Wanted: Old Hard Drive

Gh0st Face Killah · March 06, 2003, 06:41:23 PM

The only comment I can make is that yes we would be using macs (can't see the problem there myself if they weren't any good they wouldn't sell) but have you not noticed how through out its life windows has been evolving to look like the mac gui*? Where do you think Bill Gates got the idea for windows from?

* A GUI for those that don't know is a graphical user interface.

ChimpBoy · March 06, 2003, 08:03:17 PM

Granted GFK, fair point.

Oh dear, why is it that whenever anyone talks about MS it just opens a can of very wriggly worms. Each to their own.

I stand by my comments, but I shall now cease all traffic on this because I can feel a ranting backlash from other forum users.

Gh0st Face Killah · March 06, 2003, 09:47:32 PM

Thats coz MS is a very wriggly company

smilodon · March 07, 2003, 12:53:28 AM

QuoteGranted GFK, fair point.

Oh dear, why is it that whenever anyone talks about MS it just opens a can of very wriggly worms. Each to their own.

I stand by my comments, but I shall now cease all traffic on this because I can feel a ranting backlash from other forum users.

A final piece of helpful advice. Most/many/some people in this forum are highly PC literate. They either work in I.T or have a great interest in it. They really know what they're talking about when it comes to the Internet, Software and PC use in general. Over the years they have seen the Internet and the world of I.T. grow and develope.

The humble person, especially those who clearly know little or nothing about the subject, would be advised to listen to their wise and sage words and to learn from them. They really do know what they're on about.

:wink:

Anonymous · March 07, 2003, 08:36:09 AM

QuoteThe humble person, especially those who clearly know little or nothing about the subject, would be advised to listen to their wise and sage words and to learn from them. They really do know what they're on about.

:wink:

...except me coz I just like making it up to confuse Sheepy :twisted:

smilodon · March 07, 2003, 09:41:41 AM

Quote
QuoteThe humble person, especially those who clearly know little or nothing about the subject, would be advised to listen to their wise and sage words and to learn from them. They really do know what they're on about.

:wink:
...except me coz I just like making it up to confuse Sheepy :twisted:[/b]

Damn I thought I was learning much from you :?

Anonymous · March 07, 2003, 10:40:04 AM

QuoteDamn I thought I was learning much from you :?

You are. It's just all b*ll*x

DogMeat · March 07, 2003, 01:34:42 PM

QuoteIt was intentional Smiley - I thought englishmen understood irony without the need for it to be thrust in their face. Oh dear. Do I really have to put (that was intentional) at the end every time. :roll:

Sorry to hijack, but without Microsoft there is no PC industry, because no one wants to go back to the days of DOS.

Yes it's easy to poke fun and ridicule MS for their policies in comparison to newer companies like Sun but without Windows 3.1 the market would never have taken off like it did, or get the investment it did. We might all be using Apple Macs now 8O

I'm sure you'll post some snidey comebacks, but deep down you know I'm right. Shame on you if you can't admit it :roll:

Without *IBM* there'd be no PC industry. Apart from Apples and probably the Amigas which would have been developed so such an extent that they could effortlessly tear the pants off a modern PC and roger it senseless...

Much the same way that Linux does to windoze.

DM

Gandalf · March 07, 2003, 01:43:28 PM

I agree, if there was no PC market then another machine would have been developed. As DM said, Apple and Amiga. And don't forget the Atari ST. Still used today in the music industry because of an amazing bit of foresight made the designers wire the MIDI ports directly into the comps clock.

I think the PC is flawed, badly. We are still restricted by 25 year old technology. And we're still on 32bit procs that debuted over 10 years ago! And the BIOS! Time that died. (I did hear that they are replacing the BIOS with something else.)

As far as OS's, I don't care what I use, as long as I can get my job done and have fun at the end of the day. Which is why I own a PS2. No OS to worry about, just stick the game in and away you go. Admittidly its only good for certain types of game, and a TV is no match for a PC monitor, but it is so simple.

Imagine if Sony decided to give making a new computer a go

ChimpBoy · March 07, 2003, 05:11:23 PM

IBM lost their premier position pretty quickly after initial success because they rested on their laurels and lost touch, allowing Macs and MS to gain a foothold with their entrepreneurial style. It's only now in the last few years that IBM are getting back to focussing on the customer and reaping the rewards.

Yes, without MS something else would have come along, but then you're entering into the world of the hypothetical, so it all becomes a bit, well, hypothetical :wink:

PCs still have a bad repuitation today because of the days when it was aimed at "highly literate pc people" and not the mass market (as recently quoted in a leading PC games magazine, to prove I'm not rambling). At least with the Amiga and it's equivalents it was always easy to use.

"PC literates" will always choose a better set of software and OS, and good on them, but then they aren't the majority, and it's ma and pa with the two kids that bring in the investment from far and wide.

smilodon · March 10, 2003, 09:27:27 PM

QuoteIt was intentional Smiley - I thought englishmen understood irony without the need for it to be thrust in their face. Oh dear. Do I really have to put (that was intentional) at the end every time. :roll:

Sorry to hijack, but without Microsoft there is no PC industry, because no one wants to go back to the days of DOS.

Yes it's easy to poke fun and ridicule MS for their policies in comparison to newer companies like Sun but without Windows 3.1 the market would never have taken off like it did, or get the investment it did. We might all be using Apple Macs now 8O

I'm sure you'll post some snidey comebacks, but deep down you know I'm right. Shame on you if you can't admit it :roll:

Oh my god I completely missed this post :!: Sometimes they show as read before I actually read through the thread, and they get missed.

Obvioulsy this has decended into a joke and you're just trying to wind us all up now. I for one ain't biting matey :wink:

Stryker · March 12, 2003, 02:52:17 PM

The O/Ss out there are good for what they made for, which is:

Linux/Unix: reliable servers esp in public environment
Apples MACOS: great for use in the media scene. Used to rule for DTP.
Windows: mine sweeper

oh ok so windows makes for a nice desktop interface for users.

suicidal_monkey · March 12, 2003, 03:28:15 PM

should I change the topic of my first post to read "wanted: old HDD (oh, and windows bashing contest)" :lol:

:roll:

DarkAngel · March 12, 2003, 03:30:41 PM

lol yeah seems people have kinda gone off the subject :roll:

smilodon · March 12, 2003, 05:51:48 PM

Posts always go wildly off topic......it's the rules :!: