Another liar exposed!

From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)15 Nov 2014 01:17
To: ALL1 of 34
I was shocked to discover my new installation of xp sp3 did not have ie8 (it still had the default ie6). OK I forgot ie8 is a manual install. Then I went to MS to download it, and they said it is not compatible with xp 32-bit. FUCKING LIARS! I've installed ie8 on xp at least a dozen times. 

Luckily I had an ie8 installer archived, so I'm installing it now. Microsoft and Apple are LIARS! I hate you all.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)15 Nov 2014 01:24
To: ALL2 of 34
That was posted from Chrome, which I also hate.
From: ANT_THOMAS15 Nov 2014 01:52
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 3 of 34
How old is this computer?
From: fixrman15 Nov 2014 03:36
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 4 of 34
Why are you still using XP?
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)15 Nov 2014 08:59
To: fixrman 5 of 34
Because he's old skool and he HATES NEW STUFF!
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)15 Nov 2014 11:29
To: fixrman 6 of 34
3 reasons: too cheap to upgrade, games and our main client at work requires our stuff to run on it.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)15 Nov 2014 11:31
To: ANT_THOMAS 7 of 34
It has an agp graphics card.
From: koswix15 Nov 2014 12:48
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 8 of 34
Have you tried upping the AGP voltage to 2gb tbh?
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)15 Nov 2014 14:38
To: koswix 9 of 34
Glad you mentioned that. Another reason to not upgrade: ram is maxed out @ 2G. I'll probably be buying a new barebones kit in another year or two, and get Win7 oem/jim*.



*Jim Intentionally Misleads
From: ANT_THOMAS15 Nov 2014 16:23
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 10 of 34
What's the cpu?

Win 7 runs fine on 2GB and a relatively slow (by today's standards) Core Duo (not Core 2 Duo) mobile cpu.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)15 Nov 2014 17:44
To: ANT_THOMAS 11 of 34
x2 4850e (2.5G)
From: ANT_THOMAS15 Nov 2014 17:56
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 12 of 34
Give Windows 7 a go.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)15 Nov 2014 18:00
To: ANT_THOMAS 13 of 34
I use it at work. Can't say it's noticeably better than xp.
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)15 Nov 2014 18:27
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 14 of 34
It manages memory better than XP and so usually feels faster (i.e. is more responsive) on limited RAM. 
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)15 Nov 2014 18:51
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 15 of 34
Windows 8 FTW
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)15 Nov 2014 22:33
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 16 of 34
If I used Windows more often, the version might matter to me.
EDITED: 15 Nov 2014 22:36 by DSMITHHFX
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)15 Nov 2014 22:52
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 17 of 34
That version would blow your fucking mind. Or what passes for it.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)16 Nov 2014 00:15
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 18 of 34
From what little I've seen of it, it is certainly baffling.
From: fixrman16 Nov 2014 03:11
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 19 of 34
Windows Ain't Sucks.
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)18 Nov 2014 14:46
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 20 of 34
Plus it hasn't reached end of life.  I'm interested to see what MS will do when someone releases a show stopping virus.  I wonder if they will refuse to patch it or if the pressure to do so will be to great.  They may actually be wishing for that to happen to speed up the adoption of newer OS's.

I'm running the 10 Technical Review and it's no different than 8 with a hybrid start menu.  Of course it's still early so lots could change before it's released I guess.