntu is easier to use and update than windows |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. You don't need to update Windows at all. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Nor do you need to update Linux |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Try video production. Audio production. |
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anguna (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-24-08 06:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Finally, a relevant point. Yay. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. I have deployed hundreds of Linux systems |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 02:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You're not a true Linux user. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Interesting |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. That may actually be a wise sales policy. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-23-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Dude, not sure who you are hanging with |
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anguna (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-24-08 07:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Thank you. |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 03:23 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Make that years between reboots |
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anguna (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-24-08 05:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Hardcore, I see. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-24-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Linux fanatics...like you...are what got into my craw. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 02:18 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. So what if I just like Linux, and don't care for Windows? |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:29 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Well, some people make their own paper. |
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anguna (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-24-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. So you decide what a true user is, which is "surprisingly" a Straw Man. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. It IS the truth. I have heard it from your fellow Linux fanatics. |
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anguna (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-24-08 05:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Yes, you do. Plus... |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 04:35 AM Response to Reply #42 |
54. That's not what Linux acolytes tell me. |
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anguna (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-24-08 04:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
40. Not everyone (hardly anyone) needs to. |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
59. Nor can they spend long hours trying to get Vista to work right either. |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. I agree with Ballmer, even though he is on meth. |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. SOunds like he's saying it's downhil from here! |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. This guy is on meth???? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Without a doubt. n/t |
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Upfront (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Vista is a pain! |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-21-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'll stay with XP. If I have to move on I'll likely move to Mac rather than |
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mr1956 (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. I switched to a Mac |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 02:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Once you get use to the minor differences |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. Microsoft OS alternating curse. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-22-08 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. Vista, in my experience has been a fine OS |
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truedemm (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-26-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
60. Vista |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-24-08 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. Snort another line, Ballmer, Vista sucks donkey balls. n/t |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-25-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
49. Vista absolutely sucks and is a dinosaur in that it takes far too much effort |
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