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  • Aiadi
    Aiadi Posts: 1,840 Forumite
    Could someone please enlighten me on this one? What does this do for the normal day to day work with browsing, office work and media handling that XP can't do?
    Do I want it? ......Do I need it? ......What would happen if I don't buy it??????
  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    @ Aiadi - nothing :)
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    Aiadi wrote: »
    Could someone please enlighten me on this one? What does this do for the normal day to day work with browsing, office work and media handling that XP can't do?
    It is called technological evolution - we must progress to the next level to achieve goals previously out our grasp. ;)
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    Lol, no - me stupid, I meant MAC.

    The Manhattan Association of Cabaret?
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    It is called technological evolution - we must progress to the next level to achieve goals previously out our grasp. ;)

    Or buy a Mac. Whichever works for you. :p
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    Marty_J wrote: »
    The Manhattan Association of Cabaret?



    Or buy a Mac. Whichever works for you. :p
    I will give you twenty quid for one of your MAC's Marty boy....done deal? :confused:
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    I will give you twenty quid for one of your MAC's Marty boy....done deal? :confused:

    Sorry, my Mycobacterium Avium Complex isn't for sale!
  • Aiadi
    Aiadi Posts: 1,840 Forumite
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    It is called technological evolution - we must progress to the next level to achieve goals previously out our grasp. ;)
    Well that was exactly what I was seeking enlightenment on. I'll ask you the question again then. What is it that is now out of our grasp that Windows 7 will bring into our grasp in terms of computing??


    DatabaseError: I think your answer sums it all pretty adequately....
    Do I want it? ......Do I need it? ......What would happen if I don't buy it??????
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    Aiadi wrote: »
    Well that was exactly what I was seeking enlightenment on. I'll ask you the question again then. What is it that is now out of our grasp that Windows 7 will bring into our grasp in terms of computing??
    :think: Well, for a start Windows 7 has go-faster stripes, does that count?
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    Aiadi wrote: »
    Well that was exactly what I was seeking enlightenment on. I'll ask you the question again then. What is it that is now out of our grasp that Windows 7 will bring into our grasp in terms of computing??

    Not much. It's a "fixed" version of Vista.

    There are already operating systems out there that run a lot better than Vista anyway, so it's not really an innovation. I believe someone at Microsoft referred to it as "evolutionary rather than revolutionary".

    Microsoft would be calling it Vista SP3 and giving it away for free if Vista hadn't proven so massively unpopular.

    But, as ever with Windows, your loss is their gain I suppose.
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
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    Marty_J wrote: »
    Not much. It's a "fixed" version of Vista.
    ...new kernel Marty, similar as all of its NT predecessors. ;)
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
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