People are Idiots

[RudeCat7]

I think the tone of these windows people would change considerably if they all had to shell out the full retail price for windows and all the kewl appz they run.
I know most of these guys just acquired windows because it came on their pc pre-installed, and all their kewl appz were dled from Kazaa or the like.

You're not gonna be able to run these warez for long, kiddies!!!

Longhorn 2005  

[Fett101]

quote:Originally posted by RudeCat8.0:
I think the tone of these windows people would change considerably if they all had to shell out the full retail price for windows and all the kewl appz they run.

I'd actually pay out for XP after using it for so long. Hell, unless MS gives some extra features in Longhorn, I might be staying with XP for a while.

As for other software. I doubt I use d/l software more then once. I usually d/l whatever because I happen to need it for some reason, and then just delete it. All my other software is freeware from cnet.

[Calum]

extra features, hah!

enjoy, sucker, at least gimp , mozilla and openoffice run in windows too, lets hope microsoft don't classify them as 'unsavoury' or whatever the official term is, oh actually, let me think, i don't really give a SHIT, since i use linux...

[hm_murdock]

I feel lucky, seeing as I use a hardware platform in which the quality of OS selections are

Mac OS 9 (good)
Mac OS X (Damn good)
Linux (Damn good)
And on some of my older Macs, Be OS (Damn good)

As well as, I'm sure countless others. It's just that the two main choices (Mac OS and Linux) are both good, unlike Windows (mediocre at best) and Linux/UNIX (damn good). So, on PCs, I really only have one choice, Linux or UNIX based OSes. Windows isn't really a choice, it's just something I put on the HD so I can fiddle with X Wing Alliance or TIE Fighter or some other old game that doesn't like VPC and argues with Wine.

[RudeCat7]

quote: I'd actually pay out for XP after using it for so long.  

...But he wont, talk is cheap....

[Fett101]

Actually, the Activation thing is what would drive me away from buying it.

[portaloo]

ya know, i realy don't give a shit about what os i'm running as long as it works. i use xp, it works. i just can't be bothered downloading almost 2 gigs over a modem.

[Master of Reality]

quote:Originally posted by Macman / Bob:
I just realized something. People are idiots.

[jtpenrod]

quote:I'd actually pay out for XP after using it for so long. Hell, unless MS gives some extra features in Longhorn, I might be staying with XP for a while.

Or until M$ decides to stop activating it for you.    
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