Oh, Vista. I know people who used to work for Microsoft and the IT guys at my work love me so I get the gossip on how Vista was supposed to do some really cool shit. However, Microsoft promised everyone stuff before they could work about the bugs, and the version that still had all the shit, crashed every single time.
Andy just built a new computer and he's going to put Vista on it, so I'll let you know what he thinks. Right now it has no operating system on it, so he doesn't have to deal with the upgrades and crap like that.
It could be very cool, or it could be very bad. He's going to give it a try and then go back to XP if he doesn't like it. :-)
Sweeeeet - I never thought about using parental controls to hide one's own porn! Heh heh. Good idea. ;-)
But this sounds like typical Microsoft bloatware. Which, yes, you can make run on a Mac if you really really want, but really, why would you? ;-)
I maintain a license only for MS Word, and only because of certain things that I must be able to use in native file-format. However, it is still buggy as all get out and I can get the application to crash - consistently - using standard features in less than two minutes. I think the last time I used a stable Mac release of MS Word was in the 1990s -- MS Word 5.1. Everything since then has been an absolute nightmare.
Besides, now that the new Macs are running on a Unix kernal, we can access all sorts of Open Source software -- all of which is free, and all of which is far more stable (so far, completely stable!) than anything I've ever purchased from Microsoft.
I never thought about using parental controls to hide one's own porn! Hehe! The single gal thinks of such impositions children might bring. Actually that's what I thought the bit on my friend's new computer was for - the bit that needed a fingerprint and a code to open it - *cough* She looked at me funny!
Yeup, microsoft stuff sucks, but it's hard to keep any other system if you want to communicate with people using it, which is almost everyone of course. *facepalm* Good for you for managing it.
Well, Microsoft claims their stuff is cross-platform, and in all honesty, I haven't had any problems porting their stuff to/from PCs/Macs -- it's just the using the bloatware that tends to become problematic.
I've worked on enough platforms to feel confident that the problem isn't just a Mac one -- MS Word is buggy in very different (yet consistent) ways on Windows, on NT, etc. Other than their Office package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), I have never had cause to find out what else they make, so perhaps they are far less platform-compatible on other applications, but if you're only 'communicating' with stuff like MS Word then it isn't a major problem.
I really only have the MS Word to double-check that the document has ported correctly when I pull it into something like AbiWord or NeoOffice -- both Open Source apps that are very stable and can open/save in MS Word-native format. Again, though, if I don't absolutely have to, I avoid it -- the other apps are stable and saving in their own format isn't a problem if I'm the only one
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Mine is only a year old and I am so not upgrading until I'm forced to. Where do these people get their money to run in and buy it at midnight and upgrade their computers?? O_o
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*goes back to her iBook which has been able to do all that for the last 5 years*
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I shoulda stuck with macs.
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My computers are 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 years old...
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Probably all the good shit required even more memory. *headesk*
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It could be very cool, or it could be very bad. He's going to give it a try and then go back to XP if he doesn't like it. :-)
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But this sounds like typical Microsoft bloatware. Which, yes, you can make run on a Mac if you really really want, but really, why would you? ;-)
I maintain a license only for MS Word, and only because of certain things that I must be able to use in native file-format. However, it is still buggy as all get out and I can get the application to crash - consistently - using standard features in less than two minutes. I think the last time I used a stable Mac release of MS Word was in the 1990s -- MS Word 5.1. Everything since then has been an absolute nightmare.
Besides, now that the new Macs are running on a Unix kernal, we can access all sorts of Open Source software -- all of which is free, and all of which is far more stable (so far, completely stable!) than anything I've ever purchased from Microsoft.
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Hehe! The single gal thinks of such impositions children might bring. Actually that's what I thought the bit on my friend's new computer was for - the bit that needed a fingerprint and a code to open it - *cough* She looked at me funny!
Yeup, microsoft stuff sucks, but it's hard to keep any other system if you want to communicate with people using it, which is almost everyone of course. *facepalm* Good for you for managing it.
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I've worked on enough platforms to feel confident that the problem isn't just a Mac one -- MS Word is buggy in very different (yet consistent) ways on Windows, on NT, etc. Other than their Office package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), I have never had cause to find out what else they make, so perhaps they are far less platform-compatible on other applications, but if you're only 'communicating' with stuff like MS Word then it isn't a major problem.
I really only have the MS Word to double-check that the document has ported correctly when I pull it into something like AbiWord or NeoOffice -- both Open Source apps that are very stable and can open/save in MS Word-native format. Again, though, if I don't absolutely have to, I avoid it -- the other apps are stable and saving in their own format isn't a problem if I'm the only one ( ... )
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lol :rollseyes: @ Microsoft. I don't know what all the hype is about. My PC is 2 years old and does everything I want it to.
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