Seriously, dude, people treat Microsoft like the mentally challenged kid in class.
"Oh, look, he can tie his shoes. Such a smart boy! Oh, joy, he can comb his hair! This is awesome!"
Microsoft took EIGHT YEARS to leak a beta that runs faster than another eight year old operating system (XP) and after releasing 10 different versions of a sub par OS that is universally hated (Vista) and people here are all in a tizzy because the beta WORKS WITH THEIR GAMES.
Well, knock me over with a Zune! How wonderful. It's the greatest OS ever made! It can work with my games and runs faster than a operating system older than dirt. What other amazing things can come from the coffers of Redmond? There is no limit to what they can achieve now!
Uh, okay, I admit, I've been downloading it all night.
Hey Paul, go get a job at one of these companies and develop an OS that can do as much as windows can (and more) and in less time. Then come back and run your mouth. If they rushed out an unfinished product you'd be the same one complaining that they rushed it so just shaddap you damn hypocrite.
P.S. For something to be universally hated everyone has to hate it. You are NOT everyone!
You mean an OS that's finally a little bit faster in less than 8 years and with a couple of thousand people working on it? Is that supposed to be hard? Oh sorry, I forgot we're talking talking about the mentally-challenged kid. Sorry sorry, I shouldn't have so "high" expectations.
I have no problem with praising Microosoft, but can we please praise them for doing something noteworthy, like supporting SLi in the next release or getting rid of the registry and WGA? Come on, praising Microsoft because Windows 7 runs faster than an eight year old OS and another OS that is slow as molasses (Vista) just seems a little bit stupid. And I don't know what my ability to code has to do with anything. You think Steve Ballmer can code? Hell, Bill Gates hasn't coded anything since his years writing BASIC for the Altair. Ever since then, he's been paying people to write code, but the problem is, they're a bunch of second hand programming rejects from India.
Microsoft is one of the biggest H1b Visa employers in the country. Remember what happened to Dell when they outsourced their customer service to India? Yeah, same problem.
Rofl a Liger? ahahah that is such a funny name. i never believed it when my brother told me about this animal then im like oh ye, so whats this 'beast' called (i thought he would come up with something ridiculously obvious) 'A LIGER' .. my reply ROFL IN MY MAO 10 minutes straight.
@ Apple Paul Dude, Seriously? I don't think you get it. Are you saying that Snow Leopard will run faster than whatever version of OSX was out 8 years ago? This is HUGE. This means that people that are still on computer 8 years old will still be able to upgrade to Windows 7. People on 8 year old macs won't be able upgrade to s(l)ow Leapord (Intedl ONLY).
Well, i really dont think that Vista is all that slow. I use it on a Gateway Laptop with a Pentium Dual-Core with 3GB of RAM and it runs Vista better than XP. XP if anything is the one that runs slower. Not to mention an apparent bug that seems to hang the system where Windows Firewall disables and reenables itself before the system can be used, even on a freshly formatted machine. I had the issue on two different machines and never had a problem with it on Vista. I have had Vista (both SP1 and pre-SP1) installed on 3 different configurations (my Gateway laptop, my C2D desktop, and a Athlon XP desktop) and they ran Vista faster than XP. Seriously, the only real reason that people(Paul) say Vista is publicly hated is because of Apple propaganda and bashing it saying their systems just work. Until recently, Apple has been pulling shit out of its ass for the commercials because there isnt a lick of truth in their older commercials, and i think that if M$ really wanted to, they could do the same against Apple when Windows 7 is released, but will they, probably not cause M$ is better than that. Ya it took them only 5 years (Aug 04 for XPSP2 release). It took Microsoft 7 years to get a decent fast running OS after 98, why not take the time to do it right again. I would rather wait 5 or 8 years for another stable OS then hear people bitch and moan that Microsoft rushed things. I guess Beggars cant be Choosers, there is people who bitch it took too long, but those same people bitch when Vista just isnt up to par cause they say they rushed it.
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I'm waiting for the Windows bashers...
Why, so you can take lessons?
Well, I'm happy. It only took them eight years for this incremental upgrade. Yay.
And when it's out, it will be more like 10 years. Double yay!
P.S. Where have the idiots that thought every OS had to be slower than the previous one because "it's always been so" hidden?
snow liger is gonna be better
*bash*
Snow Liger?! Is that a future Ubuntu distro?
Seriously, dude, people treat Microsoft like the mentally challenged kid in class.
"Oh, look, he can tie his shoes. Such a smart boy! Oh, joy, he can comb his hair! This is awesome!"
Microsoft took EIGHT YEARS to leak a beta that runs faster than another eight year old operating system (XP) and after releasing 10 different versions of a sub par OS that is universally hated (Vista) and people here are all in a tizzy because the beta WORKS WITH THEIR GAMES.
Well, knock me over with a Zune! How wonderful. It's the greatest OS ever made! It can work with my games and runs faster than a operating system older than dirt. What other amazing things can come from the coffers of Redmond? There is no limit to what they can achieve now!
Uh, okay, I admit, I've been downloading it all night.
/snark
Are we talking about Zoids?!?
@bill
The snow liger is renowned for its, well, snowy magic skills.
@Paul.
Cannot be more true. The worst thing though is when people do that but don't realise it; see most of the excited posts here.
@ bill cant fart
No it'd have to be Lazy Liger or Loose Liger or Livid Liger or something of that nature...
Leaping Ligers!!
@ "All Apple" Paul Chappel
"Oh, look, he can tie his shoes. Such a smart boy! Oh, joy, he can comb his hair! This is awesome!"
That's how you talk to mentally challenged peeps? You're an asshole.
@bill can't fart:
take less beano.
Hey Paul, go get a job at one of these companies and develop an OS that can do as much as windows can (and more) and in less time. Then come back and run your mouth. If they rushed out an unfinished product you'd be the same one complaining that they rushed it so just shaddap you damn hypocrite.
P.S. For something to be universally hated everyone has to hate it. You are NOT everyone!
@Ellianth
You mean an OS that's finally a little bit faster in less than 8 years and with a couple of thousand people working on it? Is that supposed to be hard?
Oh sorry, I forgot we're talking talking about the mentally-challenged kid. Sorry sorry, I shouldn't have so "high" expectations.
I have no problem with praising Microosoft, but can we please praise them for doing something noteworthy, like supporting SLi in the next release or getting rid of the registry and WGA? Come on, praising Microsoft because Windows 7 runs faster than an eight year old OS and another OS that is slow as molasses (Vista) just seems a little bit stupid. And I don't know what my ability to code has to do with anything. You think Steve Ballmer can code? Hell, Bill Gates hasn't coded anything since his years writing BASIC for the Altair. Ever since then, he's been paying people to write code, but the problem is, they're a bunch of second hand programming rejects from India.
Microsoft is one of the biggest H1b Visa employers in the country. Remember what happened to Dell when they outsourced their customer service to India? Yeah, same problem.
Rofl a Liger? ahahah that is such a funny name. i never believed it when my brother told me about this animal then im like oh ye, so whats this 'beast' called (i thought he would come up with something ridiculously obvious) 'A LIGER' .. my reply ROFL IN MY MAO 10 minutes straight.
I still belive Microsoft should be forced to give Windows 7 away to Vista users. Vista was an unfinished flat out con.
@ Apple Paul
Dude, Seriously? I don't think you get it. Are you saying that Snow Leopard will run faster than whatever version of OSX was out 8 years ago? This is HUGE. This means that people that are still on computer 8 years old will still be able to upgrade to Windows 7. People on 8 year old macs won't be able upgrade to s(l)ow Leapord (Intedl ONLY).
Well, i really dont think that Vista is all that slow. I use it on a Gateway Laptop with a Pentium Dual-Core with 3GB of RAM and it runs Vista better than XP. XP if anything is the one that runs slower. Not to mention an apparent bug that seems to hang the system where Windows Firewall disables and reenables itself before the system can be used, even on a freshly formatted machine. I had the issue on two different machines and never had a problem with it on Vista. I have had Vista (both SP1 and pre-SP1) installed on 3 different configurations (my Gateway laptop, my C2D desktop, and a Athlon XP desktop) and they ran Vista faster than XP. Seriously, the only real reason that people(Paul) say Vista is publicly hated is because of Apple propaganda and bashing it saying their systems just work. Until recently, Apple has been pulling shit out of its ass for the commercials because there isnt a lick of truth in their older commercials, and i think that if M$ really wanted to, they could do the same against Apple when Windows 7 is released, but will they, probably not cause M$ is better than that. Ya it took them only 5 years (Aug 04 for XPSP2 release). It took Microsoft 7 years to get a decent fast running OS after 98, why not take the time to do it right again. I would rather wait 5 or 8 years for another stable OS then hear people bitch and moan that Microsoft rushed things. I guess Beggars cant be Choosers, there is people who bitch it took too long, but those same people bitch when Vista just isnt up to par cause they say they rushed it.