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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on November 13, 2002, 05:11:33 am

Title: Interesting...
Post by: Unknown Target on November 13, 2002, 05:11:33 am

It's M$'s new OS:

http://www.tech-critic.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=358&mode=&order=0&thold=0

Title: Re: Interesting...
Post by: mikhael on November 13, 2002, 09:23:56 am

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Originally posted by Unknown Target
It's M$'s new OS:

http://www.tech-critic.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=358&mode=&order=0&thold=0

No, that's a set of photoshopped screenshots.

Title: Interesting...
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 13, 2002, 09:40:54 am

Hey, it worked for MS when they were trying to get folk interested in the Bill Box...

Title: Interesting...
Post by: Stryke 9 on November 13, 2002, 01:24:40 pm

Wow, it's fake XP except even more fake derivative of the worst aspects of the MacOS. And fake at that.

Title: Interesting...
Post by: Stealth on November 14, 2002, 08:51:56 am

yeah, looks just like XP to me :)

Title: Interesting...
Post by: Stunaep on November 14, 2002, 09:13:34 am

Which reminds me, that Office 11 (the new MS office) will only be compatible with WinXP. Not ONE other operating system besides that. Not even WinME.

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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on November 14, 2002, 01:39:10 pm

WHAT?!?!

Although I dont much care, I'm still using Office 97, and Win98SE.

BTW, anyone else think Office XP is crap?

Title: Interesting...
Post by: Stunaep on November 14, 2002, 01:53:40 pm

First one translated to estonian, so... no.

Title: Interesting...
Post by: an0n on November 14, 2002, 02:00:25 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't all MS Office programs specifically use file encoding that can't be read by previous versions?

Title: Interesting...
Post by: Thor on November 14, 2002, 02:05:42 pm

Yes, but what is being said (I think) is that the PROGRAM it self will only run on XP, which is stupid MS bullS#!t.

Title: Interesting...
Post by: kode on November 14, 2002, 03:24:48 pm

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Originally posted by an0n
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't all MS Office programs specifically use file encoding that can't be read by previous versions?

nah, I've successfully opened word2000 documents in word97.

access, however, doesn't like anything that is the wrong version.

Title: Interesting...
Post by: Pren on November 17, 2002, 02:02:34 pm

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Originally posted by Thor
Yes, but what is being said (I think) is that the PROGRAM it self will only run on XP, which is stupid MS bullS#!t.

I wouldnt put it past MS to do something like that, it seems they're always pushing for profit

Title: Interesting...
Post by: vadar_1 on November 17, 2002, 02:12:42 pm

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At the bottom of the page


Hope you enjoyed our educational chat children, and i hope that the crap you've been being fed from our good friend Paul Thurrott has been sucessfully flushed from your system.

Looks like styleXP combined with a little photoshop or possibly MSPaint

Title: Interesting...
Post by: Stunaep on November 17, 2002, 02:20:31 pm

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Originally posted by Thor
Yes, but what is being said (I think) is that the PROGRAM it self will only run on XP, which is stupid MS bullS#!t.

yes.

Title: Interesting...
Post by: Dynamo on November 17, 2002, 06:12:58 pm

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Originally posted by an0n
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't all MS Office programs specifically use file encoding that can't be read by previous versions?

Microsoft took some heavy flak because Office 97 wasn't compatible with Office 95. They learned their lesson and AFAIK, it isn't like that anymore.