Comments on: Chrome Is No Ordinary Browser http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/ Bring your PC back to life Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:05:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Hodson http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-8954 James Hodson Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:22:12 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-8954 And it should not be forgotten that Microsoft is a business, the purpose of which is to make money - as much money as possible. And it should not be forgotten that Microsoft is a business, the purpose of which is to make money – as much money as possible.

]]> By: James Hodson http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-8953 James Hodson Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:19:19 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-8953 My old PC - circa 2002 - ran XP Home. I was happy with that machine at the time, considering that the one before that was some seven years younger and just about managed to cope with Win98 ... badly. I bought my current desktop about 16 months back and it runs nicely with Vista Home Premium. The only problems I have had with it was the installation of my ancient scanner (now absolutely fine after a few hours' fiddling) and the running of the Myst sequel Riven (and that didn't really like XP either). As I am a real cheap skate I use as many open source programmes as possible (yes, I know I could try Linux as well but I can't be bothered). Quite possibly a browser other Firefox would load itself and web pages ever so slightly faster but I'm honestly happy with my lot. My old PC – circa 2002 – ran XP Home. I was happy with that machine at the time, considering that the one before that was some seven years younger and just about managed to cope with Win98 … badly.

I bought my current desktop about 16 months back and it runs nicely with Vista Home Premium. The only problems I have had with it was the installation of my ancient scanner (now absolutely fine after a few hours' fiddling) and the running of the Myst sequel Riven (and that didn't really like XP either).

As I am a real cheap skate I use as many open source programmes as possible (yes, I know I could try Linux as well but I can't be bothered). Quite possibly a browser other Firefox would load itself and web pages ever so slightly faster but I'm honestly happy with my lot.

]]> By: Bob Whaley http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-6215 Bob Whaley Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:37:48 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-6215 RE: CPM. Remember the story that IBM scheduled a meeting with Gary Kildall, the creator of CPM, but that, when they arrived, he was up flying his plane, and, after waiting 45 mins or so, the IBMrs left and sought out Bill Gates, who had just bought for ~$50,000 an "inferior" O/S called DOS? Here's a link to the "true" story, as told by Kildall's partner, Tom Rolander. http://www.podtech.net/home/search/CPM RE: CPM. Remember the story that IBM scheduled a meeting with Gary Kildall, the creator of CPM, but that, when they arrived, he was up flying his plane, and, after waiting 45 mins or so, the IBMrs left and sought out Bill Gates, who had just bought for ~$50,000 an "inferior" O/S called DOS? Here's a link to the "true" story, as told by Kildall's partner, Tom Rolander. http://www.podtech.net/home/search/CPM

]]> By: Bob Whaley http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-6214 Bob Whaley Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:34:01 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-6214 IMHO: I consider Microsoft Windows to be one of the greatest engineering accomplishments in the history of the world, and yes, I scream computer language often, when something goes wrong with my PC. Anyone who has done project management understands that politics, communication, change management, etc., are as important as pieces of steel and concrete, in completing projects. I say that no other single achievement in history has improved communications among the people of the world than has Microsoft, pushing its Windows environment. 1.5 billion people now speak English, a large percentage of whom learned it to interact on the Internet. Yes, there are many problems, and many bugs which go unfixed. Having worked in Software Quality Assurance Testing for a while, I know that many thousands of bugs are in the database, but are never going to be fixed because it is too expensive. Consider the number of permutations possible in say, 1GB of RAM, any one of which can crash the very unforgiving operating system. How much is 2^30 factorial? Is that the correct number? This is why Tech Support so often says, "Just do a power-on reset”, rather than attempting to diagnose the problem. IMHO: I consider Microsoft Windows to be one of the greatest engineering accomplishments in the history of the world, and yes, I scream computer language often, when something goes wrong with my PC. Anyone who has done project management understands that politics, communication, change management, etc., are as important as pieces of steel and concrete, in completing projects. I say that no other single achievement in history has improved communications among the people of the world than has Microsoft, pushing its Windows environment. 1.5 billion people now speak English, a large percentage of whom learned it to interact on the Internet.

Yes, there are many problems, and many bugs which go unfixed. Having worked in Software Quality Assurance Testing for a while, I know that many thousands of bugs are in the database, but are never going to be fixed because it is too expensive. Consider the number of permutations possible in say, 1GB of RAM, any one of which can crash the very unforgiving operating system. How much is 2^30 factorial? Is that the correct number? This is why Tech Support so often says, "Just do a power-on reset”, rather than attempting to diagnose the problem.

]]> By: JOHNNY69 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-6051 JOHNNY69 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:50:44 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-6051 Let's face it. Chrome is new IE7 is old. Newer is faster & better. It has a few kinks, but what doesn't when it is new. Microsoft should be so lucky to have as few kinks when they intro a product. And the best part is Chrome is free, Microsoft products seldom are. Lest we forget the Vista disaster! Windows 7 will not be free. Where is the compensation for those that had Vista crammed down their throats only to get the short end of the stick later! Microsoft translates into Pay ..... Pay ..... Pay! Let's face it. Chrome is new IE7 is old. Newer is faster & better. It has a few kinks, but what doesn't when it is new. Microsoft should be so lucky to have as few kinks when they intro a product. And the best part is Chrome is free, Microsoft products seldom are.

Lest we forget the Vista disaster! Windows 7 will not be free. Where is the compensation for those that had Vista crammed down their throats only to get the short end of the stick later! Microsoft translates into Pay ….. Pay ….. Pay!

]]> By: Zolar, Cincinnati, Ohio http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-5989 Zolar, Cincinnati, Ohio Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:15:10 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-5989 I had a Tandy Color Computer I. 16K of ram. I turned it one, and almost instantaneously it is was ready to use. But the tape drive took a while for other programs to load. The floppy wasn't much faster. But it did load fast and was ready to use. Too bad you have to WAIT for drivers to load.... I had a Tandy Color Computer I. 16K of ram.

I turned it one, and almost instantaneously it is was ready to use.

But the tape drive took a while for other programs to load. The floppy wasn't much faster. But it did load fast and was ready to use.

Too bad you have to WAIT for drivers to load….

]]> By: Tips4pc http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-4976 Tips4pc Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:55:56 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-4976 I think google chrome is a great alternative to internet explorer and it is free. I have been using it for a few months now and haven't had a problem. I think the battle is on and I know google will try its hardest to win it. I think google chrome is a great alternative to internet explorer and it is free. I have been using it for a few months now and haven't had a problem. I think the battle is on and I know google will try its hardest to win it.

]]> By: FlakyGenius http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-4195 FlakyGenius Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:18:38 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-4195 -Merlin: FINALLY! A voice of (obvious) reason, amid a formidable morass of ridiculous M$-propaganda-BS! Thought I was gonna 'lose my lunch' if I had to wade thru one more posting of... -well, you get the drift, so again: Thank You! -Chrome: I understand the necessary-evil of beta testing, but I don't have the time (or blood pressure) to waste dealing w/bugs and annoyances which should have been caught during the 'in-house' testing... (ex: FF3, XP's SP3, etc) So this time I'll wait a bit first for the more obvious garbage to be fixed/updated (tho it does sound promising). >;] -Merlin: FINALLY! A voice of (obvious) reason, amid a formidable morass of ridiculous M$-propaganda-BS! Thought I was gonna 'lose my lunch' if I had to wade thru one more posting of… -well, you get the drift, so again: Thank You!
-Chrome: I understand the necessary-evil of beta testing, but I don't have the time (or blood pressure) to waste dealing w/bugs and annoyances which should have been caught during the 'in-house' testing… (ex: FF3, XP's SP3, etc) So this time I'll wait a bit first for the more obvious garbage to be fixed/updated (tho it does sound promising).
>;]

]]> By: Merlin http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-4159 Merlin Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:03:19 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-4159 That gates got involved at all was a fluke. IBM wanted CPM for the OS, but the guy was out of town when they showed up and his lawyer told the wife not to sign the non-disclosure agreement IBM wanted before talking about their PC project, so IBM left went back to Micro-soft and asked if they could go find an OS, they bought DOS which was a direct rip off of CPM and on the advice of Bills daddy leased it to IBM. All the innovations since then have come from non MS people who were either bought out or ripped off for their work. There have always been better alternatives to anything Micro-soft offered BUT MS cut the deals for getting on all PC's right in the factory and all the new first time buyers didn't know anything or any better or that there were other choices, can we say Monopoly by force? Ironic thing is that Monopolies are illegal in Washington State and even if you file a complaint it will never move forward what with all the pre-paid political protection. We can continue to see MS rip off anything new that's better and find it in that never ending stream of critical updates that flow out of MS like the mighty Columbia River. That gates got involved at all was a fluke. IBM wanted CPM for the OS, but the guy was out of town when they showed up and his lawyer told the wife not to sign the non-disclosure agreement IBM wanted before talking about their PC project, so IBM left went back to Micro-soft and asked if they could go find an OS, they bought DOS which was a direct rip off of CPM and on the advice of Bills daddy leased it to IBM. All the innovations since then have come from non MS people who were either bought out or ripped off for their work. There have always been better alternatives to anything Micro-soft offered BUT MS cut the deals for getting on all PC's right in the factory and all the new first time buyers didn't know anything or any better or that there were other choices, can we say Monopoly by force? Ironic thing is that Monopolies are illegal in Washington State and even if you file a complaint it will never move forward what with all the pre-paid political protection.
We can continue to see MS rip off anything new that's better and find it in that never ending stream of critical updates that flow out of MS like the mighty Columbia River.

]]> By: Matthew Dickinson http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/09/10/chrome-is-no-ordinary-browser/#comment-4014 Matthew Dickinson Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:34:55 +0000 http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/?p=2485#comment-4014 Actually, IE sucks, and Firefox sucks, and Opera sucks. I don't like any of these web browsers. I kind of liked Links by Mikulas Patocka, but you could only use that for reading. I really hate computers. These things are just so hard to use and stupid. I hate Macs. I hate Linux people. I hate the evangelism of Linux people. I hate how intelligent people get involved in computers when they could be doing something more important with their lives like helping to fix our government and judicial system. Actually, IE sucks, and Firefox sucks, and Opera sucks. I don't like any of these web browsers. I kind of liked Links by Mikulas Patocka, but you could only use that for reading. I really hate computers. These things are just so hard to use and stupid. I hate Macs. I hate Linux people. I hate the evangelism of Linux people. I hate how intelligent people get involved in computers when they could be doing something more important with their lives like helping to fix our government and judicial system.

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