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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 03:58 PM Original message |
Windows 'fails' active virus test (BBC) |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Get Ubuntu instead of the Vista crap! |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Or |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. My iMac has a program to generate cartoons, too! |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Agreed |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. me too |
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Dean Martin (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. My next one will be an Imac |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I have been very happy with the ones I have owned |
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Dean Martin (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. How do the Imacs handle the Microsoft programs? |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I would suggest a trip |
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Dean Martin (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. All I have to do then is wait a couple of years |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. which applications are compatible w/ubuntu ? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. All open souce linux applications. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You forgot to mention Wine and Vmware... |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I have VMware at work and love it. n/t |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux... |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. One of the best things about these apps... |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Just starting using that on one of my laptops. It's been one of the easiest versions of Linux |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. or get pclinuxos it has the same aere effects |
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Casablanca (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yet another reminder to the world to _never_ believe anything Microsoft says. |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. what is the "hypercapitalist ethos" ? |
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Casablanca (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The idea that everything and everyone are fundamentally economic commodities. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Let the SERVICE PACKS begin............ |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Rofl! |
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texasclarkie (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. Been using Ubunta since Warty |
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Dudemachine (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Misleading title... |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. But Live OneCare is -part of- Vista, right? |
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Dudemachine (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. No, it isn't. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Sorry, my mistake. From the link, it looked to me as if it was a Windows product. |
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Dudemachine (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. :-) |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Good info, thanks. It's hard to keep track of what's what sometimes. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. You're right, it is. I just posted the BBC headline without "editorial" comment. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. Anyone expecting Microsoft software to work.. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
29. Has anyone seen the review? |
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Dudemachine (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. See post #24 n/t |
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DubyaSux (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. Contrary to popular belief... |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. LOL |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Which is why I get updates for Windows every time I turn on my PC |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. Another day, another MS product that fails to perform. What else is new? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. So which ones passed the test? (nt) |
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Dudemachine (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Here... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Thanks! Am I correct to assume that none of those are affiliated with the testing group? (nt) |
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