Just my views


BUT IT'S SHIT

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(stefd O Genki Desu Ka, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:33, archived)

i actually like XP a lot

( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:33, archived)

seconded
people seem to complain about it just because its Microsoft which isnt all that grown up.

Its reliable for the most part and convienient, i havent had to install a driver for ages for example.
(m1k3k, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:34, archived)

yep, true
whenever i get any fatal errors, driver problems etc, XP is always able to fix them. since i got XP my computer hasn't completely died once. it used to die every few months when I had 98
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:37, archived)

i have a mac
/smug
so I don't get fatal errors or driver problems

/ unsmug
(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:45, archived)

ha
All operating systems have their faults, Mac included, so less of the smug dearie.
( Jolly Fucking Lumas, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:47, archived)

had PC's for 10 years
got a mac last year

will never go back to PC - unless a better operating sytem comes along
(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:51, archived)

PS
I don't think I've ever been called dearie before! kind of cute
(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:51, archived)

I can use macs
and windows and learning linux.. but I likes Windows best. Personal choice, it's all about how you use it. This pc never has virii or trojans or spyware or crashes and it's XP.
I never really liked the way Macs work, but that's cos I am a dense bitch. Possibly why Linux troubles me too.
( Jolly Fucking Lumas, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:56, archived)

yes you are a dense bitch
and proud of it as well

*pats head*
( mostly harmless John Leslie raped me on, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:58, archived)

hurrah
I can't think of a thing to do in this compo. I am blinded by pain. I am having to drink tea through a straw and can't eat any food and I'm unhappy. *cries*
( Jolly Fucking Lumas, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 11:00, archived)

pah!
I spit on all you people with windows. Up the Linux!
( sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:52, archived)

true
but macs seem to have a lot less of 'em. and there's none of that driver nonsense to be messing about with.
( frunt send offensive words: offensivewords at gmail, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:56, archived)

HA. i care to disagree
I know of one operating system that is 100% imune to "fatal errors" Amiga OS.. I started with an a1200 desktop machne running 1.1 now have a towerd a1200 running 3.9 have been an active member of the community for 20 years using the os consistantly and not once have I recieved a fatal error.. even when hacking apart the kernel (when in use) and multitasking with 301 clocks,2games and Ibrowse2.3 so HA
(DeltaDragon, Tue 15 Jun 2004, 20:37, archived)

If you work in IT
then it's fun arguing with your 45yr old boss who despises Microsoft and all things Gates. It's so easy to argue that he's wrong, as Bill Gates is the world's richest man. Woo
( pattwat, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:37, archived)

and
ofcourse, that makes McDonald's better food than steak...
(radja, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:50, archived)

Fair point
McDonalds more popular than steak ($$$ speaking) though
( pattwat, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 11:06, archived)

ditto

apart from the security patch problems

its more user friendly than previous editions
( mostly harmless John Leslie raped me on, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:34, archived)

Yup, it's not bad.
But being second most popular OS alongside Win95 makes it virus-prone if left to its own devices + internet.
( CaroWallis came back from the dead, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:36, archived)

yeah
thats where the virus checkers make their wonga.

windows is easily corrupted if not handled with care
( mostly harmless John Leslie raped me on, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:39, archived)

I know. My PC must have had ALL TEH VIRUSES*...
... including Sasser a short while back.
Got Norton now though, praise be!

*Virii? Help, grammarians!
( CaroWallis came back from the dead, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:42, archived)

yes, virii

( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:45, archived)

mine (touch wood) hasnt had any

norton virus and firewall is quite good
( mostly harmless John Leslie raped me on, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:46, archived)

It's viruses
I didn't write this:

"...There is no such word as 'virii'. This is faux Latin hypercorrectness. Latin words ending in -us form the plural in -i if they're second declension nouns. However, 'virus' is not. It is a fourth declension mass noun, and has no distinct plural. Its English plural is simply 'viruses'."
( UncleLewy, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 16:46, archived)

tis much better than ME
which is what I am stuck with due to my family being annoying
( tico, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:35, archived)

show them screenshots
of all the lovely skins =D
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:36, archived)

the pc wont take it anyway
im only using a 400mhz
but im starting my new job soon which means (hopefully) free laptops all round :)
( tico, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:41, archived)

upgrade it anyway
will they notice?
( the_fabulous_dancing_yak You like game? You come see 5punk.co.uk. You like!, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:41, archived)

probably not
but im poor and don't do pirates of OSs...it only gets you into trouble later
( tico, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:44, archived)

in fact I do like XP
just thought it would be funny

ha
ha
ha
ha
KILL GATES
(stefd O Genki Desu Ka, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:35, archived)

I like gates.
good for keeping the sheep in.
( Kolonel, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:37, archived)

he made all that money on his own accord
he's not stolen it, he's earned it from revolutionising the computer world.

i like him
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:41, archived)

I'd like to meet this gate you speak of

( Kolonel, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:42, archived)

you can't blame the guy for being
a success I agree, but its the success of a monopoly and people having little or no fuckin choice about whether to buy is software or no

but you can blame him for the shoddy buisness practices, and releasing software that hasn't been properly tested, and making the computer run for the benefit of the operating system instead of the other way round
(negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:48, archived)

what is xp?
.
(blingblong, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:37, archived)

some sort of iostream decombobulator, i've head

( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:41, archived)

It's a good OS
Tech geeks don't like it, but if they had their way, it'd be all code like The Matrix or some such shit.
( chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:36, archived)

yeah and you'd have to write some huge line of code to open notepad
like in linux
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:39, archived)

TJ:
doesn't really fit the QotW as I was party to the conversation ... but a demonstration of the evil genius of school children:

"he was a christian, so we called him jew-boy and smashed his asthma inhaler"
( Dr. Shambolic loverable rouge, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:37, archived)

Agreed
I fucking hate XP. It's all a matter of taste I suppose, but I like to be in control of my PC and not have it do everything automatically for me.

/controversy..?
( madrabbi, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:37, archived)

well
you plug stuff in and it works unlike anything else where you have to install the drivers and lots of othe shit
( Naive Amoeba Hardly ever goes on this site anymore., Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:40, archived)

I prefer win2k
It does everything I need it to, uses less memory, and doesn't have a horrid GUI that I have to turn off/customise.
( custard needs a reset button for his life, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:42, archived)

well just turn off all the auto crap then
it's the best OS when you've done that
(peewee13, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:40, archived)

Oh
alright. I'll try that soon =) ta.
( madrabbi, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:43, archived)

Here
here.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Fri 11 Jun 2004, 10:44, archived)