"the very significant number of users" and "many (most) of us" - you have no evidence for these statements. It is a fact that most users are saying...
Another grammar faux pas is the improper use of "you". When sitting down down in a restaurant, for example, I get cringe when the waitress...
And NOW, folks, for Canonical's next trick...
Kubuntu is late.
Here's a pencil. Draw your own conclusions.
cf.:...
@kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
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...
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And? How does being milked feel?
Following years of having to download patch after and being besieged by viruses, worms and spyware I cannot see why anyone in their right mind would go and pay a minimum of £154 for an Operating System that has been scaled back considerably and still 3 years or so behind schedule. The writings on the wall for Vista and it doesn’t look good. The alternatives are much better. OS X and Linux offer something different and are much better in their own respective ways. But when it comes to price you can’t argue. With OS X for £90 you get an operating system that’s far more advanced and more intuitive then Windows will ever be and many times more secure. And then there is Linux. The cost is nominal (unless you go for a commercial product like Suse et al.) and with its usability getting better all the time. I think its time for people to seriously look at the alternatives. You’ll be a fool not to!!!!
All these different versions are going to confuse the average public and make buying a computer a difficult task. All in the name of a higher profit, nice way to look after the customer.
i wouldn'tknow, i got my Vista and Office 2007, and Windows 2003 Server, Exchange 2003, 2007, office 2003 AD INFINITUM via Technet plus at £234.
Id rather pay that, AND get free technical support than actually pay the proper money and get nothing.
I am already using Windows Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 Ultimate for a price of £234. (Technically it is company money).
I'm happy with it :) In fact i love it!
Unfortunately Linux is not quite yet ready for the layman who cant tell the difference between an AVI and an MP3.
This is why they stick with windows, anyone with a mouse can use it.
As a home user using XP Pro SP2 there is no reason to update the operating system unless it's for fun {expensive} I await SP3. However sometime this year my 4yr old system MAY be renewed (retained for fun) and I will have no choice but to have VISTA even though I understand that TURNPIKE my preferred connection to the net will not work. with it. Vista does seem to be a none starter UNLESS you are buying a NEW computer. Then all your XP books will have to be "renewed" to learn how to use VISTA and gain the "advantages" this system promises to give ?