Oh god please help

[Gusto]

pretty sure dave misunderstood you. your computer isn't working any harder, but the work is harder for you.

[ebbomega]

Okay, but I'm still taking point on your "artificially harder" comment.

1) VMware operates at about 90% efficiency these days, which given today's hardware that's available, is minimal loss
2) Arguably OpenOffice is a lot more interoperable with previous versions of Word than Office 2k7 is
3) Amarok > iTunes. Okay, maybe not 8, but that's a bit of a resource hog anyways. Give amarok a few months and there'll be plugins making up for it. if you don't want anything as resource heavy as iTunes then there's always XMMS (Winamp clone), vlc, etc.
4) games, okay, you got me. That's not to say that gaming on linux hasn't vastly improved over the last 5 years. Wine is more stable than ever, and more and more game developers are abandoning DirectX for OpenGL (making linux ports that much easier).

TBH, when I was running Windows I had a lot more lag on the OS because Windows bites ass once you load up the third killer app. Never really had this problem in linux, even on less intensive processors and/or memory.

[ebbomega]

Basically what gusto said.

[NinjaBoy]

ah yes, my wording was pretty terrible.

[dabbler]

I would suggest purchasing XP or downloading a crack and erasing WGA (not that hard, i've done it on this computer that I'm posting from now) but I believe you would be restricted to SP2 and Directx8 or 9 (one of the recent ones doesn't install without SP3 I think? - could be wrong about this)

edit : I actually used a cracked copy of XP and removed the WGA, and had issues installing direct X without SP2 which would download WGA again. this is why I ended up buying Windows for the first time cause I was sick of having to erase shit that annoyed me.

[dabbler]

NCIX.com - Canada's Premier Computer Store - Great Technology, Service and Selection.

it's like $100 or maybe $150 for XP pro.

[anewlife]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

1) VMware operates at about 90% efficiency these days, which given today's hardware that's available, is minimal loss
2) Arguably OpenOffice is a lot more interoperable with previous versions of Word than Office 2k7 is
3) Amarok > iTunes. Okay, maybe not 8, but that's a bit of a resource hog anyways. Give amarok a few months and there'll be plugins making up for it. if you don't want anything as resource heavy as iTunes then there's always XMMS (Winamp clone), vlc, etc.
4) games, okay, you got me. That's not to say that gaming on linux hasn't vastly improved over the last 5 years. Wine is more stable than ever, and more and more game developers are abandoning DirectX for OpenGL (making linux ports that much easier).

1. 100% true
2. OpenOffice is about the same as MS Office. Both have pros and cons. A switch is easy.
3. Compared to Amarok, iTunes is a fucking joke. The way it presents your collection and contextual information is vastly inferior to Amarok. And Amarok2 will rock even harder!
4. Linux is definitely a bad choice for gamers. Let's face it: Linux + games = no go!

Kthxbye, ya mom.

[ppcock]

Originally Posted by dabbler

I would suggest purchasing XP or downloading a crack and erasing WGA (not that hard, i've done it on this computer that I'm posting from now) but I believe you would be restricted to SP2 and Directx8 or 9 (one of the recent ones doesn't install without SP3 I think? - could be wrong about this)

edit : I actually used a cracked copy of XP and removed the WGA, and had issues installing direct X without SP2 which would download WGA again. this is why I ended up buying Windows for the first time cause I was sick of having to erase shit that annoyed me.

you cant crack the WGA, i tried the cracks and I tried the registry edit.
It's sturdy. trust me, Jay. This is the last option :( MS wins.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by anewlife

[*]Compared to Amarok, iTunes is a fucking joke. The way it presents your collection and contextual information is vastly inferior to Amarok. And Amarok2 will rock even harder!

Actually from what I've heard about iTunes 8, there's a bunch of features that look like they've been playing catchup with it lately, and in true Apple form making their version with a little extra oomph that you don't get in Amarok. But again, wait until A2 and people start designing plugins for it and the featureset will be as robust as iTunes in no time.

[rawb]

linux has a lot of strengths, but if i was to choose the top 10 things i would build a linux box for -- none of them would be 'to run as a desktop'.

that's pretty much the sum of it.