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Carolus Rex is offline Carolus Rex
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quote:
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I think a lot of 50 year old housewives would prefer the Longhorn.





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it seems to me they will be a later time dropping the "windows" part....
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Webpage: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

Video: http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0507...in_Name_MBR.asx
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Vista sounds like a codename, not a final name.

I'd've liked Windows 2006, myself.
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quote:
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Vista sounds like a codename, not a final name.

I'd've liked Windows 2006, myself.

The year-names are silly, because then 3 years later it feels dated.

It's the same reason SP2 removed the copyright year from the Windows boot screen (2001).
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Sure, year names are kinda odd, but it's better than referring to it with something that sounds like a marketspeak codename.

"Tiger" and "Leopard" both sound silly, which is why, at least when speaking of them, I tend to say OS X 10.4; I'd rather say Windows 6.0 or 2006 instead of "Vista".
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They should've named it Windows 360.

MarkG is offline MarkG
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Video: http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0507...in_Name_MBR.asx
does the video some special format? 80% of it was some green blured images

btw, wmp has reach version 10 and still cant do decent buffering....

MarkG is offline MarkG
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what a surprise, winamp played it correctly
mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/msnse/0507/25234/Win_Name_MBR.wmv
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quote:
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does the video some special format? 80% of it was some green blured images

btw, wmp has reach version 10 and still cant do decent buffering....

It uses WMV...played fine for me. Buffering also. Then again I get 10MB/s download speeds at work from the internet.

And I don't think you should be talking -- you still haven't fixed the fugly forum buttons, nor the horizontal scroll issue in Gecko browsers.
MarkG is offline MarkG
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i use firefox and i dont have a horizontal scroll issue

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quote:
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Then again I get 10MB/s download speeds at work from the internet.
so it wasnt buffered

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That's funny, because most people do. I've even told you how to fix it with a workaround a while ago, and you ignored it. It's a registered Gecko bug...

I also told you how to correct the fugly forum buttons (which overrides theme/style info on Windows to show the ugly oldschool grey box style), but you ignored that also.
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so it wasnt buffered

It's always buffered Mark, it just filled up instantly.

Don't you know how the internet works.

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It's always buffered Mark, it just filled up instantly.
if i put the slider at the start it starts buffering again. so it doesnt relly buffer....

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Sid Meier's Windows

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VISTA?!

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Microsoft is a joke. Wake up and start using something else. They're tired, old and slow.

I don't think Linux is a adequate alternative for the typical, non-techie user yet.
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quote:
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Sure, year names are kinda odd, but it's better than referring to it with something that sounds like a marketspeak codename.

"Tiger" and "Leopard" both sound silly, which is why, at least when speaking of them, I tend to say OS X 10.4; I'd rather say Windows 6.0 or 2006 instead of "Vista".


I'll second that. "Vista" sounds too forced... just like "Longhorn" - ick.
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Vista is appropriate if you think of its definition.
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vista means a new horizon...

bleh. Windows 2K6 would have looked more interesting... or "Windows Century 21"
Carolus Rex is offline Carolus Rex
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The year-names are silly, because then 3 years later it feels dated.



Actually, from a marketing point of view, that's quite smart... Because then you feel you have old software and then you need to... Yes, that's right, buy new software and enter into that inevitable circle again...

Are you ready for the circle?

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Windows Vista?

Must be the same ppl naming Bush's military campeigns.

Me, I would name it something kewl, like Dread Pirate Windows™
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quote:
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or "Windows Century 21"


Is Windows into the Real Estate business now?

http://www.century21.com/home.aspx
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I think it should by Windows Poly.
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Is Windows into the Real Estate business now?

http://www.century21.com/home.aspx


Horizontal Business Expansion!

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Same here. It's great, and it saves the strain on my pinky finger that repeatedly pressing ctrl-c/ctrl-v causes.


right-click -> copy

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quote:
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right-click -> copy
That's like work.
 
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