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It's a good day to upgrade
Getting Windows 8 for $40 and now Windows 10 for free. Easy to
understand why, because Microsoft is under humongous reverse pressure from ultraportable PCs and their operating systems. But I have a feeling it's going to effect more than the price of Windows. This reminds me of the big Microsoft antitrust trial prior to 2000. That's when Windows XP came out and ended the crappy consumer versions of Windows power users had to restart several times during the day. This huge pressure on Microsoft could result in another major improvement of quality. No more sitting on its hands, at least for a while. Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. |
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John Doe wrote: Getting Windows 8 for $40 and now Windows 10 for free. Easy to understand why, because Microsoft is under humongous reverse pressure from ultraportable PCs and their operating systems. But I have a feeling it's going to effect more than the price of Windows. This reminds me of the big Microsoft antitrust trial prior to 2000. That's when Windows XP came out and ended the crappy consumer versions of Windows power users had to restart several times during the day. This huge pressure on Microsoft could result in another major improvement of quality. No more sitting on its hands, at least for a while. Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. Go for it! Tke comfort in know that you get what you pay for. |
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Even newbie computer users should know that software doesn't necessarily
follow the rule "you get what you pay for" since its replication cost is practically zero. Macrium Reflect is worth as much as any operating system it can run on and it's free. Again... Microsoft is desperately trying to hold onto its desktop software monopoly. That's the reason it's giving away Windows 10. Just like when it was desperately defending itself in court just prior to 2000, a much improved operating system was the result. But this time its fighting market forces that are more than just the whim of some judges. This could mean serious fun for real PC users. And here we have sage advice from the self-proclaimed problem providing sewer of UseNet... -- Nomen Nescio nobody dizum.com wrote in news:f7766674b9941e1741e01cb1b82cb88d dizum.com: From: Nomen Nescio nobody dizum.com References: n61q7m$fcg$2 dont-email.me Subject: It's a good day to upgrade Message-ID: f7766674b9941e1741e01cb1b82cb88d dizum.com Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:53:48 +0100 (CET) Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Path: eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net !weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin. net!sewer!news.dizum.net!not-for-mail Organization: dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider X-Abuse: abuse dizum.com Injection-Info: sewer.dizum.com - 194.109.206.211 Xref: mx02.eternal-september.org alt.comp.os.windows-8:28691 alt.comp.os.windows-10:13350 In article n61q7m$fcg$2 dont-email.me John Doe always.look message.header wrote: Getting Windows 8 for $40 and now Windows 10 for free. Easy to understand why, because Microsoft is under humongous reverse pressure from ultraportable PCs and their operating systems. But I have a feeling it's going to effect more than the price of Windows. This reminds me of the big Microsoft antitrust trial prior to 2000. That's when Windows XP came out and ended the crappy consumer versions of Windows power users had to restart several times during the day. This huge pressure on Microsoft could result in another major improvement of quality. No more sitting on its hands, at least for a while. Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. Go for it! Tke comfort in know that you get what you pay for. |
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John Doe wrote: Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. I'm still on WinXPsp2. I have never performed a single upgrade and have no plans to upgrade until the hardware dies. Why not service pack 3? And why are you here? Admittedly, Windows XP was the first and apparently last Microsoft Windows that took Windows seriously. But hopefully that will change. Taking a look at Windows 10... I am impressed that Microsoft is making Windows look worse than ever before. Now there are even fewer theme customization options than there were in Windows 8/7/Vista. Windows borders look like ****. Fortunately, if you are using a high contrast color scheme, you can repair most of the damage simply by copying the Colors folder from the Windows 8 registry. But forget about gradient title bars. Strangely, nowadays Microsoft apparently thinks that a cool desktop background picture is all it takes to make Windows look okay. Microsoft should change the name to something other than "Windows" if it's going to destroy the look and feel of Windows. But hopefully appearance customization of the desktop will come back to Microsoft as it struggles for its life against ultraportable PCs. Or maybe it will just die. Time will tell. Next up, I will see what Microsoft has done for speech recognition in Windows. Google has already made their speech recognition practically on par with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, at least for short phrase dictation. If Microsoft wants to combat ultraportable PCs, it's going to have to improve Windows for desktop users. There are plenty of innovations Microsoft should have been doing all along. They are already happening on ultraportable PCs. If Microsoft doesn't see those things by now, it's dead. |
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On 30/12/15 23:43, John Doe wrote:
Getting Windows 8 for $40 and now Windows 10 for free. Easy to understand why, because Microsoft is under humongous reverse pressure from ultraportable PCs and their operating systems. But I have a feeling it's going to effect more than the price of Windows. This reminds me of the big Microsoft antitrust trial prior to 2000. That's when Windows XP came out and ended the crappy consumer versions of Windows power users had to restart several times during the day. This huge pressure on Microsoft could result in another major improvement of quality. No more sitting on its hands, at least for a while. Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. Actually, it was a good day to buy an HP machine for just £349 (UK pounds) (from pcworld): Why upgrade when you get all this for less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Collection Saturday Morning from their nearest store!!! *Highlights** * - The latest generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor delivers fast everyday computing - Huge 2 TB hard drive has plenty of room for all your films and music* *- **7.5 hour battery life lets you work for longer between charges - Experience powerful audio from B&O Play that's ideal for listening to music or watching films* *Fast daily computing** The *Pavilion 15 *is powered a fast Intel® Core™ i5 processor. Whether you're writing an essay, watching a film, or editing music, you can expect fast everyday computing that won't leave you waiting. You can work on more at once thanks to 8 GB of RAM. This allows you to switch quickly between open software and the web - great if you're researching an essay or like to stream music while you browse.* *2 TB hard drive** From films and music to documents and software, there's a huge amount of space to store you data on the 2 TB hard drive. With twice the storage of most laptops, you don't have to worry about running out of storage space any time soon. Backing up your most important personal files is simple to thanks to Windows Cloud connectivity. Simply sign into your Cloud account using the Windows app to backup, download and share your documents with ease.* *Everyday wireless computing** Whether you're at university, travelling or moving between meetings, you can work for longer without charging thanks to the *Pavilion 15*'s 7.5 hour battery life. AC WiFi gives you the fastest connection speeds possible. Along with responsive web browsing, this lets you enjoy smooth video playback and uninterrupted music from your favourite streaming services. *B&O Play* Forget thin, lifeless audio and enjoy your music as it's meant to be heard with B&O Play. Whether you're listening through the stereo speakers or headphones, you can expect high-quality audio with great preset options to help you get the best from your media.* *Windows 10** If you're an experienced Windows user you'll be pleased with the return of the familiar Start button and menu, while everyone will benefit from the many new and exciting features designed to make accessing what matters to you quick and easy. Working between different software or keeping an eye on social media while you work has never been easier; you can now snap up to four apps to any location on the screen for effortless multitasking. You can even create individual desktops for specific projects and tasks. __________________________________________________ _________________________ Ultrabook, Celeron, Celeron Inside, Core Inside, Intel, Intel Logo, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Inside, Intel Core, Intel Inside, Intel Inside Logo, Intel vPro, Itanium, Itanium Inside, Pentium, Pentium Inside, vPro Inside, Xeon, and Xeon Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Highlights** * - The latest generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor delivers fast everyday computing - Huge 2 TB hard drive has plenty of room for all your films and music* *- **7.5 hour battery life lets you work for longer between charges - Experience powerful audio from B&O Play that's ideal for listening to music or watching films* *Fast daily computing** The *Pavilion 15 *is powered a fast Intel® Core™ i5 processor. Whether you're writing an essay, watching a film, or editing music, you can expect fast everyday computing that won't leave you waiting. You can work on more at once thanks to 8 GB of RAM. This allows you to switch quickly between open software and the web - great if you're researching an essay or like to stream music while you browse.* *2 TB hard drive** From films and music to documents and software, there's a huge amount of space to store you data on the 2 TB hard drive. With twice the storage of most laptops, you don't have to worry about running out of storage space any time soon. Backing up your most important personal files is simple to thanks to Windows Cloud connectivity. Simply sign into your Cloud account using the Windows app to backup, download and share your documents with ease.* *Everyday wireless computing** Whether you're at university, travelling or moving between meetings, you can work for longer without charging thanks to the *Pavilion 15*'s 7.5 hour battery life. AC WiFi gives you the fastest connection speeds possible. Along with responsive web browsing, this lets you enjoy smooth video playback and uninterrupted music from your favourite streaming services. *B&O Play* Forget thin, lifeless audio and enjoy your music as it's meant to be heard with B&O Play. Whether you're listening through the stereo speakers or headphones, you can expect high-quality audio with great preset options to help you get the best from your media.* *Windows 10** If you're an experienced Windows user you'll be pleased with the return of the familiar Start button and menu, while everyone will benefit from the many new and exciting features designed to make accessing what matters to you quick and easy. Working between different software or keeping an eye on social media while you work has never been easier; you can now snap up to four apps to any location on the screen for effortless multitasking. 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John Doe wrote on 12/30/2015 6:43 PM:
Getting Windows 8 for $40 and now Windows 10 for free. Easy to understand why, because Microsoft is under humongous reverse pressure from ultraportable PCs and their operating systems. But I have a feeling it's going to effect more than the price of Windows. This reminds me of the big Microsoft antitrust trial prior to 2000. That's when Windows XP came out and ended the crappy consumer versions of Windows power users had to restart several times during the day. This huge pressure on Microsoft could result in another major improvement of quality. No more sitting on its hands, at least for a while. Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. You missed out on W7. Great OS. So far I'm unimpressed by W10 by comparison. It's getting better but almost in secret. You have to dig around to find what's new and better. Like changing the program title bar color from that horrid white. Took out the ability then put it back in. Why didn't they just ask first? Or why even contemplate changing that? White? Uh, white? It's almost as if the MS Devs like being called idiots and cursed at. Geez. Lemme see, an MS Windows dev meeting ... "Let's make all the title bars white!" "Why?" "Because we can!" "Um, what if people don't like it?" "What!? Of course they will!!!" "Why?" "I don't care!" -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net/ I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one. |
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Please learn how to post to UseNet...
-- Good Guy hello.world example.com wrote in news:n64o74$qes$1 news.mixmin.net: Path: eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.mixmin.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Good Guy hello.world example.com Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: It's a good day to upgrade Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 02:26:41 +0000 Organization: Mixmin Message-ID: n64o74$qes$1 news.mixmin.net References: n61q7m$fcg$2 dont-email.me Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------010602060102000004020802" Injection-Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 02:27:49 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news.mixmin.net; posting-host="b5f0b49311aa37f8d36d54a364894193a5757b13"; logging-data="27100"; mail-complaints-to="abuse mixmin.net" In-Reply-To: n61q7m$fcg$2 dont-email.me Xref: mx02.eternal-september.org alt.comp.os.windows-8:28698 alt.comp.os.windows-10:13388 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 30/12/15 23:43, John Doe wrote: Getting Windows 8 for $40 and now Windows 10 for free. Easy to understand why, because Microsoft is under humongous reverse pressure from ultraportable PCs and their operating systems. But I have a feeling it's going to effect more than the price of Windows. This reminds me of the big Microsoft antitrust trial prior to 2000. That's when Windows XP came out and ended the crappy consumer versions of Windows power users had to restart several times during the day. This huge pressure on Microsoft could result in another major improvement of quality. No more sitting on its hands, at least for a while. Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. Actually, it was a good day to buy an HP machine for just œ349 (UK pounds) (from pcworld): Why upgrade when you get all this for less!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Collection Saturday Morning from their nearest store!!! *Highlights** * - The latest generation Intel© CoreT i5 processor delivers fast everyday computing - Huge 2 TB hard drive has plenty of room for all your films and music* *- **7.5 hour battery life lets you work for longer between charges - Experience powerful audio from B&O Play that's ideal for listening to music or watching films* *Fast daily computing** The *Pavilion 15 *is powered a fast Intel© CoreT i5 processor. Whether you're writing an essay, watching a film, or editing music, you can expect fast everyday computing that won't leave you waiting. You can work on more at once thanks to 8 GB of RAM. This allows you to switch quickly between open software and the web - great if you're researching an essay or like to stream music while you browse.* *2 TB hard drive** From films and music to documents and software, there's a huge amount of space to store you data on the 2 TB hard drive. With twice the storage of most laptops, you don't have to worry about running out of storage space any time soon. Backing up your most important personal files is simple to thanks to Windows Cloud connectivity. Simply sign into your Cloud account using the Windows app to backup, download and share your documents with ease.* *Everyday wireless computing** Whether you're at university, travelling or moving between meetings, you can work for longer without charging thanks to the *Pavilion 15*'s 7.5 hour battery life. AC WiFi gives you the fastest connection speeds possible. Along with responsive web browsing, this lets you enjoy smooth video playback and uninterrupted music from your favourite streaming services. *B&O Play* Forget thin, lifeless audio and enjoy your music as it's meant to be heard with B&O Play. Whether you're listening through the stereo speakers or headphones, you can expect high-quality audio with great preset options to help you get the best from your media.* *Windows 10** If you're an experienced Windows user you'll be pleased with the return of the familiar Start button and menu, while everyone will benefit from the many new and exciting features designed to make accessing what matters to you quick and easy. Working between different software or keeping an eye on social media while you work has never been easier; you can now snap up to four apps to any location on the screen for effortless multitasking. You can even create individual desktops for specific projects and tasks. __________________________________________________ _________________________ Ultrabook, Celeron, Celeron Inside, Core Inside, Intel, Intel Logo, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Inside, Intel Core, Intel Inside, Intel Inside Logo, Intel vPro, Itanium, Itanium Inside, Pentium, Pentium Inside, vPro Inside, Xeon, and Xeon Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Highlights** * - The latest generation Intel© CoreT i5 processor delivers fast everyday computing - Huge 2 TB hard drive has plenty of room for all your films and music* *- **7.5 hour battery life lets you work for longer between charges - Experience powerful audio from B&O Play that's ideal for listening to music or watching films* *Fast daily computing** The *Pavilion 15 *is powered a fast Intel© CoreT i5 processor. Whether you're writing an essay, watching a film, or editing music, you can expect fast everyday computing that won't leave you waiting. You can work on more at once thanks to 8 GB of RAM. This allows you to switch quickly between open software and the web - great if you're researching an essay or like to stream music while you browse.* *2 TB hard drive** From films and music to documents and software, there's a huge amount of space to store you data on the 2 TB hard drive. With twice the storage of most laptops, you don't have to worry about running out of storage space any time soon. Backing up your most important personal files is simple to thanks to Windows Cloud connectivity. Simply sign into your Cloud account using the Windows app to backup, download and share your documents with ease.* *Everyday wireless computing** Whether you're at university, travelling or moving between meetings, you can work for longer without charging thanks to the *Pavilion 15*'s 7.5 hour battery life. AC WiFi gives you the fastest connection speeds possible. Along with responsive web browsing, this lets you enjoy smooth video playback and uninterrupted music from your favourite streaming services. *B&O Play* Forget thin, lifeless audio and enjoy your music as it's meant to be heard with B&O Play. Whether you're listening through the stereo speakers or headphones, you can expect high-quality audio with great preset options to help you get the best from your media.* *Windows 10** If you're an experienced Windows user you'll be pleased with the return of the familiar Start button and menu, while everyone will benefit from the many new and exciting features designed to make accessing what matters to you quick and easy. Working between different software or keeping an eye on social media while you work has never been easier; you can now snap up to four apps to any location on the screen for effortless multitasking. You can even create individual desktops for specific projects and tasks. 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Ed Mullen wrote:
John Doe wrote: Getting Windows 8 for $40 and now Windows 10 for free. Easy to understand why, because Microsoft is under humongous reverse pressure from ultraportable PCs and their operating systems. But I have a feeling it's going to effect more than the price of Windows. This reminds me of the big Microsoft antitrust trial prior to 2000. That's when Windows XP came out and ended the crappy consumer versions of Windows power users had to restart several times during the day. This huge pressure on Microsoft could result in another major improvement of quality. No more sitting on its hands, at least for a while. Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. You missed out on W7. Great OS. So far I'm unimpressed by W10 by comparison. It's getting better but almost in secret. You have to dig around to find what's new and better. Like changing the program title bar color from that horrid white. Took out the ability then put it back in. Why didn't they just ask first? Or why even contemplate changing that? White? Uh, white? I already expounded on the look and feel problem, in another post. Yes, it seems to be getting worse. But the destruction of Windows' look and feel was already happening by Windows 7. The inability to grab only a sliver of the window border in the upper right-hand area was a continuation from Windows Vista. And, oddly, Microsoft decided that when a window is maximized and there's no need to grab a window border, we shouldn't be able to slap the pointer against the right-hand side and click the scrollbar without looking. Instead, we should have to aim for the scrollbar. But that one might have been part of the works even as soon as Windows XP. I look forward to them doing an about-face on the desktop look and feel problem. I do think it's an indicator, a good sign of whether they get it or not. If they don't get it soon, they probably will get smushed. But don't be surprised if some federal judges come to their rescue. |
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On 01/01/16 03:55, John Doe wrote:
Please learn how to post to UseNet... Please learn how not top talk rubbish on a newsgroup. And by the way **** OFF FOR X-POSTING TO USELESS NEWSGROUPS. From: John Doe Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.comp.os.windows-10,free.usenet,free.spirit Subject: It's a good day to upgrade Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 03:55:16 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 363 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 03:55:16 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="971e39c6c142e9e5acfce68201ce02c9"; logging-data="29864"; "; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19B4BJnJj6uMrb4febF9D0ByyfZHu0pU SE=" User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.05 Cancel-Lock: sha1:b9JFehDvGt+3DyDaWbooAKKd9IQ= |
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NO! YOU **** OFF!!
AND YOUR MOTHER TOO, YOU NINCOMPOOP!!! Good Guy wrote in news:n64uoe$3fh$1 @news.mixmin.net: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 01/01/16 03:55, John Doe wrote: Please learn how to post to UseNet... Please learn how not top talk rubbish on a newsgroup. And by the way **** OFF FOR X-POSTING TO USELESS NEWSGROUPS. |
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On 01/01/16 04:33, John Doe wrote:
NO! YOU **** OFF!! AND YOUR MOTHER TOO, YOU NINCOMPOOP!!! */Have a miserable new year and stop bonking your daughter. In my country we execute children ****ers like you./* |
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It's a good day to upgrade
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Hash: SHA256 On 2015-12-31 5:52 PM, John Doe wrote: CRNG wrote: John Doe wrote: Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. I'm still on WinXPsp2. I have never performed a single upgrade and have no plans to upgrade until the hardware dies. Why not service pack 3? And why are you here? Admittedly, Windows XP was the first and apparently last Microsoft Windows that took Windows seriously. But hopefully that will change. You're ignoring Windows 7 which was a masterpiece and Windows 10 which, according to a list published today, is the version of Windows with the least vulnerabilities. It fares better than OS X, iOS, Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE, Debian Linux and every other version of Windows. It's kind of hard to acknowledge that and claim that it isn't "serious." Taking a look at Windows 10... I am impressed that Microsoft is making Windows look worse than ever before. Now there are even fewer theme customization options than there were in Windows 8/7/Vista. Windows borders look like ****. Fortunately, if you are using a high contrast color scheme, you can repair most of the damage simply by copying the Colors folder from the Windows 8 registry. But forget about gradient title bars. Gradient title bars are seriously out of style. If you like that sort of thing, you can use GNU/Linux though: they have a number of window decorations that are embarrassingly ugly in KDE and GNOME. Strangely, nowadays Microsoft apparently thinks that a cool desktop background picture is all it takes to make Windows look okay. Microsoft should change the name to something other than "Windows" if it's going to destroy the look and feel of Windows. But hopefully appearance customization of the desktop will come back to Microsoft as it struggles for its life against ultraportable PCs. Or maybe it will just die. Time will tell. Windows is whatever Microsoft wants it to be. As a mere user, you have no say as to what the corporation decides to do with it. You can moan and bitch all that you want but they are doing what they believe is best for the users knowing very well that they will alienate some of the users who each have a varying definition of what a "pure" Windows is supposed to be. You're free to use GNU/Linux and to customize your desktop to whatever look and operation you believe is most appropriate but your comments about Windows, so far, are completely off the mark. Next up, I will see what Microsoft has done for speech recognition in Windows. Google has already made their speech recognition practically on par with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, at least for short phrase dictation. If Microsoft wants to combat ultraportable PCs, it's going to have to improve Windows for desktop users. There are plenty of innovations Microsoft should have been doing all along. They are already happening on ultraportable PCs. If Microsoft doesn't see those things by now, it's dead. People have been claiming that Microsoft is dead since Windows 1.0. Meanwhile, it has only grown since then and become increasingly influential. With Jobs, it was about domination and we can argue that the company was against standards and all about forcing unwelcome technologies down our throats. Under Ballmer, there was a greater acceptance of open standards and more response to what users truly wanted. With Nadella, Microsoft has actually overtaken Apple when it comes to innovation (see Hololens and the SurfaceBook as excellent examples). You seem to have closed your eyes to reality and made up an entirely new one. - -- Slimer EFF & OpenMedia member / IFAW, Mozilla & PETA supporter "They're not problems. They're tired old FUD. Slimer's attack on nvidia drivers in particular fly in the face of very well established facts." - - GNU/Linux "advocate" JEDIDIAH, denying that there are problems with NVIDIA's driver in the operating system. Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWhrS4AAoJEIwFfgf/rr+uYAYH/2LPWfP2IrR0OdI89agAvpFJ OgnPhLcRNP3zLc7k6/seDH2EmGBcNIKyofcL9JE6ck0n1IvaFrqVum0tDopf6l6i LxyErjvxpiDPnHK99ekQ9eJJpHNYlXnDBzAyXzJsvS8N/oLYqgd1/we56uULGEGU i8hsCawKZpCYJzt8DN3khx0ffgSDIehLdKIKkdXuybiae85glL UxkMXVhYb3IcOw H+lEPmsbCWJP9nI0kNM5wh3IwFn5tmBWEKMPEHbPK2zLDirkdV NJdOHJxv7YTtGH AZWOMqsWoa49roG9S/UkAU4ha9QFTCc3dJXppT5fVe/7Do2a6BIeu+1pT+Fg72Y= =x6Ot -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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It's a good day to upgrade
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Hash: SHA256 On 2015-12-31 9:52 PM, Ed Mullen wrote: John Doe wrote on 12/30/2015 6:43 PM: Getting Windows 8 for $40 and now Windows 10 for free. Easy to understand why, because Microsoft is under humongous reverse pressure from ultraportable PCs and their operating systems. But I have a feeling it's going to effect more than the price of Windows. This reminds me of the big Microsoft antitrust trial prior to 2000. That's when Windows XP came out and ended the crappy consumer versions of Windows power users had to restart several times during the day. This huge pressure on Microsoft could result in another major improvement of quality. No more sitting on its hands, at least for a while. Time to upgrade. For me, much earlier than usual. I didn't even use Windows Vista or Windows 7. You missed out on W7. Great OS. So far I'm unimpressed by W10 by comparison. It's getting better but almost in secret. You have to dig around to find what's new and better. Like changing the program title bar color from that horrid white. Took out the ability then put it back in. Why didn't they just ask first? Or why even contemplate changing that? White? Uh, white? It's almost as if the MS Devs like being called idiots and cursed at. Geez. Lemme see, an MS Windows dev meeting ... "Let's make all the title bars white!" "Why?" "Because we can!" "Um, what if people don't like it?" "What!? Of course they will!!!" "Why?" "I don't care!" I'll be the first one to admit that Microsoft removed certain personalization options in Windows, however I wonder how Microsoft's decision to turn all title bars white is any different from Apple's decision to make their operating system look a certain way regardless of what the user desires. We probably shouldn't be comparing to Apple as a way of apologizing for what Microsoft did but clearly, it isn't the only one doing such things. - -- Slimer EFF & OpenMedia member / IFAW, Mozilla & PETA supporter "They're not problems. They're tired old FUD. Slimer's attack on nvidia drivers in particular fly in the face of very well established facts." - - GNU/Linux "advocate" JEDIDIAH, denying that there are problems with NVIDIA's driver in the operating system. Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWhrWVAAoJEIwFfgf/rr+uLfQH/295goqdZaosjQmxgtBvWAK1 d/JXN5HeDQkAJaBAxRAMJapAaYNp4cMIIB69nhINmRSTAnfGJe1f/w+8jPNtTKDO uDOPLXO1gcxc/EzNaA7wRCXZy+jR8GlJ26AIRncv7oRUM9eYklmhAG032+iq1P9 X CgyNbNkcM5ngb7RzzNHM/s7wFchTHhN3jd0alTlT13NIqqe31N8Di8H9UiUijnlb lpKdYV1JB4TcIyV9ZjSt97WGZCSwrT7PWzaFNgaUyadoyvu8XM NR/fuA8khbwkUL 2WSQUrj6LdyQiFwZbfE9G1xUGYYucOoZNzl60YiFY/TMZwWUPqQ18Zl2t6o06EU= =8A+p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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It's a good day to upgrade
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Hash: SHA256 On 2015-12-31 10:55 PM, John Doe wrote: Please learn how to post to UseNet... Says the guy who posted ABOVE the quoted content! - -- Slimer EFF & OpenMedia member / IFAW, Mozilla & PETA supporter "They're not problems. They're tired old FUD. Slimer's attack on nvidia drivers in particular fly in the face of very well established facts." - - GNU/Linux "advocate" JEDIDIAH, denying that there are problems with NVIDIA's driver in the operating system. Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWhrW7AAoJEIwFfgf/rr+uT9EH/00TNh0PmRuX9UFNCqycrkSY LR20Oe4NcaTCi6hlo4NOO8F7L4CeAucWA3OiZD3JA6896XLiH/oU+V7CmEs0Y0KY /NnTBMwVePNxRUPzMJo7gHaGfovEvrQZRLQJ6YsY/wwiO/qsI8Im3Inw77HGAw4x mBkvBggQZ2ly1DT4HixANYftWSlVKEhX+HE5MVkgeWm/3zsMO5rXQ9CFdn00mpvn dpwcRPuZN2xKPXrl7F5ncBz6ES4L0K+M+yDvHIXOiKE/1uoUTgqbqNBSqH86i6Yf 1iFaCsRuVXtYppZ2s4qRpXVltYBJEM9QsGY6aYDRIDI3hS9Hfb Gh/FrfY0kCqqg= =uTAX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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On 01/01/2016 18:21, Slimer wrote:
.... Microsoft removed certain personalization options in Windows, .... And then they are adding them again. My Win10 title bars are dark blue, like the accent color I chose in PC Settings - Personalization. |
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