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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 11:53 PM
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13. Ridiculous
All those horses just to run an operating system. Guess applications will have to fight each other for what ever is left over. Meanwhile, the minimum system requirements for Ubuntu are:

Processor................300 MHz (x86)
Memory...................256 MB
Hard drive capacity......4 GB

and it's free.
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  -Windows 7 system requirements! (get the popcorn, this is hilarious - but not in favor of MS... Deja Q  May-02-09 07:26 PM   #0 
  - Wow, that sucks  CatholicEdHead   May-02-09 08:02 PM   #1 
  - Ah, the Starter Edition -- cheap crippleware, which I doubt will run any faster either.  Deja Q   May-02-09 08:04 PM   #2 
     - They are tyring to take a page out of Apple's playbook  CatholicEdHead   May-02-09 08:16 PM   #3 
        - Never knew that factoid - thanks!  Deja Q   May-02-09 08:17 PM   #4 
           - YW, just Google MacOS 9 Carbon for more  CatholicEdHead   May-02-09 08:26 PM   #5 
              - Their long term strategy is interesting; eliminating the Win32 API in favor of .NET apps.  Deja Q   May-02-09 09:25 PM   #7 
              - Their ideal revenue model makes Windows Azure the preferred platform  CatholicEdHead   May-02-09 09:37 PM   #8 
                 - In principle, I'm a skeptic of 'cloud computing' or SaaS...  Deja Q   May-02-09 09:52 PM   #9 
                    - Same here, but the higher ups want the revenue model  CatholicEdHead   May-03-09 09:44 AM   #19 
                       - More higher ups need to understand the delicacy of IT.  Deja Q   May-03-09 02:02 PM   #24 
                          - Then the liability side needs to be presented with real $$$ values  CatholicEdHead   May-03-09 03:01 PM   #28 
                             - Even 'private clouds', which try to be a compromise, are risky...  Deja Q   May-03-09 03:10 PM   #29 
              - 6 years is not unrealistic these days  no name no slogan   May-03-09 10:04 AM   #20 
                 - That sounds reasonable  CatholicEdHead   May-03-09 11:24 AM   #22 
                    - I doubt we'll upgrade for a while then  no name no slogan   May-03-09 01:35 PM   #23 
  - ... yeah, I'm happy with mah XP.  DarkTirade   May-02-09 09:06 PM   #6 
  - I'm happy with mah XP too  TommyO   May-02-09 11:31 PM   #11 
  - I've been using Windows 7 for a few months. I rather like it.  BlueJazz   May-02-09 11:22 PM   #10 
  - my son has been trying out 7 and he thinks it`s very good  madrchsod   May-03-09 10:08 AM   #21 
  - What the Hell is up with this "XP Mode" thing anyway?  Sebastian Doyle   May-02-09 11:33 PM   #12 
  - Shits and giggles?  RoyGBiv   May-03-09 12:16 AM   #14 
     - Yes, it is aimed at Enterprise Adoption  CatholicEdHead   May-03-09 09:40 AM   #18 
  - Ridiculous  pokerfan   May-02-09 11:53 PM   #13 
  - I think a lot of people would love something like Ubuntu were it not for fear of the unknown.  Wapsie B   May-03-09 02:10 PM   #27 
     - Well, that seems to be changing  pokerfan   May-03-09 05:14 PM   #30 
  - You have to laugh ...  RoyGBiv   May-03-09 12:26 AM   #15 
  - Outsourcing Has Its Consequences  Yavin4   May-03-09 12:39 AM   #16 
  - Using real talent, and not farting around with money and then lying through one's teeth...  Deja Q   May-03-09 02:03 PM   #25 
  - That's insane.  sammythecat   May-03-09 01:10 AM   #17 
     - Granted, 64-bit Vista has a lot of multimedia niceties that 64-bit XP lacks...  Deja Q   May-03-09 02:07 PM   #26 
 

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