Majority Of New PCs Ship Without Windows Vista, Gates (Unintentionally) Reveals - Page 2

Ducimus · 01-10-08, 10:24 PM

One obervation i made from my college days ......

Microsoft controls it all. One day i looked at what was installed on my computer.

MS Windows
MS Office
MS Visual Basic
MS Visual J++ (this was before AFC, and was using AWT)
MS Visual C++
MS ..
MS.

And while i was doing all of this, i was holding an MS mouse

MS has had an iron grip on what OS we run on our computer, what productivity applications we use on it, and even right down to how applications are made for said OS. From the ground up, they control it all.

SteminDemon13 · 01-12-08, 11:17 AM

The Question is, where would the computer world be without microsoft? If Bill Gates hadn't bothered, or closed up shop when all those lawsuits were happenening and left it to macintosh we would still be messing around with that really annoying one button mouse <shakes fist in air>. I'm sure not all people at Msoft are great, but many great minds went through that place and added to the software world immensely.

I agree that vista sucks, I use XP still. The thing I always do is say, take for instance windows 95 - 98. I waited to purchase 98 and bought 98 second edition, which was great. Then came XP. I stayed on 98 SE for a while until I upgraded our home computer. Many a people make the mistake of not having the right system set up and then complain it's so sloooow, I hate my computer, bill gates is the devil, all the banging of the keyboard gave me carpaltunel syndrome, and all that jazz.

I have been happy with windows and other products for the most part and am thankful for windows update. Wouldn't it suck if Microsoft just sold the software and didn't give a crap about spending money to upgrade your windows?

It's not all that bad, though sometimes I too would like to throw the computer out the window. It is ok to get angry though, we spend a lot of money on this stuff, so our natural feeling is that it should work flawlessly.

I see Vista as a San antonio LPD......wait, it's not that bad. I see Vista as a first year cobalt, the cars are having head problems, but GM is working through it. Should it have happened? No, they have all kinds of crazy CAD stuff that it shouldn't, but nothing is perfect, but they are working on it. Ok, done with my rambling, be back later.

01-12-08, 11:17 AM	#17
SteminDemon13 Sparky Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 158 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The Question is, where would the computer world be without microsoft? If Bill Gates hadn't bothered, or closed up shop when all those lawsuits were happenening and left it to macintosh we would still be messing around with that really annoying one button mouse <shakes fist in air>. I'm sure not all people at Msoft are great, but many great minds went through that place and added to the software world immensely. I agree that vista sucks, I use XP still. The thing I always do is say, take for instance windows 95 - 98. I waited to purchase 98 and bought 98 second edition, which was great. Then came XP. I stayed on 98 SE for a while until I upgraded our home computer. Many a people make the mistake of not having the right system set up and then complain it's so sloooow, I hate my computer, bill gates is the devil, all the banging of the keyboard gave me carpaltunel syndrome, and all that jazz. I have been happy with windows and other products for the most part and am thankful for windows update. Wouldn't it suck if Microsoft just sold the software and didn't give a crap about spending money to upgrade your windows? It's not all that bad, though sometimes I too would like to throw the computer out the window. It is ok to get angry though, we spend a lot of money on this stuff, so our natural feeling is that it should work flawlessly. I see Vista as a San antonio LPD......wait, it's not that bad. I see Vista as a first year cobalt, the cars are having head problems, but GM is working through it. Should it have happened? No, they have all kinds of crazy CAD stuff that it shouldn't, but nothing is perfect, but they are working on it. Ok, done with my rambling, be back later. __________________ This is a day to celebrate the rebirth of American sea power." "Listen for the footsteps of those who have gone before you. They speak to you of honor and the importance of duty. They remind you of your own traditions." Casper W. Weinberger. Reactivate Our Battleships!

01-10-08, 10:24 PM	#16
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	One obervation i made from my college days ...... Microsoft controls it all. One day i looked at what was installed on my computer. MS Windows MS Office MS Visual Basic MS Visual J++ (this was before AFC, and was using AWT) MS Visual C++ MS .. MS. And while i was doing all of this, i was holding an MS mouse MS has had an iron grip on what OS we run on our computer, what productivity applications we use on it, and even right down to how applications are made for said OS. From the ground up, they control it all.