Microsoft wants us to have control over our OSs

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » May 25th, 2006, 18:54

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... er&pl=true

No, really. they do.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » May 25th, 2006, 19:52

I saw a video review of Media Player 11 today and the reviewer said it has iTunes like abilities to manage your music, no shock there then.

Wiggy · Post by **Wiggy** » May 25th, 2006, 19:54

Hey, that looks like Mac OSX!

Oh, wait.....

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » May 25th, 2006, 21:19

Wiggy wrote:Hey, that looks like Mac OSX!

Oh, wait.....

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » May 26th, 2006, 6:33

Fista Beta 2 sucks.

The installer sucks. The set up sucks. The user interface sucks. The graphics suck. The effects cause graphics corruption, which sucks. The memory management sucks. The bundled applications (WMP11, IE7) suck. Windows Explorer sucks. All the pointless little changes suck. The fact that it will not install on a 20GB HDD sucks. The system requirements suck left, right and centre.

And yet OSX runs so beautifully on my 1.33GHz PowerPC chip with less than a gig of RAM and a shitty little 64MB GeForce FX 5200.

Why the fuck does Fista need such high system resources?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 26th, 2006, 6:36

you're missing an important point here.

No. Fucker. Cares. About. Macs.

eion · Post by **eion** » May 26th, 2006, 6:43

Jinxx wrote:Fista Beta 2 sucks.

The installer sucks. The set up sucks. The user interface sucks. The graphics suck. <blah>

Why the fuck does Fista need such high system resources?

You forget something else... how long it took them to get OS X running any faster than running through golden syrup. Remember the first *actual retail release* of OS X, where typing in a password that was longer than the initial size of the box allowed for caused the window to automatically resize - which took so long that it seemed like a system crash? No? Or funnier stuff, like the login password stuff being kerberized but the screensaver password not, so you'd have to find a sysadmin to unlock your computer? Oh, the laughs. Fortunately, even while the screensaver was on and the system was secured, you could still use up all of the system resources by pressing taking desktop screenshots.

Now, compare to Fista *Beta 2*. In other words, an OS that won't be out for about another nine months.

Plus, who gives a shit about Macs?

Also - am I the only one who'd rather set my prepuce on fire than use Apple applications? QuickTime and iTunes are especially horrid. Thank fuck for QuickTime Alternative and any other decent media player.

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 26th, 2006, 7:33

I imagine Mac users give a fuck about Macs. Personally I'll use whatever OS will let me run my games with the least amount of hassle. I reserve the right to complain about it though.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » May 26th, 2006, 8:24

Daddy or Chips??

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » May 26th, 2006, 8:27

Chips!

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » May 26th, 2006, 10:01

MS care about OSX because they need something to rip all their ideas from

It sounds like MS are trying too hard. Apple have a huge advantage with their fixed platform setup which makes developing and testing an OS a lot easy I imagine. MS have to make an OS that runs on all sorts of hardware and that must be a big job, they should try to keep it simple and leave the flashy stuff to Apple.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » May 26th, 2006, 14:13

Design, Digital Art, VIdeo Editing = MAC
Gaming, General Use, Compatibility, Standardisation = Windows

PC vs MAC argument END!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 26th, 2006, 14:16

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Trying to convince people who don't care that you're better than them = MAC
Getting on with stuff = Windows

PC vs MAC argument END!

Fix'd

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 26th, 2006, 14:24

How's about we have a special fighting foum?

My topic suggestions:

Amiga Vs Atari ST
Cats Vs Dogs
Doom 3 Vs Unreal Tourney
Man Utd Vs Man City
Men Vs Women
Israel Vs Palestine
PC Vs Console
Spy Vs Spy

Anyone else?

Post by **FatherJack** » May 26th, 2006, 14:33

Dog Pants wrote:How's about we have a special fighting foum?

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » May 26th, 2006, 14:40

Dog Pants wrote:How's about we have a special fighting foum?

My topic suggestions:

Amiga Vs Atari ST
Cats Vs Dogs
Doom 3 Vs Unreal Tourney
Man Utd Vs Man City
Men Vs Women
Israel Vs Palestine
PC Vs Console
Spy Vs Spy

Anyone else?

Daddy Vs Chips

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 26th, 2006, 14:41

it'd be pointless.

Berk is always right.

FACT.

Post by **fabyak** » May 26th, 2006, 14:50

in that case:

Berk Vs Jack Bauer

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 26th, 2006, 14:58

jack bauer is scared of feather dusters.

i win.

Post by **fabyak** » May 26th, 2006, 15:01

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:jack bauer is scared of feather dusters.

i win.

But Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in Middle-Eastern Men...