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| Rex Ballard... |
 Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:02 pm |
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Microsoft just started airing a commercial where the actors say "it
was my idea".
Linux developers would probably have to agree with this statement.
The user interface looks remarkably familiar. It't almost
functionally identical to the current Gnome interface that has been
distributed with most Linux systems for almost 2 years. They've even
included the nice sticky pad. The icons are really pretty. It looks
like Microsoft upped the resolution of the display, then hogged as
much real estate as it could with higher resolution icons. So the
tool bar at the bottom will still gobble up about 10% of your
display. You can probably shrink them to reasonable size, and you
might still be able to recognize them.
And just to make sure that you really feel secure, you can't even SEE
the resolution of the screen display without getting approval from an
administrator. Of course, the clerk at the store should show me the
resolution either. I guess you have to call Microsoft to change the
resolution. That's one way to find out if Windows 7 is being used in
virtual mode.
Not too much has changed. Most of the machines now come with 4
gigabytes of RAM. The big "Innovation" is a Blu-Ray Burner, so now
you have 20 gigabytes of back-up per disk - to back up your 500
gigabyte drive - and that's just for your laptop. One of the desktops
had an internal 1 terabyte drive. Heck it's cheap.
Of course you'll NEED all that storage because most of the machine
come with either Slingbox or Netflix so that you can fill your hard
drive with HD resolution video, and then pirate them to Blu-Ray disks
- all by yourself.
You'll also NEED all that RAM, because you now need to run IE 64 bit
for the streaming media, flash, and other high volume content (because
IE still tries to put each window in a thread rather than use separate
processes the way Firefox does.
But since the java applets, ActiveX controls, and 3rd party extensions
need 32 bit mode, you have gobble up another gigabyte for those
traditional web pages and animations, unless your one of those
conservatives who only looks at one page at a time, because you should
only have one point of view.
You also get a Blue Ray player, appearantly there are Blue-Ray players
that work on WINE. And it should look OK on your 17 inch 720p
display.
The bad news for the OEMs is that the prices are already low, and
likely to fall quickly.
There is a free copy of works, but it will constantly tell you how
much better things would be if you used the trial version of MS-Office
also included. You can use the trial version of MS-Office for 60
days. If you don't remove it before the end of the trial period, it
will prevent you from opening any of the documents you've created and
saved in the default XML Office 2007 format, until you pay Microsoft
for Office. At least it doesn't automatically bill the credit card
you provided to start the trial.
There really isn't much on Windows 7 that you can't already get using
Windows XP and 3rd party software and/or free downloadable Open Source
applications.
Even with Linux you have to buy software to play DVDs.
In general, Windows 7 has all those special extra features you need
when you want to look like your working and all you really want to do
is play video games, watch movies, and enjoy some really good viruses,
malware, and 'bots.
I did notice that the Acer offering did have NetFlix, McAffee
AntiVirus and the other usual 3rd party "safety applications" - I'm
surprised they sold it for such a low price.
So Microsoft is trying to make it look as "artistic" as a Mac, steal
the functional aspects of the GNOME interface (I guess chumming up to
Michael De Icaza paid off after all). And yet you still get the same
back doors you got with Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Vista - and all
for only $400 more per machine.
Yep, I can see it already. The CIO will come to the CEO and the CTO
and tell them he wants them to cut 20% of the staff so they can pay
for the upgrade to Windows 7, because of those "must have features"
like "cool video game graphics" chips, Blu-Ray player, and "media
piracy tools". They might actually ask him to make that request to
the board, just before they fire him, and convince the board that the
next CIO should have a plan to migrate EVERY desktop to Linux
immediately, and that every employee who still wants Windows has to
pay for his own computer, applications, and support costs out of his
salary, at full retail price. |
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| Rex Ballard... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:43 pm |
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On Oct 23, 6:34 am, "DFS" <nospam at (no spam) dfs_.com> wrote:
Quote: Phil Da Lick! wrote:
Rex Ballard wrote:
And just to make sure that you really feel secure, you can't even SEE
the resolution of the screen display without getting approval from an
administrator.
If true (havent looked at 7 yet) I see a lot of problems with this.
What happens when plebby upgrades his monitor to a bigger res 6
months later and can't remember the admin password?
Don't be so naive as to be taken in by Rex's lies and bullshit.
Absolutely. You should go to the store yourselves and try to right-
click the screen of any of the laptops and try to find out the
resolution of the screen.
Quote: Operate from the assumption that every single statement he makes is a lie -
I'm not kidding - and you'll be better off.
And if you find out for yourself that some of what I have said has
turned out to be true, then you can begin to consider the possibility
that the assumption made by DFS is incorrect.
You absolutely should not trust my word alone. You should verify my
concerns on your own. You should investigate for yourself, and try to
determine what might be true and what might not be true.
I've > --
Quote:
been at the leading edge of a number of technologies, but not at the
"bleeding edge". I've helped to commercialize various technologies as
part of my professional work as an IT Architect and consultant.
Usually, anything I post to the general public such as my web site or
usenet newsgroup is base on memories and notes taken years before,
when the non-disclosure agreements were still in effect. Even today,
there are many things I cannot discuss publicly because they are still
under disclosure restrictions. Someone at my company was recently
arrested for giving out insider information that was supposed to be
confidential.
Often I have to wait months or even years for projects I've been
working on to be made public before I can discuss them. Since I'm
posting from memory, and I don't generally spend time digging through
my 5 terabyte archive of notes (much of which is still confidential),
especially when posting to usenet groups, which I do in my spare time,
late at night, or during short breaks, it is completely possible that
my memory may not be as accurate as it should be.
By all means, feel free to check out my postings, follow up the trail
of bread-crumbs I've left on the floor, and even feel free to correct
any of the information that seems to be incorrect.
At the same time, if you read and some of this seems familiar. If
some of the information I've posted seems to match with your own
experience, your own information, and other information you have been
able to find, then consider the possibility that some of the other
things I've said may also be a bit less far-fetched than you might
think.
Quote: If you want to prove to yourself he's an idiot liar, you'll have to do some
research. Then challenge him on his bullshit lies, and watch him run away.
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Actually, I've given up trying to respond to your little nit-picks.
You parse a 3 page essay, find 2 or 3 items you think are wrong, and
then assume that because those are wrong (I often even admit that I
could be wrong about it), that "Everything Rex says is a lie".
If only that were true. Then I could tell you how wonderful Microsoft
products are, and how everybody in the world should shell out a
month's worth of median income for a PC that runs the latest version
of Windows, because not to do so would be an act of terrorism.
Unfortunately, I am an unreliable source. I try to provide as much
information as I can, as quickly as I can, given a very small amount
of volunteer time that I spend posting to usenet newsgroups.
Some people watch football, baseball, basketball, or hockey, and they
believe their team is the best, and the createst, and they really love
to share their point of view. Get a bunch of Red Sox fans and a bunch
of Yankees fans in the same room and it's fun to watch the sparks fly,
even into the championship games.
Me, I don't very much about sports at all. I barely know the basic
rules of the game. I never enjoyed playing, and my enjoyment in
watching a game, is to watch the enthusiasm of the fans. I'm working
near Philadelphia this month and it's fun to watch the Phillies fans
go nuts as they win the various games. I'm looking forward to the
souperbowl, or the werld series, or the starn lee cup or whatever it
is they play to prove whose best.
The Microsoft vs Linux debate is a bit like that. Microsoft is a bit
like the Yankees. They win year after year, because New York seems to
be willing to spend more money to get a good team. But the Red Soks
fans seem to think that they SHOULD be the ones who win the world
series. And so do the Cubs fans. And so do the Philly's fans.
I watched my mom watch or listen to the Broncos when she was alive. I
had know Idea what was happening in the game (usually I was reading a
book, or doing something that was more interesting to me) but when
there was a big play in the game, it was fun to watch my mom come to
life with total enthusiasm, as if she thoughtt that yelling "run run
run" would somehow change the outcome of the came.
When I cheer Linux, it's my version of "Go Elway Go".
And if I don't have the exact date that Elway played his first NFL
regular season game, does that really mean that the Bronkos didn't go
to the Superbowl? |
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