Comments on: Microsoft Is Not Trying Anymore

By: SAP

SAP — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:21:00 +0000

Oliver,

I’m a Linux noob, and I love my Ubuntu. I scrapped the XP OS on my dinosaur over a year ago, and I’ve never looked back. It’s really not as hard as it sounds, especially since the Ubuntu folks keep a really nice wiki and forum to help noobs out with their questions.

Wow. That totally sounded like a commercial. But I really like my Ubuntu.

By: Andrew J. Lazarus

Andrew J. Lazarus — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:56:56 +0000

I recommend Open Office (esp. the 3.0 RC1 for Aqua) over AbiWord.

By: Etchasketchist

Etchasketchist — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:03:54 +0000

Xbox 360? What’s your gamertag? Mine is my name.

By: pops

pops — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:18:24 +0000

It’s a great idea until somebody’s 6 year-old decides to touch the screen with his or her freshly made pb&j instead of his or her fingers. After that it’s time for a field trip to Home Depot for a putty knife.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:49:29 +0000

Linux? I want to use a computer, not cry over hard it is to use.

By: Tim Fuller

Tim Fuller — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:07:40 +0000

I wouldn’t recommend Linux for people who don’t want to play with their machines. Don’t get me wrong. I recently bought an eeePC with the included Linux Xandros and it is fine, but there are still a lot of drivers that don’t exist in that environment and a lot of manual tweaking is necessary to get some stuff to work.

Mac. I am on number two. First solo Mac Mini and now Dual Processor Imac. There is no way I would go back to Windows at this point. It takes a couple weeks to figure out (at most) what programs replace your favorite Windoz and from there on out there is no looking back.
I got tired of playing system administrator and home PC support tech with my Windoz machine and I have more than a clue about how the dam things operate, having a dash of PC tech support on my resume.

I also own an Xbox though I’m not really a gamer. If you can believe it, I have a brand new copy of the latest GTA Liberty City game (for two weeks now) that I haven’t even opened yet!! (Never played any of the prequels). My Xbox has been used more for watching movies (jack a USB hard drive in and watch MP4 or AVI movies off it). I got an early Xbox and my hard drive is only like 10gig on the machine. The game I have played the ‘most’ is Tiger Woods golf.

The main reason I haven’t opened up GTA yet is that I have my Xbox tied into my front projection DLP system and I am in a partial state of discombobulation with the wiring right now while my wife finishes repainting the room it is currently in.

Enjoy.

By: SaigonNezumi (Kevin)

SaigonNezumi (Kevin) — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:52:18 +0000

If you really want to go all the way, try BSD or Linux. MacOS is based on FreeBSD so you already know how to use a Unix system. All the software is free and open source

Macs are a favorite of some BSD/Linux guys to run BSD or Linux on.

Nice to see that you are a Mac guy. I bought my first Apple product this year, the iPhone. I really like it.