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Thread ID: 81290 2007-07-23 06:23:00 Where did the "Wow" go Bill? winmacguy (3367) PC World Chat
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571675 2007-07-23 07:40:00 Yes I'm still on XP Home and need to be convinced there are any advantages to moving to Vista aside from pretty looks. I am not a gamer so do not need direct X something.

regards

Digbytee hee.. we got direct x in linux world now....
:)
personthingy (1670)
571676 2007-07-23 08:40:00 Last time I looked wine didn't have a full implementation of the DirectX API, and the 'proper' (MS) DirectX refused to install properly.

Links?
Erayd (23)
571677 2007-07-23 08:50:00 Gee, I've just been reading an article on US Computerworld saying that Mac OSX (10?) online presence has stagnated while Windows Vista is growing at a reasonable percentage. They seem to be saying that 'web usage' of an OS is a good independant verification of general uptake.

Or maybe Mac users haven't got the hang of the net yet?

www.computerworld.com

After getting a Vista laptop I would find it hard to justify a move from XPpro to Vista on my desktop.... but then there's Linux :)
Shortcircuit (1666)
571678 2007-07-23 08:51:00 I think you might be waiting a while Digby. winmacguy (3367)
571679 2007-07-23 08:53:00 Last time I looked wine didn't have a full implementation of the DirectX API, and the 'proper' (MS) DirectX refused to install properly.

Links?i have to admit spreading wild rumours and speculation, well at least secondhand information...........

I've send a robot out to find the source of these rumours, and provide substance, or abolish them.
personthingy (1670)
571680 2007-07-23 09:06:00 Gee, I've just been reading an article on US Computerworld saying that Mac OSX (10?) online presence has stagnated while Windows Vista is growing at a reasonable percentage. They seem to be saying that 'web usage' of an OS is a good independant verification of general uptake.

Or maybe Mac users haven't got the hang of the net yet?


Yes OS X is OS 10. The "X" is for both ten in Roman numerals and the X of Unix.
We Mac users have had the "hang" of the net for quite some time:p I think it is more of a case of a lot of commercial places holding off till Leopard is released in October since either 10.3 (Panther) or 10.4(Tiger- which I have) are both pretty good.
There has also been a lot of attention focused on the iPhone since January. Apple's stock price has actually be climbing steadily the whole time.
I would also expect Vista's use to climb somewhat as Microsoft has 500+ million users.. at a guess.
winmacguy (3367)
571681 2007-07-23 09:16:00 :D Win XP serve me well in years, sometimes Win 2000 really rocks but can't run certain programs on it. Oh well, I might run Vista if I needed for training if I want. PedalSlammer (8511)
571682 2007-07-23 09:31:00 Still, Apple got a long way to go winmacguy. Remember, 35% more of nothing still = nothing:D beeswax34 (63)
571683 2007-07-23 09:34:00 That would be 35% of $124 Billion US
It is just their market share that is around 6%:D
Microsoft has been sitting around $280-300 Billion for the last 7 years with no upward movement.
winmacguy (3367)
571684 2007-07-23 09:41:00 Warning to all vista users do NOT I repeat do NOT hold down the windows key and the E key at the same time this apparently crashes vista and windows just continue to flood open a guy at work did this and he had to reformat his pc again to run vista again. Hitech (9024)
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