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Thread ID: 91234	2008-06-30 10:06:00	At last xp is on the way out	Hitech (9024)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
683922	2008-06-30 22:20:00	I just use Linux :P I use XP when i wanna play directx games. I wish the latest games weren't designed to run on windows, then I could get rid of it!	mOOseCaNNoN (13319)
683923	2008-06-30 22:53:00	You could always spend weeks twiddling round with Wine... then you'd be ok. Port DX to linux and you'd be everyones best friend. Most people don't like MS because it's mainstream. Sure it's slower than we'd like. And it's vulnerable security wise. But you can't honestly tell me things would be any different if Linux had the same market share. Trying to be everything to everyone on every possible platform isn't easy.	Thebananamonkey (7741)
683924	2008-06-30 23:08:00	Port DX to linux and you'd be everyones best friend. That would be a glorious day tried wine, keeps crashing cs when i throw nades, yet to try cedega, cbf really, ill just use windows for now.	mOOseCaNNoN (13319)
683925	2008-06-30 23:56:00	I am not to well up on tech matters but I feel Vista got bad press 'cause it seems like it really needs a new machine. I think my reluctance is really about why I would spend the money. In my use of Vista prior to its release, it had some features I liked, others I didn't. But it didn't have any that really made me go "wow". To me it's a not-quite-decent enough upgrade, and I'm unwilling to spend money to take advantage of the those features that are superior to XP. Also, although my own desktop PC would run it well, the missus's desktop would be less happy without me spending some more money. I'm actually one of those who would be more likely to go for a new OS that is a radical change - as Win95 was - than an incremental change at this point. Not that Win7 will be that OS, but I feel I'm not really losing by skipping Vista and waiting till Win7.	Biggles (121)
683926	2008-07-01 00:01:00	What annoyed me with Vista was the lack of drivers for older hardware - like printers. And not that old either........ And some software too. And its bloat. They all have it but Vista is so much worse. And in its as-is install, it won't allow you to uninstall all the bundled crap you don't want. Services - look at how many of the damn things there are - and huge numbers of them you don't want. I couldn't care less about its appearance............	pctek (84)
683927	2008-07-01 00:13:00	is there a way that you can check the status of your network (ip address, subnet, gateway) without having to go into control panel and click on networks etc? i love it how in xp you just double click the two little flashing computers in the task bar and there u go! network status!	mOOseCaNNoN (13319)
683928	2008-07-01 00:20:00	One assumes it has DVD record as apposed to CD record,so I would like that. Not a Nero fan.	Cicero (40)
683929	2008-07-01 01:04:00	What annoyed me with Vista was the lack of drivers for older hardware - like printers. And not that old either........ And some software too. And its bloat. They all have it but Vista is so much worse. And in its as-is install, it won't allow you to uninstall all the bundled crap you don't want. Services - look at how many of the damn things there are - and huge numbers of them you don't want. I couldn't care less about its appearance............ vLite!!!	Agent_24 (57)
683930	2008-07-01 01:36:00	I'm running XP on my work PC and we have no intention of changing to Vista any time soon. Some of the guys here have tried Vista on their home machines, and have really tried to like it, but have gone back to XP after running into one too many problems. I don't have any specifics of the problems, but it's obvious that Vista isn't for everyone. I have an MSDN subscription so I have licenses for XP and Vista, yet I'll continue to use XP. Like some others have already mentioned, there isn't really any worthwhile advantage of moving to Vista.	Nermal (7077)
683931	2008-07-01 01:36:00	As a duel booter of Vista and XP, all I can say is the only way they are going to get rid of XP is to stop selling it lol, because Vista really is a bloated unnecessary hunk of junk. Vista has improved to "barely acceptable" with SP1 so I suppose thats something.	Battleneter2 (9361)
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