Posted by fatreg
^ SQL databases....
you need an add-on
Posted by paul101
On 2008-05-06 22:30:54, fatreg wrote:
^ SQL databases....
you need an add-on
smarty
not everyone gonna use that, besides addons are easy enuff to install
Posted by arien617
I reckon iWork beats Open Office and Office 2007.. both of which I've used on Vista.
Posted by paul101
On 2008-05-06 22:14:08, arien617 wrote:
I guess each OS has its pros and cons, but as I don't play games on PC, I'm doing fine without Vista..
ditto
Posted by Danny_BFC
On 2008-05-04 03:19:15, paul101 wrote:
you may have heard a rumour that Vista is a virus ... no, vista is not a virus. here's what viruses do:
- they replicate quickly. ok, vista does that.
- viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so. ok, vista does that.
- viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk. ok... vista does that, too.
- viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. sigh ... vista does that too.
- viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow and the user will buy new hardware. yup, that's with vista, too.
until now it seems that vista might in fact be a virus, but there are some differences.
- viruses are well supported by their authors, run on most systems and are universally compatible.
- their program code is fast, compact, efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.
so, windows vista is not a virus.
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Posted by kenoby
Been using Vista for a year now and it works just fine. I used to dual and triple boot Vista with various Linux distros, and I am back on Vista, full time... I realized that it was just way too much time wasted on the net to get things working on my laptop...
There was not one virus entering my PC running Vista in the past year, apart from XP, which was getting a reformat every once in a while. Same stories were also at that time when XP was released so this comes as no surprise. Vista is a great OS AFAIC.
Even on 2Gb RAM, 1.83 D2D and DreamScene switched on it works flawlessly..
Posted by QVGA
The fact of the matter is that Windows is far more popular, it always was, and always will be. There's a reason for its popularity. If MAC was so much better people would use it, but they dont.
All around the world people worship Apple products. Why is it that of all their products, OSx is the one that very very few people use?
Posted by EMS06
Sorry to digress guys but since we are sort of speaking of "viruses" I have a query and didn't want to start another thread. My subscription with McAfee is running out this month and am not really keen on renewing since reading on Computer Shopper that Kaspersky is better than the former. Could you guys help out on which Anti-virus solution should I go for? I'm not confining myself only on Kaspersky , any other that is better is welcomed. Thanks in advance.
Posted by paul101
avast, no questions asked is the best
Posted by QVGA
If you're paying, you might as well go for the cream of the crop. Kaspresky or Symantec
Posted by EMS06
@Paul101
Thanks, I'll look into that.
@QVGA
I had a look at Symantec but I would still prefer Kaspersky between the two.
Anything different or better about Symantec in relation to Kaspersky?
Thanks.
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Posted by sadeghi85
IMO KIS is the best, a good Firewall and a good Antivirus in one product.
Posted by arien617
On 2008-05-07 09:57:40, QVGA wrote:
If MAC was so much better people would use it, but they dont.
Because they don't make cheap machines... people who can afford to go Mac, do so. Unless they're hardcore Windoze fans...
Posted by QVGA
On 2008-05-07 16:58:56, arien617 wrote:
On 2008-05-07 09:57:40, QVGA wrote:
If MAC was so much better people would use it, but they dont.
Because they don't make cheap machines... people who can afford to go Mac, do so. Unless they're hardcore Windoze fans...
There are more PCs over 2000$ than there are MACS. I dont have the figures to support that, but i know that its a fact.
Posted by whizkidd
Well, its still open for debate on which is the better Os of the two. One of the reasons Windows is so popular is because people had "choice". Its simple: To use Mac, you ought to purchase a Mac! At the same time, with windows, you can assembla 100 dollar system and still install Windows. MAC buffs will say "Hey, we can still dual boot with XP on a Mac!" but hell, you still need to purchase a Mac! Its like purchasing a million dollar home just to enjoy the 10000 dollar swimming pool! If you give the consumers a choice, even an inferior product will do better. That by no means imply that Windows is inferior. Vista is a quite capable OS IMHO!
Posted by kenoby
On 2008-05-07 15:46:52, EMS06 wrote:
@Paul101
Thanks, I'll look into that.
@QVGA
I had a look at Symantec but I would still prefer Kaspersky between the two.
Anything different or better about Symantec in relation to Kaspersky?
Thanks.
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You could give it a try for a month, NOD32. It is an 100% protection.
As far as it goes for KAV and SYM, they are both good but system hoggers. With NOD you get 1st line defense for less money and without slowing down the system.
Look here for some better arguments:
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/results?display=vendors
Posted by EMS06
@kenoby
Thanks so much for that link. Very useful, appreciated.
Posted by NightBlade
yeah, NOD32 is really great.
Posted by Trev1982
i cant believe this is still ongoing, and secondly i cant believe how much you rip windoze to pieces paul and now your wanting vista lol
Posted by max_wedge
Open Office is fine as apps go, but the compatibility between Open Office and MS Office is over rated. If you need to regularly view word documents as they were meant to be viewed, Open Office doesn't cut it.
In business I come up against this a lot. Home users who have convinced their boss of the advantages of open source, have put Open Office on all the computers in the office, then for the next 6 months users complain bitterly about not being able to view MS Office documents properly. One by one the machines get converted back to MS Office, as users demand something that allows them to exchange documents with customers and business associates from other businesses who use MS Office.
In one case I inherited a customer whose previous tech had installed the whole office with new machines pre-installed with Open Office. In the end the customer had to replace all the Open Office with MS Office. They had to pay full retail cost of MS Office, since they had missed the opportunity to pay OEM pricing when they bought the machines with Open Office instead of MS Office. It ended up costing them about $4000 more than it would have had they purchased the machines with MS Office pre-installed.
I know that it sucks that MS Office has become a proxy Office Suite standard, but in lieu of any real Office Document industry standards, business has to rely on the most used Office suite, which happens to be MS Office.
Posted by kenoby
On 2008-05-07 22:42:07, EMS06 wrote:
@kenoby
Thanks so much for that link. Very useful, appreciated.
Glad you found it useful. Cheers!
Posted by max_wedge
I'll say this, if Vista IS a virus, it's not a very effective one. Going by the ongoing business use of Windows XP, Vista isn't speading that fast
I think once another year or two has passed the compatibility issues will have mostly been addressed and businesses will start taking up Vista with gusto.
tbh there is nothing wrong with vista running on a domain other than if you need to run some business software that is incompatible. If you have no such software in the organisation and aren't expecting any, it's feasible to use Vista.