Yeah and the fact is that there really isn't that much to upgrade anymore, in my opinion. 

I think Windows 7 will surprise you and your so-called "facts."

Well, no, he's right... the basic operating system doesnt change that much, I mean it has hardly changed since Win95. If everyone went 64bit tomorrow, then theres a big change in operating system. Windows is so clogged full of shit I never use, I wish Microsoft would release a basic stripped back version of Windows. No extras. Like DOS was until they started adding little things.

That said, I have extensively used Vista, and really, it blows goats. Thats what happens when Microsoft try to out Apple Apple. I stayed with XP.

Thats what happens when Microsoft try to out Apple Apple.

That's always been Windows' problem. My basic issue with windows which makes the whole line inferior to DOS is that it forces you to learn the architecture of the OS in order to remove things rather than to add things. With DOS, it's true it wasn't very user-friendly, but the motivation to learn how to use it was that you wanted the resulting good that came out of it. With Windows it's obviously more user-friendly, but I spend most of my time learning the guts of it in order to get rid of bullshit I don't want. The thing is A)the motivation to learn a system to strip it down is lower than the motivation to learn it to improve it, and B )my natural instinct when a system forces you to do much learning for such little reward is fuck it, I'll find something easier.

I HAVE scaled back versions of WinXP and Vista ...
We made 'em so MOST of the "shit" is out of them, and they still work perfectly ...

Thrash shits too, Fuse.

Thrash shits.

Damn, do I have to quote that too?

Thats what happens when Microsoft try to out Apple Apple.

That's always been Windows' problem. My basic issue with windows which makes the whole line inferior to DOS is that it forces you to learn the architecture of the OS in order to remove things rather than to add things. With DOS, it's true it wasn't very user-friendly, but the motivation to learn how to use it was that you wanted the resulting good that came out of it. With Windows it's obviously more user-friendly, but I spend most of my time learning the guts of it in order to get rid of bullshit I don't want. The thing is A)the motivation to learn a system to strip it down is lower than the motivation to learn it to improve it, and B )my natural instinct when a system forces you to do much learning for such little reward is fuck it, I'll find something easier.

Yeah, I actually completely missed the Windows 3.1 experience because I refused to use it instead of DOS.  I was always ranting about how it was going to turn the computing world into a McDonald's employee's idiot picture-menu.  And I was pretty much right, but now I also see the advantages of that world.

But we all fondly remember the hours and hours spent trying to get autoexec.bat to bring up a list of all of our programs and actually run them right.  I kinda miss those days.

I'd go back to DOS tomorrow if it'd run some of the stuff I use

I'd go back to DOS tomorrow if it'd run some of the stuff I use

tough to look @ porn with an 80-char width limitation, huh?

Download SEA.

next non-apple machine I run will be a 2nd hand box with Linux on it. Fuck paying for computing anymore

You can install OS X on a PC you know.

I should, I have Leopard.

I want to install a Linux file server to back up all my wife's stuff. It's one of many things I want to do.

Go with Ubuntu. It pwn3s.

Installing Leopard on a PC

The best (least crash-prone) computer I own is a 386 with a DOS base, and Win 3.1 and OS/2 installed. It's my AK47 to modernity's M16.

pfft... my Commodore plus4 never lets me down.

And if I really wanted to, I could go online with it.

Actually, have you tried FreeSpire?
I love it, especially for laptops ...

The best (least crash-prone) computer I own is a 386 with a DOS base, and Win 3.1 and OS/2 installed. It's my AK47 to modernity's M16.

A to the motherfucking K, homeboy.

I had a P2/233 that was a workhorse ...

6/9 of my computers are running on Pentium M (Banias) procs.
I have one that only pulls 45W under full load (30W @ idle!).

Dude! Sweet! Nice one! Right the fuck on!!!!!

OK, so what the hell does that mean?

hahaha ...

Dude! Sweet! Nice one! Right the fuck on!!!!!

OK, so what the hell does that mean?

Do you know how much power the nearest lightbulb to you pulls?

Like, is it an energy-efficient 11W bulb, or a dim 40W incandescent, or a blazing 100W spot?

It means that you're not programmer, engineer, or a tech; you're a USER ...

NERDS!

Uhm, you don't fall into the "USER" category, bro ...

Oh.

Forget I said anything.

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