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| 635442 | 2008-02-02 22:15:00 | Is it still illegal to steal your mate's car, even though Toyota stopped making and selling it 5 years ago? Yes but if he lets you borrow it then it is not illegal. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 635443 | 2008-02-02 22:37:00 | Is it still illegal to steal your mate's car, even though Toyota stopped making and selling it 5 years ago? What if, after the car was out of production and you were really really keen on owning one, You borrowed your mates car and made an exact replica? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 635444 | 2008-02-03 00:32:00 | Is it still illegal to steal your mate's car, even though Toyota stopped making and selling it 5 years ago? I am sure Toyota would not be at all concerned. However in the same position MS might feel differently. I have an Asus laptop already and the discs that came witrh it. I haven't tried and have only just considered the possibility of loading XP onto an Eee. Can it be done from the discs you get with the original computer? Also is it possible to install Microsoft office pro on a laptop which doesn't run a MS operating system? The company I work for uses Outlook as the default email/client management/appointment program and I need to run the same to sync with the office. |
theother1 (3573) | ||
| 635445 | 2008-02-04 02:27:00 | would love some answers to the above questions if anyone can help. | theother1 (3573) | ||
| 635446 | 2008-02-04 04:06:00 | I am sure Toyota would not be at all concerned. However in the same position MS might feel differently. I have an Asus laptop already and the discs that came witrh it. I haven't tried and have only just considered the possibility of loading XP onto an Eee. Can it be done from the discs you get with the original computer? Also is it possible to install Microsoft office pro on a laptop which doesn't run a MS operating system? The company I work for uses Outlook as the default email/client management/appointment program and I need to run the same to sync with the office. I have been able to install XP from an XP install disc from one of my old PCs. Uh im not too sure on this but you prob cant run Office without a windows OS. |
cl_metal_snake (10242) | ||
| 635447 | 2008-02-04 04:23:00 | Will it still be illegal to install "your mates" copy of XP after July when you won't be able to buy it anymore? The XP CD means naff all - its the product Key thats important, if you have the COA and it works with your mates cd - use it. Are you saying that if I have a PC that I own, or a customer owns already and after July if it needs to be reinstalled " Legally" you cant. Thats like saying you cant load in win 98, 2000 on an existing PC now. XP CD's will be available for system Builders as long as the vendors have supplies. Computers built by system builders usually DO come with the CD, its only the Name Brand PC's that wont supply them as standard. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 635448 | 2008-02-04 08:02:00 | What if, after the car was out of production and you were really really keen on owning one, You borrowed your mates car and made an exact replica? www.reactos.org would be the software equivalent... ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 635449 | 2008-02-05 08:08:00 | Progressing with this machine. I've found the CLI, so I "apt-get ed" a few times to see how it went. It went well. I did "apt-get install kicker" then "apt-get install ksmserver" and got a full desktop mode. I think for the type of machine that this is, & considering what I want it for, the easy mode (default), suits me better. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 635450 | 2008-02-05 08:50:00 | Okay, dumb question... Following on from my earlier discovery that Asus Eee won't work on Dialup because it has no modem - a friend has just asked me if there's such a thing as an external modem which could be plugged in to it. Obviously that would cut down on its portability (and maybe cost too much to be worth it?), but is it feasible? I had to say I had no idea. What do you guys say? |
Laura (43) | ||
| 635451 | 2008-02-05 10:26:00 | Okay, dumb question... Following on from my earlier discovery that Asus Eee won't work on Dialup because it has no modem - a friend has just asked me if there's such a thing as an external modem which could be plugged in to it. Obviously that would cut down on its portability (and maybe cost too much to be worth it?), but is it feasible? I had to say I had no idea. What do you guys say? I can't see why not as long as you got a USB Modem that was compatible with the Linux OS that comes pre-installed or whatever OS your friend has loaded. Though I'm not sure if it needs anything else to use the modem. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
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