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If you touch your software enough does it become hardware?

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they're just gonna sell XP bundled with http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/05/20 ... -for-free/

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Dr. kitteny berk wrote:they're just gonna sell XP bundled with http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/05/20 ... -for-free/

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THIS :above:

Allthough the "proper" dual core support and so on is going to be the main reason people buy it, especially hardware/gaming fanatics who want the best out of their machine.

I'm pretty sure I will find it on the floor at some point and try it out, as I really wasn't impressed with the longhorn leak
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Yeah, I think most of us will end up getting Fista, but only because we'll be forced to for a lot of upcoming games (I'm looking at you, CRYSIS! :x ).
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Post by Lateralus »

Once I can afford a machine with the hardware I'd need to run crysis, I'll be able to afford Fista.

That'll be a loooooooong wait for both then!
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EvE running on DirectX 10, once CCP release that optional upgrade

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Post by Johnny27 »

I am glad that using linux I dont have any problems as upgrading software or hardware.

I dont want to be a jerk guys, but you better use windows only for games. It doesn't worth for anything more.
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Post by Dr. kitteny berk »

I'm still a windows user.

I've played with linux enough to know I don't like it and that it sucks for damn near everything I do.

Also, dual booting is a sin - I reboot *very* rarely (like, once every 2 weeks) and have no performance issues. ever.

As a sidenote bukkake has been running for over a year, and has been rebooted 3 times.

Personally I feel most of the problems with windows are (dare I say it?) User errors - Very little little really goes wrong unless you do something overly stupid, like use IE. :lol:

I don't have any problems with linux as such, it has it's place on other people's desktops, just not mine :)
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Dr. kitteny berk wrote: Personally I feel most of the problems with windows are (dare I say it?) User errors - Very little little really goes wrong unless you do something overly stupid, like use IE.
user errors made all the easier through poor design and coding, but anyway...

If it were not for games, I would have migrated from windows long ago. I like the infinate buggering about possibilities that Linux gives you (compared to windows). The only work type things i use a computer for is coding (which, as I do it largely by hand, can be done on aything with a text editor) and graphics/video stuff (which I much prefer the Mac for).

But alas, if you want to play teh geams, you're damn limited if you dont have windows.
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Johnny27 wrote:I dont want to be a jerk guys, but you better use windows only for games. It doesn't worth for anything more.
This was my plan recently. I installed Fedora with the full intention of having it as my non-gaming desktop and discovered that it doesn't like my network ports. So I have to try to solve that before I can use it and compiling new kernel modules is not my idea of fun. :(
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I've got Ubuntu on an old machine, but I haven't yet figured it out.
I'm happy with the software I have for doing the things I do. Can't say fairer than that, really.
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My main box is a dual boot XP/Ubuntu. My plan was to reboot into XP whenever I wanted to play a game, but it's mostly a hassle for me, so I generally keep it in XP.
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I was going to try Ubuntu but I deal with Redhat at work so Fedora is probably a better option for me and I don't suppose it will work any better with my NICs. Is it nice?
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Apparently Red Hat is god awful, my friend brought it along with a book, he took it back the next day..
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Post by Johnny27 »

You choose a product (redhat or fedora) that is mostly used for server management.

I don't to underastimate these two distributions, but for desktop usage in home or small office you should try other distribution like mandriva, suse, ubuntu, etc.

All these linux packages support most of network parts plus video graphics drivers and any third party commercially provided driver.

PS: I think we got off topic :-)
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Johnny27 wrote:You choose a product (redhat or fedora) that is mostly used for server management.
Like I said, it's because I use it at work and that may come in useful. But I'm now considering trying another dist in the hope that it will solve the NIC problem.
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everybody wrote:redhat
does anybody else foresee CDC's en masse?
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Johnny27 wrote: PS: I think we got off topic :-)
HA! we never go off topic at 5punk!

/me continues to wander in wrong direction and herd space cat
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