Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
Excellent article. One small correction, though--although a fresh installation of Linux Mint 12 will, indeed, provide the user with a version of...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
For Gnome 2 die-hards, it is possible to add icons to the bottom panel (or top top panel, if you prefer) which provide the exact Gnome 2...
Your comments would seem pretty naive and immature. Your 'solution' appears to be, "gee, let's all just give in to the hackers and give them...
"Interesting thought ... If you installed Win7 as a dual boot on a machine that previously only had Linux, and it wrecked your Linux installation,...
This is an excellent summary of Ubuntu and Mint and the interface differences between them. Most such articles take a very partisan position for...
@ewallace. Not so clear. Anyone can obtain the text, for example from here http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/2379.
I support ACTA so long as it and...
I think WinRT is fantastic.
I just wish it was an option for people that didn't want to go through Microsoft's App Store with its attendant...
Talkback
First, let me say ..I have a perfectly legal preinstalled version of XP on my PC
Now I have an honest and serious question for all..What if we / I choose NOT to install SP2..?
What if were/ I'm tired of giving up more and more hard disk space to Microsoft for endless ENDLESS security updates ..?
What if I dont want a firewall which I cant turn totally off if I choose to ..?
Why should I just say "here Microsoft ..take complete control of my PC and my internet activities"??
What if we / I think "enough is enough.??"
If you choose to stop eating, you die. "Enough is enough" just doesn't work in computer world.
There will be never enough, whether you choose Windows or Linux, or exotic BeOS. If you choose to stop patching, you then better brace up for exploits that eventually will make your computer a "zombie" used to build attack force against other sites (less even belonging to YOU the "owner").
Yes, you can turn OFF the Automatic Updates and Firewall completely. But then you'll be responsible for the consequences.
The Express installation for SP2 will normally be around 100MB (vs Network installation made for admins which was 270MB last time I checked) -- not too much even for a dial-up (are there any dinosauri left as well?) -- a night's work on dial-up, 20 minutes on broadband.
So man, there's no point in whining about "I don't want". Just please keep things simple for us all -- please DO PATCH will ya? :)
Saw this after my first enquiry - but the question begs an answer: as it is I die of nothing but thre Rage to Patch - so will there be continuous patches for the XP 2 or has MS done its homework right this time???