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Tue May-26-09 10:12 PM
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| 78. Vista and the Army: A match made in Hell |
| -U.S. Army switching over to Windows Vista |
AlphaCentauri |
May-25-09 10:28 PM |
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Maybe NOW the wars will end. n/t |
Wilms |
May-25-09 10:29 PM |
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............ |
OhioChick |
May-25-09 10:38 PM |
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+1 |
n2doc |
May-26-09 12:00 PM |
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+1-- Here's to hopin'!!! /nt |
readmoreoften |
May-26-09 12:40 PM |
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"God dammit, my rifle bluescreened again.." (nt) |
Posteritatis |
May-26-09 02:29 PM |
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Why not just wait for windows 7 ? |
UndertheOcean |
May-25-09 10:30 PM |
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They would have to be upgrading hardware. |
merwin |
May-25-09 11:02 PM |
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They should just spring for it |
Occulus |
May-26-09 12:15 AM |
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Have you try win 7 XP mode for your game? |
AlphaCentauri |
May-26-09 12:21 AM |
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LOL. Oh, my, yes. The game is Bioshock. |
Occulus |
May-26-09 09:49 AM |
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Bioshock is notoriously shit |
DS1 |
May-26-09 10:05 AM |
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True, at least in Vi$ta. |
Occulus |
May-26-09 10:10 AM |
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I've been on Win 7 RC and it's been fantastic |
DS1 |
May-26-09 10:11 AM |
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You may want to have another partition with XP handy. |
Occulus |
May-26-09 10:15 AM |
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Beta expires in August, RC expires in June 2010 |
DS1 |
May-26-09 10:20 AM |
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Okay, mine says "Evaluation copy 7100 Build" in the corner |
Occulus |
May-26-09 10:44 AM |
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Yes, that should be RC(1) |
DS1 |
May-26-09 10:45 AM |
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Cool. Just nabbed the RC build. |
Occulus |
May-26-09 04:54 PM |
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my son rebuilt his system just to run 7 beta.... |
madrchsod |
May-26-09 01:17 AM |
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It starts *way* faster than XP. |
Occulus |
May-26-09 09:59 AM |
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yup...he`s a game player |
madrchsod |
May-26-09 04:35 PM |
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I swear. Even 360 ports run better than on a 360. |
Occulus |
May-26-09 04:57 PM |
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I would guess it's a better DirectX library. |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-27-09 10:15 AM |
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too bad ... they should get Macs. nt |
shireen |
May-25-09 10:37 PM |
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It's the Army. If they get Macs, they'll use them to run 32 bit Vista under Bootcamp |
struggle4progress |
May-26-09 04:55 PM |
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Vista sucks |
jpak |
May-25-09 10:42 PM |
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yes ... |
InfiniteThoughts |
May-25-09 10:55 PM |
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Vista is fine if you have recent hardware... otherwise don't bother... |
merwin |
May-25-09 11:05 PM |
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Even with modern hardware |
Sentath |
May-25-09 11:32 PM |
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Sorry, you're wrong |
ProudDad |
May-27-09 08:29 PM |
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Ooooh....that sounds about right! |
NoSheep |
May-27-09 08:30 PM |
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If this is true, it's not because Vista will do the job better...it'll be because |
salguine |
May-25-09 10:44 PM |
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Normally, I'd buy this explanation. |
sofa king |
May-26-09 01:02 PM |
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if they ran Linux |
ChromeFoundry |
May-25-09 10:45 PM |
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Yep. |
Jakes Progress |
May-25-09 10:55 PM |
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Despite my post above, that's totally true. |
Occulus |
May-26-09 12:16 AM |
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And they would need to spend tens of billions to rewrite existing applications. |
Xithras |
May-26-09 10:31 AM |
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90% of that 90% would run fine under WINE... |
ChromeFoundry |
May-26-09 11:49 AM |
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Gives New Meaning to the Phrase "BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH" |
AndyTiedye |
May-26-09 02:02 PM |
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh |
ProudDad |
May-29-09 12:43 AM |
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Why don't they wait for Windows 7? |
IndianaGreen |
May-25-09 10:50 PM |
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Figures. |
bitchkitty |
May-25-09 10:52 PM |
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Why not just wave a big flag out of the Pentagon that says, "Attack Us Now"? |
MilesColtrane |
May-25-09 11:27 PM |
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Blue screen? |
izquierdista |
May-26-09 05:54 AM |
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Just another example of |
The Wizard |
May-25-09 11:28 PM |
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I'm Sorry, Dave. I'm Afraid I Can't Do That. |
tucsonlib |
May-25-09 11:31 PM |
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omg - recommend for the Duzzies |
WillYourVoteBCounted |
May-25-09 11:58 PM |
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Interesting how even the Pentagon doesn't consider Macs as an option -- |
smalll |
May-25-09 11:40 PM |
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The Army wants to suffer like everyone else I guess |
rpannier |
May-25-09 11:44 PM |
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FInally, the military finds the weapons of mass destruction |
WillYourVoteBCounted |
May-25-09 11:59 PM |
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some 14-year-old punk kid in Indonesia is gonna control our launch codes... |
Blue_Tires |
May-26-09 12:18 AM |
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I'd assume stuff like those are still on nice hulking ancient indestructible 70s-era stuff (nt) |
Posteritatis |
May-26-09 02:30 PM |
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Could this retard commercial takeup of Windows 7? |
moggie |
May-26-09 12:38 AM |
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Military intelligence is an oxymoron. |
Vidar |
May-26-09 12:38 AM |
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how fucking stupid can they get |
davidinalameda |
May-26-09 01:07 AM |
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epic failure...7 is the new xp... |
madrchsod |
May-26-09 01:13 AM |
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We're doomed. |
Prisoner_Number_Six |
May-26-09 01:21 AM |
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HELLO - MAKE THIS NOT HAPPEN CONGRESS! This VISTA is outdated the moment Windows 7 comes out later |
Divine Discontent |
May-26-09 01:47 AM |
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Those reports are correct. I HATE to push a Micro$oft OS, but in this case, it's true. |
Occulus |
May-26-09 10:02 AM |
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Ubuntu is FREE! |
Toucano |
May-26-09 02:12 AM |
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Not quite. |
Realityhack |
May-26-09 06:47 PM |
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It's an Islamofascist plot! |
DFW |
May-26-09 02:47 AM |
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Iraq War (Not Responding) |
LeftyMom |
May-26-09 03:53 AM |
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Just in time to watch the world embrace Windows-7 |
panzerfaust |
May-26-09 05:39 AM |
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Figures...only military still taking kick backs from Microsoft.... |
LeftHander |
May-26-09 07:32 AM |
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Whole new meaning to BSOD. nt |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
May-26-09 08:40 AM |
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Anything to slow the withdrawal from Iraq. |
CreekDog |
May-26-09 08:42 AM |
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No! Our job is to make the OTHER bastards use Vista |
Canuckistanian |
May-26-09 09:05 AM |
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That's a great idea |
nichomachus |
May-26-09 12:47 PM |
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Well, that ought to just about finish then off as an effective fighting force. |
bemildred |
May-26-09 09:17 AM |
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"An unidentified program wants to access your military: dickcheney.exe" |
Akoto |
May-26-09 09:24 AM |
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I bet 99% of the people here bitching about Vista have no clue as to what they are talking about |
no limit |
May-26-09 11:56 AM |
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I bet 99% of the people here bitching about Vista use... err suffer, Vista. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
May-26-09 11:58 AM |
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Vi$ta is a POS operating system that was so bad Microsoft offered downgrades |
Occulus |
May-26-09 12:03 PM |
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Welcome to our humble little board, Mr. Gates! |
bullwinkle428 |
May-26-09 01:06 PM |
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True, while Vista can be more secure, has more Group Policy options |
CatholicEdHead |
May-26-09 01:10 PM |
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You do realize there was a very good reason... |
Realityhack |
May-26-09 06:43 PM |
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I do not dispute there were problems at release |
no limit |
May-26-09 06:56 PM |
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Another large factor is that IT departments are looking at going strait to 7. |
Realityhack |
May-27-09 10:00 AM |
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Vista is no linux? The security of linux depends on how you configure it |
no limit |
May-27-09 10:20 AM |
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Unfortunately there ARE underlying architecture differences. |
Realityhack |
May-27-09 06:18 PM |
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Tell me what security features linux has that windows lacks |
no limit |
May-28-09 08:58 AM |
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I run 3 Vista machines |
B3Nut |
May-27-09 10:07 AM |
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If you haven't screwed up a workstation with bad group policy settings... |
no limit |
May-27-09 10:22 AM |
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No, it's because even on a "powerful" machine |
ProudDad |
May-27-09 08:35 PM |
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I know WTF I'm talking about |
ProudDad |
May-27-09 08:33 PM |
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As computers get more powerful operating systems will use more resources |
no limit |
May-28-09 09:01 AM |
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As computer hardware gets more powerful |
ProudDad |
May-29-09 12:42 AM |
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You are talking about a slight performance decrease compared to windows xp |
no limit |
May-29-09 10:34 AM |
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Only if you're talking in terms of the fringe elements |
ProudDad |
May-30-09 05:49 PM |
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because it is the 2nd time I've saved for years for a new computer and |
NoSheep |
May-27-09 08:33 PM |
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I agree with you on having to get used to the interface |
no limit |
May-28-09 09:02 AM |
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It's unstable and "too secure" |
ProudDad |
May-29-09 12:48 AM |
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I see. Point taken. |
NoSheep |
May-29-09 09:58 AM |
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We're fooked. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
May-26-09 11:56 AM |
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Well, there goes the military. |
damntexdem |
May-26-09 05:51 PM |
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yep, we'll be bogged down by slow systems and glitches of all things! how embarrassing... |
Divine Discontent |
May-26-09 07:34 PM |
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Vista and the Army: A match made in Hell |
KamaAina |
May-26-09 10:12 PM |
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Masterful informed managerial decision! |
timtom |
May-27-09 06:39 AM |
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I am reminded of an old Beetle Bailey cartoon. Anyone remembers this? |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag |
May-27-09 10:10 AM |
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Yipeeeeeeee! |
ProudDad |
May-27-09 08:27 PM |
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Learning curve SUCKS. Vista SUCKS. |
NoSheep |
May-27-09 08:30 PM |
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Windows Vista FUBAR version |
DainBramaged |
May-28-09 05:53 AM |
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Countdown to US nukes glitching and hitting US soil... |
AB_Positive |
May-28-09 12:03 PM |
#98 |
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