Last Call for XP - Page 3

Kevy Baby · 06-30-2008, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And yeah, as for being tech savy, it does help that I know how to disable most of the gee-whiz features/over-protective-security-comfirmations in Vista.

Yeah, that makes a big difference. I can't remember what the one thing that our rent-an-IT-guy told me to disable, but it made a WORLD of difference.

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Originally Posted by JWBear

(And talk about a cult.... Mac-Heads are nothing compared to O/S2 fanatics!)

I'll give you that!

At the risk of getting bashed, I have to say that I have been extremely pleased with the Mac operating system over the years. And the current version IS a very stable 64-bit OS.

Kevy Baby · 06-30-2008, 10:15 PM

I stumbled on this photo:

Ghoulish Delight · 06-30-2008, 10:18 PM

Oh, I'm a Mac guy in the diaspora. I still feel deeply connected to Macs, and I'm a little bummed that we made the decision to invest back into the Windows world at a point where we could have pretty easily made the switch. But I realized the responsible thing to do was to invest in an actual backup solution and the simple fact was that I could get a technically comparable but less aesthetically desirable laptop AND a more than adequate backup option for the same money I would have spent on a single Mac system and adding reliable backup to that would have broken the budget. It was a tough decision, but in the end, as much as I love Mac, I love my data more.

Maybe I'll just try Linux of some stripe on the laptop.

mousepod · 07-01-2008, 09:05 AM

Sorry for this, but after almost two dozen posts, it's pretty much obligatory:

What's Windows?

The Original OC Adventure · 07-18-2008, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

How long before they turn off the validation servers and you can no longer re-install XP?

There are ways around that.

Moonliner · 07-18-2008, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by The Original OC Adventure

There are ways around that.

In corporate environment where we strictly follow licencing requirements?

The Original OC Adventure · 07-18-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

In corporate environment where we strictly follow licencing requirements?

Okay, switch back to Windows 2000. No activation required. Just be sure to get the latest service packs.

Kevy Baby · 07-18-2008, 01:36 PM

But then you would be stuck with W2K. I think at that point I would rather have Vista.

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