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Truth be told, if it was up to me I'd still like to be running Windows 98 SE on my personal computer. I like to have CONTROL of MY PC, control of my hardware and software. Despite the dinosaur that is '98 I am reminiscent of the days when I actually had real access to my PC.
Compared to XP and especially Vista, 98 has almost zero overhead and is super fast.
XP takes a little more control from the user, dumbs things down a bit and assumes we
don't know what the heck we are doing, and is generally a more bloated OS. But its
not up to me, these days no good apps have 98 support and generally 98 too
obsolete to be of any use. That's the nature of technology and the inherent and instrinsic property of computing/IT. We all understand that.... But still I wish it could have gone down a different path.
Vista, it goes without saying but I will say it anyway, is a nightmare. Now the user is
the virus and we are not supposed to trust overself, instead trust the GOD that is MICROSOFT... Everything is dumbed down and Vista assumes we are all noobs and this is our very first operation system. It locks us down and locks us up, not so much from viruses but from ourselves, it gives total control of our system to Redmond and Washington DC, and Hollywood. The entire operating system is compromised and the only 'security' there is is we are securely locked to M$FT and Big Brother....
Vista Starter Edition is really a Big Joke right? Vista Starter disables all incoming network connections and you can only have 3 programs running at the same time! WTF?! That's only two programs more than DOS ran, and we are talking about an Operating System that is almost 20 years advanced!! Now I fully understand Vista Starter is aimed for developing nations, but that just pores salt on the wound. You're supposed to pay more for more advanced features, not pay for a crippled OS and then pay more to UPGRADE to an uncrippled one....
These sames users in developing nations are much better off staying with XP than purchasing an half-ass handicapped and mentally retarded OS that reports every action back to Redmond and Langley, and one that slows down their computer to a crawl (if M$FT expects developing nations to be on a tight budget, then MOFT knows they wouldn't be running state of the art PCs) and then having to spend money on top of that to upgrade hardware just to run Vista as fast as XP, all that work just to get back to square one and not even... Am I the only one who sees Bill Gates has no clothes?
Its not just Vista, its the overall disturbing trend of Microsoft. I wonder if the next version in 2009 will require us to submit a blood sample to validate our identity with Microsoft as part of the Windows Genuine Advantage everytime we want to download a new wallpaper that has been digitally signed by Microsoft.
Speaking of Windows Genuine Advantage, its really been nothing but a total and complete DISADVANTAGE for me the user as far as my own personal experiences are concerned. I see how it is a hugh Genuine Advantage for Bill Gates at Microsoft, but Windows Activation and the likes really screwed me up not to long ago. I had to replace my motherboard because when I was flashing a new logo to my PC the power went out, I bought a new bios but my old one was soldered onto the board so I had to desolder it but damage some of the tracks so I ordered a new Mobo. A week later my Mobo comes in and I'm so happy to get back and going, everything went fine up to until XP loaded and at welcome screen it frooze just to tell me I have to reactive.... Now its midnight and I contact MSFT and needless to say its a freaking hassle to waste 30 minutes on the phone speaking to someone in India who I don't understand and who doesn't understand me, .... finally I got it to work with autophone activation after about 20 tries... Where is the advantage in that for being a GENUINE customer?! I might as well have gotten a pirated version from boot and never mess with this freaking hassles...... From a user practicality standpoint, it surely didn't pay to be Genuine... This is what I get for being a honest person? Know I understand why so many people pirate Windows, not just for saving money, but headaches down the road.
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Truth be told, if it was up to me I'd still like to be running Windows 98 SE on my personal computer. I like to have CONTROL of MY PC, control of my hardware and software. Despite the dinosaur that is '98 I am reminiscent of the days when I actually had real access to my PC.
Compared to XP and especially Vista, 98 has almost zero overhead and is super fast.
XP takes a little more control from the user, dumbs things down a bit and assumes we
don't know what the heck we are doing, and is generally a more bloated OS. But its
not up to me, these days no good apps have 98 support and generally 98 too
obsolete to be of any use. That's the nature of technology and the inherent and instrinsic property of computing/IT. We all understand that.... But still I wish it could have gone down a different path.
Vista, it goes without saying but I will say it anyway, is a nightmare. Now the user is
the virus and we are not supposed to trust overself, instead trust the GOD that is MICROSOFT... Everything is dumbed down and Vista assumes we are all noobs and this is our very first operation system. It locks us down and locks us up, not so much from viruses but from ourselves, it gives total control of our system to Redmond and Washington DC, and Hollywood. The entire operating system is compromised and the only 'security' there is is we are securely locked to M$FT and Big Brother....
Vista Starter Edition is really a Big Joke right? Vista Starter disables all incoming network connections and you can only have 3 programs running at the same time! WTF?! That's only two programs more than DOS ran, and we are talking about an Operating System that is almost 20 years advanced!! Now I fully understand Vista Starter is aimed for developing nations, but that just pores salt on the wound. You're supposed to pay more for more advanced features, not pay for a crippled OS and then pay more to UPGRADE to an uncrippled one....
These sames users in developing nations are much better off staying with XP than purchasing an half-ass handicapped and mentally retarded OS that reports every action back to Redmond and Langley, and one that slows down their computer to a crawl (if M$FT expects developing nations to be on a tight budget, then MOFT knows they wouldn't be running state of the art PCs) and then having to spend money on top of that to upgrade hardware just to run Vista as fast as XP, all that work just to get back to square one and not even... Am I the only one who sees Bill Gates has no clothes?
Its not just Vista, its the overall disturbing trend of Microsoft. I wonder if the next version in 2009 will require us to submit a blood sample to validate our identity with Microsoft as part of the Windows Genuine Advantage everytime we want to download a new wallpaper that has been digitally signed by Microsoft.
Speaking of Windows Genuine Advantage, its really been nothing but a total and complete DISADVANTAGE for me the user as far as my own personal experiences are concerned. I see how it is a hugh Genuine Advantage for Bill Gates at Microsoft, but Windows Activation and the likes really screwed me up not to long ago. I had to replace my motherboard because when I was flashing a new logo to my PC the power went out, I bought a new bios but my old one was soldered onto the board so I had to desolder it but damage some of the tracks so I ordered a new Mobo. A week later my Mobo comes in and I'm so happy to get back and going, everything went fine up to until XP loaded and at welcome screen it frooze just to tell me I have to reactive.... Now its midnight and I contact MSFT and needless to say its a freaking hassle to waste 30 minutes on the phone speaking to someone in India who I don't understand and who doesn't understand me, .... finally I got it to work with autophone activation after about 20 tries... Where is the advantage in that for being a GENUINE customer?! I might as well have gotten a pirated version from boot and never mess with this freaking hassles...... From a user practicality standpoint, it surely didn't pay to be Genuine... This is what I get for being a honest person? Know I understand why so many people pirate Windows, not just for saving money, but headaches down the road.
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