Devil 07 Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 Dunno...P2P has actually made people buy MORE music it seems. Key word Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caffeinejunkie Posted February 6, 2007 Posted February 6, 2007 P2P has definitely not helped music sales. I know much more people that DL stuff instead of paying for it. I think the keyword in all of these last few statements is "know". These are people we know and since all of us have some stake in gaming, overclocking, hardware, ect.. We probably know a decent amount of people either into the same things or computer savvy enough to be above the norm. What most of you don't think of when making these statements is that the 80% of America that should legally be banned from all electronics does not know how to download songs let alone turn on their computer. All Im saying is Id say those who purchase legally out number those who download. What skews this is that your average person might buy a cd a week while your average pirate could be downloading thousands of songs every week if not everyday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOldDude Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 haha well, not that Im some major haxor... I will be waiting very patiently for someone that is. Why? Why bother with Vista even if it had all it's DRM removed? It is still bloated and it will still run all your games and apps slower. Tomshardware posted some test results this week showing just how much slower things run in Vista vrs XP...and none of the games or apps tested had any of the new DRM encoded protection. PROTECTED software will take alot longer to even load let alone run. On the first page I said "Vista is for people who don't know better". It is still that way and no patchs or "hacks" will ever change it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
expresso Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 i been using the vista ultimate 64 bit -- for a few months - its not that great - things dont work - drivers are not there- my Sata drives dont run in Sata - but in ATA only - i updated the drivers but nothing - its a nice look - smoother etc. - but i couldnt get my Phone tools working good - i restored back to xp and it runs much better actually - i am staying with Xp and vista images also - i may go back and forth for a while and keep them both updated -plus i had 30 days on the vista -- but - if you restore back before the 30 days - it starts over again with 30 new days xp pro for now - Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
momoceio Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 If you're just wanting vista because it looks pretty then keep XP and get the Vista Transformation Pack... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllisD Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 you forgot an option like "I'll leave XP when they pry my cold, dead hands from it" My personal take is that MS has absolutely no need to release a new OS, except for money. There is absolutely nothing new in Vista that we need. Instead of all the resources on Vista, they should have put a lot towards XP-64, and maybe enchancing regular XP even more, if possible. If MS put resources into XP-64, this would force software makers across all genres to start really getting serious about 64-bit. Instead, they spent all of their time on a new, horribly bloated OS that is very picky about the current (ie today's) software that it will run, still pretty poor driver support, pretty bad gaming performance compared to what a nice XP machine can do (partially because of the software being optimized for XP, partially because XP doesn't boot to the desktop at 750MB RAM use). Worse, they seem to have put in an insane amount of time to implement this bull crap DRM scheme. 100% Agreed I still want to check Vista out, but it will be a while before i have an 'extra' $250 to spend on it. Hopefully by then it will have improved. but im not holding my breath. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_geekster Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 I have been doing some thinking -- oh, no, look at the smoke. I am using Ubuntu Edgy Eft 6.10 (Linux) and have been for about two weeks. One everning, when contemplating this exact question (XP vs. Vista), I came to a startling realization. If I were to purchase a console (maybe Wii; not XBOX), I could have my cake and eat it too. The only reason that I have a M$ product is for gaming. With the console, I could play all of the games I like and use Linux on my computer. It would cut M$ out of my life forever! This is still in the contemplating stages, but I am giving it some real thought. Linux has a program that will duplicate any program for M$ and it is FREE! My download speeds are better using Swiftfox 2.0.0.1 (FF2 tweaked for Linux) in Ubuntu, than using FF2 in XP. This old brain always gets me in trouble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pyro Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 I will be waiting for a long time before I upgrade, I don't feel for myself it's time to move on something that is so new and doesn't have all the support in the world. Does any one feel it was rushed out? Or is it just me...... I'm lost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOldDude Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Sorry but this is not only funny it hits the nail on the head: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest r3d c0m3t Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 That sums it up - Vista = .. Who would've thought Vista could be summed up in one word? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Septem Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 The solution to Vista is easier than ever: http://www.yikers.com/video_12_hour_window...ta_failure.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chump Posted February 14, 2007 Posted February 14, 2007 The solution to Vista is easier than ever: http://www.yikers.com/video_12_hour_window...ta_failure.html Nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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