Comments on: Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Pricing

By: Jobe

Jobe — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:54:00 +0000

"Third, someone will bring up the game issue. Not relevant; buy an Xbox and get the hell out of the discussion."

Um Bill are you fukn kidding me an xbox over my gaming pc thats running 3-way sli (nividia 290s) and a 3.2ghz quad. I bought into the hype of direct x 10's graphical superiority over version 9c and have vista for that reason alone. The first annoying thing I noticed was the stupid redundant confirmation pop ups when ever I wanted to install something which both pissed me off and belittled me. I solved that issue within hours of fresh install, by disabling those notifications. Also my use of vista I had plagued me with problems networking to LANs and random blue screens of death on hardware not even a weeks old in my desktop pc. Vista's beginning was crap pure and simple. Luckily after the first patch it smoothed out many of those random instances though it still seemed to perform sluggish at times. I think MS should have postponed Vista's launch instead of using the same tactic they have in the past with XP having used customers that bought into either win200 or NT as practical and convenient guinea pigs. I believe Vista is to win7 as Win NT or 2000 was to XP. Whats reallly sad is now that I have DX10 I still do not see many games implementing it over the widespread DX9 games and its been years I am still waiting for all games to at least support dx10. What even more messed up is DX11 is already in the works and will probably be the worm on the hook for another OS launch beyond win7 and force gamers to yet again upgrade to another OS. Yeah we gamers are unimportant (sarcasim)yet we go through upgrading of our personal computers to stay within spec more often (1-2 years) than some boring business and their junk ass office machines (3-4 years)and there are alot more gamers than boring office worker types.

More rant for Bill
I love how you cast aside gamers casually and think on them as irrelevant. Excuse me but how are games irrelevant When bill gates couldn't ignore its vast seemingly boundless potential. Yeah I bet it really bothers the cut throat, paper pushing, will sell mom for a buck, and dick a friend for a percentage business types to know that the gaming industry is surpassing almost all other industries in fiscal growth. Games aren't irrelevant and its not going anywhere thanks to the greed of business types to play up the hype and boost sales. Think twice before branding something irrelevant Bill as you don't know even have a clue.

By: OpenSource_Freak

OpenSource_Freak — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:47:30 +0000

I really and honestly think that microsoft sucks.

I much prefer DEBIAN LINUX.

Shini microsoft!!!

PS: shini means die or death in Japanese (Nihon-jin).

Yes, I know romaji is evil.

By: Edward C

Edward C — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:35:20 +0000

. . .and by the way, I love my USB Turntable that puts my thousands of vinyl albums and cassettes on my hard drive and MP3 player. I have no downloaded music from the internet with my dial-up, so I won't go to jail. I use my Stereo VSH HQ deck to record music. It sounds warmer and richer with better bass than your artificial limited to numbers digital noise. try to hear some tape hiss! I have a Sony Digital-8 Handicam that takes stills. My old Compaq Presario 6000 with XP HOME, with the gig of RAM, Pentium 4, 6 USB ports, multi format reader, multi-format writer, floppy drive, has been through numerous ugly power failures and improper shutdowns, and has NEVER CRASHED on me. It is BULLET PROOF. They don't make them like this anymore. I love Microsoft, their joystick, and their numerous flight simulators. With all this, who needs the internet?

By: Edward C

Edward C — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:38:09 +0000

I have Windows XP Home with SP3 and all the updates, and I love it. My computer runs better and faster than these new Vista and Windows 7 mess. I have a separate multi-format reader and a writer with a floppy drive (Told if you have a floppy drive then its outdated). It runs at 2.4 mHZ and I pay 99 dollars for a year of dial up. I have a gig of RAM and I have not even used a quarter of my two 80-gig drives. I see nothing on the market to replace it. This is it. I will have this computer until I die. They can come out with all the expensive high-speed, wireless, too small to use or see crap they want, it gets no better than this for me.

By: bob

bob — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:46:48 +0000

i see all kinds of comments about pricing. wether you pay and how much you choose to pay or not is YOUR business. do your own shopping.
what i am NOT seeing is wether or not windows 7 is any better than vista…THAT'S what should determine who is or isnt being screwed.
it sure is funny reading these comments when they contain so much anger and sarcasm. picture some foaming and drooling bug-eyed nut screaming at his keyboard and monitor. relax dudes and dudettes.

By: Jules Gagne

Jules Gagne — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:34:51 +0000

No thanks, I will wait for the Google Chrome OS and, in the meantime, continue learning Linux

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:24:45 +0000

Geeez with the Cost of Mac Hardware IMO it's you peeps who should get your OSs Free lol.

Macs are 2 – 2.5 times more expensive than an equally equipped PC/Laptop now that is more than Retarded, and you have the balls to give Windows users crap for spending money on an OS?

sure ok

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:00:40 +0000

And really I could careless if Mac is cheaper or Linux is free, I'm a Windows user and a gamer and will remain a Windows user, unlike some I have had no issues at all (except the ones I've caused Myself) with any Microsft product going back to Windows 3.11 and recently Vista 32 Bit, Currently on Windows 7 and I'm liking it. so I'm planning on getting it.

By: Jaamz

Jaamz — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:57:54 +0000

After reading ALL of the above, I realise that I'm an average PC user. I hate M$ pricing, especially in Australia – and I'm glad I don't live in UK. I hate things that don't work [Vista on my base-level HP laptop]. I hate having to wait a few years for M$ software to actually work, after the early-adopters do their testing for them.
I've been using PCs since DOS 2.1, and win since 3.11 [on a PC with 5mb ram]. In addition to the Vista laptop, I have a generic PC with Win XP Pro and an Acer with XP Home. Both the latter will run Firefox v3, but Vista has to have the now unsupported Firefox v2. Some programs force me to use IE, and that really gives me the proverbial!
I'm with the writers who expect a FAULTY product [Vista] to be replaced freeee, or nearly so.
What is in W7 for me, except to get my Vista-handicapped laptop to function as it should?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:56:41 +0000

LOL you Mac peeps make me laugh.

your still paying 2 maybe 2.5 times more money for your hardware so really your not saving much if your OS is cheaper