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Offline Warlock

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Reply #20 on: March 08, 2003, 07:30:10 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
[BHonestly, dual-booting 2k (work stability) and 98/98SE (games & performance) is, IMHO, far better than XP. That's what I do. [/B]


Same here. Works great ! :)
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #21 on: March 08, 2003, 02:04:31 pm
You all seem to be forgetting two things:

1. This guy is called Thunder
2. XP is just another way for Bill G. to squeeze more money out of the suckers who buy it. I will stick with 98 until it falls apart around me, and then switch to Linux!
 

Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #22 on: March 08, 2003, 03:36:50 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Honestly, dual-booting 2k (work stability) and 98/98SE (games & performance) is, IMHO, far better than XP. That's what I do.


Or triple booting with 2k/98se/debian ;7
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Offline pyro-manic

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Reply #23 on: March 08, 2003, 04:03:11 pm
MICROSOFT = ****.

(By the way, XP Home and Pro are identical apart from the loading bar colour, and some dumbass security crap to do with business users i.e. admin/limited user stuff. Home Ed. is also lots cheaper, so it's better - less money going to that freak Gates :ick )
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Offline Fineus

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Reply #24 on: March 08, 2003, 08:27:04 pm
To be honest I don't care much for the whole pro/anti Microsoft arguement untill it directly affects me. If the software provided is good and works well (and indeed, doesn't cost the Earth) then I'll be happy.

I can pick up Home for about £60... is that good enough? I mean it's not much money all things considered... and it's the full and legal version of the software.
 

Offline J.F.K.

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Reply #25 on: March 08, 2003, 08:41:33 pm
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
I can pick up Home for about £60... is that good enough? I mean it's not much money all things considered... and it's the full and legal version of the software.


That sounds about right to me - given that with 1£ you could get about AUD$3, that's comparable to the prices you can get here in Australia (yours are $20-50 cheaper or so).
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Offline Sandwich

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Reply #26 on: March 09, 2003, 03:42:00 am
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
I can pick up Home for about £60... is that good enough? I mean it's not much money all things considered... and it's the full and legal version of the software.


Home is not good enough. Argue all you want about whether Home has all the features of Pro, just disabled, etc etc, but when it comes down to it, get Pro if you insist on XP. And if you insist on Home, be smart about it: before you go and buy it, check it out some other way on your comp so you know you'll be ok with it. Read up on tech-savvy comparisons between the two, and make your descision. But please, don't go commit yourself to XP Home blindly! :shaking:
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Offline Fineus

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Reply #27 on: March 09, 2003, 03:56:16 am
Fair enough, I'm certainly still inclined to go with Pro - now I just need to find it on the cheap :)
 

Offline Vertigo1

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Reply #28 on: March 10, 2003, 02:08:18 pm
Guys, you know what the difference is between a legit copy of XP and a bootleg copy?  The green certificate of authenticity on the front of the manual which has your license and whatnot.  Just buy a license and your warezed copy will become a legit copy.

Anyways, the biggest difference between Pro and Home is that Pro supports dual processor systems. :)
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #29 on: March 10, 2003, 02:15:00 pm
Yes, but who has a dual processor system? Anyway, it doesn't support it that well.
 

Offline Vertigo1

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Reply #30 on: March 10, 2003, 02:20:14 pm
Several people do actually.  I'm saving up for a dual AMD box myself.
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"Because we're in a hurry!" - Professor

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Offline Fetty

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Reply #31 on: March 10, 2003, 02:45:22 pm
lil analogy on my system
95 (b and c version ) = frequent crashes
98 = even more frequet crashes
98se = normal methinks
ME = *cough* actauly told me that i have to instald a mainboard before runing ...
NT 4.0sp 5 or 6 = always complaining but never realy crashing
2k (even legit :D ) = laggy slow explorer sometimes crashes no change with service packs
winxp home = crash-o-rama , install problems bleh
xp pro(student licence) = like 98se with better looks :)
suse linux = nice nice nice but cant realy do much with it
dld linux = kaboom

thats all i tryd on my puter
so id say its all about if the os likes ur system or not
first buy it then try it :doubt: i think the otherway round works much better :D
 

Offline Fineus

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Reply #32 on: March 10, 2003, 03:04:49 pm
Ok, so where could I buy a lisence for XP Pro? :)
 

Offline Sandwich

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Reply #33 on: March 10, 2003, 04:29:52 pm
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ME = *cough* actauly told me that i have to instald a mainboard before runing ...


ROFLMAO!

Dude, sounds like you should start considering whether some of your computer's components are just slightly screwed up. I can understand ME/95 going bonkers, but 2k? Nahh.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Fineus

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Reply #34 on: March 10, 2003, 05:28:30 pm
Hm, the plot thickens...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Microsoft_Windows_20.html

£115 for XP Pro. Around £100 less than I previously have ever found it for. Good?
 

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Reply #35 on: March 10, 2003, 06:15:49 pm
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Hm, the plot thickens...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Microsoft_Windows_20.html

�115 for XP Pro. Around �100 less than I previously have ever found it for. Good?


I assume those question marks are supposed to be pound symbols, correct? I say go for it if you trust that site. :D
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline DragonClaw

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Reply #36 on: March 10, 2003, 06:17:57 pm
Sandwich, I think your symbols on your computer are screwed up...

It did the same thing for my ™ symbol (trademark). Get that fixed =p
 

Offline Sandwich

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Reply #37 on: March 10, 2003, 06:40:50 pm
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Sandwich, I think your symbols on your computer are screwed up...

It did the same thing for my ™ symbol (trademark). Get that fixed =p


I thought it was Mozilla at first, but then I loaded it up in IE:
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Vertigo1

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Reply #38 on: March 11, 2003, 03:36:56 pm
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Ok, so where could I buy a lisence for XP Pro? :)


Direct from Microsoft of course. ;)
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Offline Fineus

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Reply #39 on: March 11, 2003, 03:38:36 pm
I'm tempted to give you a prize for that ;)

I think - when alls said and done - I'll go with the £100 version of XP Pro, it's legal and cheap (reletivly).
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