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Is Vista a virus? |
paul101
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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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[ This Message was edited by: paul101 on 2008-05-04 10:59 ] |
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BobaFett
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u must be really bored... 
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whizkidd
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 Thats a shocking revelation!
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belialwafu
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thats why vista sucks, haha i dont know why some people just buy them, xp is still the king of the ring
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Cycovision
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Everybody said the same thing about XP when it first came out and they were running it on 450Mhz celerons with 256Mb RAM and 8Mb on board graphics
Obviously M$ will try to get people to upgrade to Vista but what they really mean is "go out and buy a new computer with Vista already on it".
It's not that bad, all you need is a decent entry-level dual core processor, 2Gb RAM and DX 10 compatible on board graphics and it'll run like a dream. Those aren't exactly amazing specs by todays standards and you can pick up a complete desktop system like that for less than £400.
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whizkidd
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Thanks to Microsoft.. Or we'd still be using underpowered pc's. 
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Trev1982
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does anyone read micro mart its a pc mag over here in the uk, there was couple page spread last week bout Mr Gates saying that vista was a experiment for windows 7 which is the next instalment of OS for microsux,
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Cycovision
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He is very keen to get windows 7 out. I read somewhere that several heads rolled over the multiple delays and numerous leaked alpha releases, I think he sees Vista as an omen of bad luck!
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belialwafu
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if they say vista is good OS already, then why are they releasing WINDOWS XP SP3?
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Trev1982
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there is no way they can stop supporting XP yet, even though they say there going to, am pretty sure they will get a bit of a kicking seen s many business's purchased xp and didn't upgrade because of the price, they stop supporting there will be trouble for MS
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belialwafu
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yup, if they do, lets go linux. just kidding hehe, and a lot are going to pirated version right now because of the stupid pricing.
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paul101
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On 2008-05-04 11:14:49, Cycovision wrote:
He is very keen to get windows 7 out. I read somewhere that several heads rolled over the multiple delays and numerous leaked alpha releases, I think he sees Vista as an omen of bad luck!
KDE (linux) can do the multi touch thing that is supposed to be main feature in windows 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6moM7x0ttKo&feature=related
edit: works brilliantly with touchscreen  
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QVGA
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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:
[list][*]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.
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By the Year 2020 We shall RULE THE WORLD - Tesco... every little helps
It's Raining, It's Pouring...
Oh sh1t, it's Global Warming.
[ This Message was edited by: paul101 on 2008-05-04 10:59 ]
Vista trashes the HD? What does trash even mean? It will tell us our system is slow?
Seriously though, i'm quite sick and tired of people bashing Vista when a) they dont know anything about computers. b) they have not used it them selves.
I've been using Vista ultimate for 1.5 years now without any problems.
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arien617
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^^ Been power using Vista since Feb 01 last year.
Dude. It's shite. It has nothing OS X, which I've been using heavily since January...
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QVGA
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Dont compare Vista with Mac. Mac has such shit support for softwares and games that i cant imagine myself using it. Why dont you tell me whats so bad about Vista?
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Posted: 2008-05-04 03:19
