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(I helped save b3ta! Puromycin is still licking windows, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:36, archived)
# Yes. She hasn't died yet.
(I helped save b3ta! addickted has attained freedom, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:37, archived)
# *presses red*
now where's the decomposition cam... I hope it has live commentary.
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:37, archived)
# that coffin looks tiny!
:)
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:38, archived)
# look at the size of my package!

edit: office upgrade
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:39, archived)
# I think i have that same setup...
but with 2 gig of ram (oh and XPro instead of nasty vista)
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:40, archived)
# Vista isn't nasty.
And you'll be running the 32bit version.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:42, archived)
# yes it is.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:43, archived)
# why do you say that exactly?
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:45, archived)
# 1) i was forced to buy it with my new laptop
as far as im concerned I shouldn't have had to.

2) the first thing it did was phone home to the tune of 100 meg and then network connection was difficult to turn off.

3) it was not easy and intuitive to use (for me anyway)

4) it took a massive amount of resources with all it's crap.

5) Some kid burnt my neck. I could go on but this is funnier.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:51, archived)
#
1. should your laptop have come with nothing at all on it?

2. I don;t know what 'extras' yours came packaged with, this is a 3rd party software free system

3. to each their own

4. see 2.

5. hahahahaah!
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:02, archived)
# 1) yes, why not?
2) it was windows updating, and it tried to download an office trial from MS
3) true
4) again this was vista making my life difficult, (I clicked the little thing that said disconnect and it either refused, or reconnected despite the option for automatic connection being off)
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:11, archived)
# what about 5.?
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:13, archived)
# I didn't like it.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:21, archived)
#
1. I agree. But I'm a geek and have OEMs of all OS' sat here so I don't want to pay for something I don't need. ( this is not the case for the majority of consumer )
2. That's just your ineptitude. It won't update anything you don't let it.
3. That's just your ineptitude and could be easily fixed.
4. It's better than anything previous and a rudimentary knowledge can soon have it streamlined like a bitch. A skinny bitch.
5. fucking French pyromaniacs.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:18, archived)
# 2. it was the first problem, in the first time I used vista and at the time it was
wasting what precious little uncapped internet I had left.
3. no I think my intuition is fundamentally different to what windows (and in some regards the gui approach on ubuntu) is designed for.
4. yeah but I'm not going to bother (yeah inherent laziness is a problem) because I know how to get a linux system running reasonably well (although my knowledge isn't nearly as deep as I want it). And I like curves. (Only to look at obviously)
5. I didn't like it.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:27, archived)
# by 'ineptitude'
I'm not trying to insult you and imply you can't do it. More that your lack of knowledge of the particular OS ( which as I said is easily fixed) leads to these issues and is not an inherent problem with the software.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:55, archived)
# I haven't had any problems with it
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:46, archived)
# You're just pissy because you've got sticky fingers and you can't work it,
DUNCAN.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:48, archived)
# my fingers are sticky with the wrong stuff :(
I'll admit that my knowledge of it was not great, but I still don't like it. Thank fuck I never tried running anything scientific on it.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:53, archived)
# Vista isn't all that bad
it's just hated by the same people who probably hated XP when it first came out.
"we don't like change, not around here"
(I helped save b3ta! BleachedEgo draw a cdc then get back to your teen porn.Pricks, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:50, archived)
# The "we don't like change, not around here"
isn't really the reason that I don't like M$ OS.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:54, archived)
# you don't like it
because it suits you to feel superior about being a unix geek.
That's fair enough but you know that 99% of home users could not begin to operate a machine under any unix, even Ubuntu so it's an impractical solution.
Also If you do a base comparison from any unix distro to an up to date vista 32 there is not one area that the geekos would fair better and I'm sure you know it.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:00, archived)
# points one and two are mostly correct.
however I'm not convinced about the later.

I have a number of other reasons for disliking M$ (in general): I have an opposition to some of their business practices, the endless litigation etc.

Second, I don't like things which try and think for me. If I have a problem I want to understand its cause, change a line in a config file and have it fixed for good. This is somewhat difficult (in my experience, which I have to admit is limited) of windows.

Yes windows is an accessible os that can be made to do a decent job, although I think that it could be made to do a better job. And linux happens to suit what I want to do with it fairly well.

But it's the internet. I can't help but get pissy with other os/distros. :)
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:08, archived)
# I understand what you are saying
and you know I play with all sorts of gear so I do have half a clue.
What I'm trying to say is that an inherant hatred for M$ has nothing to do with how well their products work.
I'm no fanboy but as a windows user since3.0 ( and even had a play with 1.0 ) Vista 32 is currently the most stable and efficient mass market OS to be found.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:12, archived)
# It is true that a hatred for M$ doesn't make their products bad
I think that if microsoft abandoned some of their dodgy practices (ie buying the competition and whatever else the corporate side gets in trouble for) and focused on r&d (which it seems no one wants to do these days) they could make really good software.

I remember using windows 3.0 on top of MSDOS 5.0. I don't think I ever saw 1.0 but I might have on a demo machine. Strangly though I spent most of my time trying to program utilities in msqbasic so I can't say I used the gui very much.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:33, archived)
# the trouble with most unix
OS' is that they don't look any better than windoes did 25 years ago ( when they stole their gui from Xerox )

(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:51, archived)
# to be fair
pre-SP1 both XP and Vista sucked mightily

i quite like vista to use, but trusted computing scares me a bit
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:59, archived)
# *looks it up*
Good grief. Soon to follow: trusted living, where I give Microsoft the key to my house and attempt to squeeze in and out through the catflap.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:13, archived)
# u sure?
how do i find out?
(i've forgotten)
edit : i'm using 3800 x 2 - close
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:43, archived)
# I'm confident that with only 2gB of RAM you'll be running the 32bit OS, but Control Panel > System should tell you.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:47, archived)
# what am i looking for exactly?
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:24, archived)
# Start -> Run -> winver
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:48, archived)
# so why are you using vista?
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:42, archived)
# it's great, kind of a pc OS with mac intuitivity
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:45, archived)
# if you wanted that why not make a hackintosh?
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:48, archived)
# Cor!
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:43, archived)
# Begs the question
what do you need for a perfect 10?
(I helped save b3ta! AngryDave requiring lawyers, guns and money since, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:48, archived)
# Something better than a dual-core processor. Eugh.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:49, archived)
# Deep Thought.
(I helped save b3ta! zeltergiset, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:50, archived)
# not possible
as 5.9 is the highest rating.

(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:54, archived)
# Seriously?
I'll be disappointed if it doesn't go up to 11.
(I helped save b3ta! Kamikaze Stoat £4.09, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:56, archived)
# 5.9? So same question
drop top level by 4.1 and give me hardware wanking material
(I helped save b3ta! AngryDave requiring lawyers, guns and money since, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:57, archived)
# Ah
you just did
(I helped save b3ta! AngryDave requiring lawyers, guns and money since, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:58, archived)
# The 5.9
is easy to achieve in most areas for indexing, it's usually a shitty graphics card that will drag your overall level down (although most dual cores won't go above 5.3 now )
The final score is not an average, it just shows up the lowest bit of kit in your system, whatever that scores is your overall score.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:04, archived)
# snap!

(I helped save b3ta! grey matter, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 0:00, archived)
# Your comment was bang on midnight!!
(working for a b3ta world because the world needs a giggle, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 0:04, archived)
# i had to buy my dad a new pc recently
i have no idea how PCs work, the numbers, zey do nussing!
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:48, archived)
# I have a similar package on
this machine.



Although it is a dog compared to the 32 bit machine ( which has a better cpu but still runs far better with only 3gb ram ) and I'll be putting windows 7 32bit on it soon.
64bit is just not yet working to it's promise ( but that's the only thing apart from the shitty search I have bad to say about vista so fuck off k3b/-\b.)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:50, archived)
# U all sux
(I helped save b3ta! BleachedEgo draw a cdc then get back to your teen porn.Pricks, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:57, archived)
# COOL PROCESSOR. MY E99999 RUNS AT 40-BILLION TERAHERTZ PER CORE. IT HAS OVER A MILLION CORES.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:00, archived)
# pfft
then you're still not even close to a 12.15 rating. Keep trying bozo.
(I helped save b3ta! BleachedEgo draw a cdc then get back to your teen porn.Pricks, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:01, archived)
# :( I'm sad forever.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:02, archived)
# Sweeeeeet
That's some pimp-ass shizzle, fo' real. Boyo.
(I helped save b3ta! Tangy bzzzzzzzzt, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:03, archived)
# You
better fucking believe it!!!111!
(I helped save b3ta! BleachedEgo draw a cdc then get back to your teen porn.Pricks, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:04, archived)
# :)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:14, archived)
# Wank Experince Index: Grainy X-tube video
kebab@kebab:~$ lspci | grep "VGA"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
kebab@kebab:~$ grep "MemTotal" /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 2016376 kB
kebab@kebab:~$ grep "cpu MHz" /proc/cpuinfo
cpu MHz : 800.000
cpu MHz : 800.000
kebab@kebab:~$ grep "model name" /proc/cpuinfo
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz

not a bad box there actually.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:59, archived)
# hmnnn I'll keep an eye on it, I have 32 with 3 GB at home and love it
we'll see how this fairs
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:59, archived)
# try and run some benchmarks
from PCMark and you'll be surprised at the result. For work I'd definitely be pushing for the 32bit os now and windows 7 as soon as RC1 comes out.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:06, archived)
# I'll do that, thanks!
(I helped save b3ta! M3Essential and The Essentials. LIVE!, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 23:11, archived)
# My Linux/Kde eee pc is FTW!
512mb ram, 8GB Harddisk, Processor: Intel (R) Mobile processor.
Lol. Im Serious.
(working for a b3ta world because the world needs a giggle, Sat 7 Mar 2009, 0:10, archived)
# They wouldn't be able to afford the TV rights to the funeral
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Fri 6 Mar 2009, 22:42, archived)