Stephen Fry on Vista

[tarannau]

I'm sure it was you with the aviator shades and leather bomber.

Perhaps I'm getting you confused with c66?

 

[ChrisFilter]

I'm sure it was you with the aviator shades and leather bomber.

Perhaps I'm getting you confused with c66?

I have aviators, but alas no leather jacket.

I did name the tables at my wedding after Top Gun pilots, though.

 

[editor]

Legendary mac fanboi in "Vista sucks lol" shocker

In one!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Suplex isn't a real fanboi, it's only fair to indulge him.

This is true, but you did bite.

My mac works, and runs the programmes I need well. Games are for ninnies.

 

[ChrisFilter]

This is true, but you did bite.

My mac works, and runs the programmes I need well. Games are for ninnies.

So are macs. DEADLOCK

 

[ChrisC]

Forget windows. Ubuntu Linux all the way. Haven't used Windows in 3 years. Don't like Vista, my Dad has had so much trouble with it. I have used it.

Also I like Mac OS X, based on FreeBSD. No more viruses, spyware or bloody Windows Registry.

I'm even thinking of getting a MacBOOK.

 

[boskysquelch]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM&e

 

[Sunray]

I used a Mac for the 1st time the other day.

What a pain in the arse. Its like Vista on top of Unix but with some really annoying flaws, the 1st is the classic of not being able to resize via anything other than the bottom corner. Menu's at the top, meaning that your moving the mouse around much more than on a PC.

Their choice of VNC for remote desktop is also a right old dogs ear, on a Gigabit network it appeared slow. RDC might be windows only, but compared to VNC its the holy grail of remote desktop control.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

omg it has different window handles

 

[Pie 1]

How will we cope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DotCommunist]

How will we cope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you may mock, but I was reduced from MR. Computer whizz to enraged simpleton by crossing from pc to mac.

still the learning curve isn't that steep, unless you are really really thick

 

[Pie 1]

you may mock, but I was reduced from MR. Computer whizz to enraged simpleton by crossing from pc to mac.

It's ok - I'm the same the other way round!

 

[Sunray]

omg it has different window handles

I was expecting it to be easier to use than windows.

 

[Jonti]

Yup, don't doubt it. Which is a shame since at the time the board was perfect for me and still works, when the drivers let it, perfectly. Vista does have some responsibility however as it's designed to fall over at certain faults and for allowing and spreading ... the drivers that cause all the shite.

There are nVidia drivers that work, but MS has chosen automatically to install ones that don't?

This is a firm that seems to hate its customers.

 

[Jonti]

Forget windows. Ubuntu Linux all the way. Haven't used Windows in 3 years. Don't like Vista, my Dad has had so much trouble with it. I have used it.

Also I like Mac OS X, based on FreeBSD. No more viruses, spyware or bloody Windows Registry.

I'm even thinking of getting a MacBOOK.

Yes, Ubuntu. No more viruses, spyware or bloody Windows Registry with Ubuntu as well.

And the nVidia drivers work OK in Ubuntu ('cos of licensing issues you have to fetch them after installation, but that's made easy with a Wizard so no worries).

Plus Ubuntu is updated pretty regularly and incrementally every six months. There's none of this periodic lurching from one system to another (somewhat incompatible system) that MS forces on its users.

Expensive, forced upgrades are a bullet worth dodging, imho.

 

[ChrisC]

Glad someone else appreciates the glory of what Ubuntu is doing. Easy to use as well.

 

[EastEnder]

I was expecting it to be easier to use than windows.

OSX is far more intuitive than Windows, if you use it all the time.

Whereas Windows can be a complete doddle to master, if you use it a lot.

Apparently, after living in the same house for a while, blind people find it easy to get around.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Linux, linux, linux, blah, blah, blah

I don't mind linux, but wouldn't wanna use it every day.

 

[tarannau]

I have to use Vista every day, bar weekends. It's a pleasure to go back to Macs at home time.

 

[editor]

I have to use Vista every day, bar weekends. It's a pleasure to go back to Macs at home time.

Great! Let's have another MacZ Rulez/PC sux thread!

 

[tarannau]

Well I thought I'd cause a distraction from the Linux zealots who came onto the thread

 

[ChrisFilter]

Great! Let's have another MacZ Rulez/PC sux thread!

Good idea, they're fucking brilliant. I've done the same on another thread.

 

[ChrisFilter]

I have to use Vista every day, bar weekends. It's a pleasure to go back to Macs at home time.

"Tarannau sighed as the transition animations brought him ever closer to orgasm"

 

[editor]

Well I thought I'd cause a distraction from the Linux zealots who came onto the thread

Cool! Let's have a Linux RuleZ/MacZ sux/PC sux thread!

 

[Pie 1]

Cool! Let's have a Linux RuleZ/MacZ sux/PC sux thread!

Excellent.
I think we should celebrate with virtual high fives & a group whoop.

 

[EastEnder]

I have to use Vista every day, bar weekends. It's a pleasure to go back to Macs at home time.

I use OSX, XP & Debian @ work, Vista, XP & Fedora @ home.

Can I have a medal please?

A big shiny one, thanks.

 

[editor]

Excellent.
I think we should celebrate with virtual high fives & a group whoop.

Let's go for a jog around the block and whoop everyone on the way who has the money to buy expensive consumer goods!

Whoop! High Five!

 

[Jonti]

And a hearty cheer for those folks who put 'em out on the street after a couple of years!

 

[subversplat]

Isn't it nice to have a choice of operating systems so that we can each pick one that suits our needs best?

 

[EastEnder]

Isn't it nice to have a choice of operating systems so that we can each pick one that suits our needs best?

This forum does not tolerate pragmatism!