Scott,
I frankly require more web development discussions than this. This is really OT and as far as I am concerned M$ is a monopolistic giant, that's why they are in the position they are in. But now M$ are now forcing so many users to upgrade their computers to run the latest version of the OS, and not to mention that along side of the hardware comes a lot of software upgrades as well. Like I said, the pricing of the OS, and software in general is far over priced and we wonder why piracy is so rampant! Why don't companies stop spending on fighting piracy, spend the money elsewhere reduce the cost of the software and make it more affordable. Crime is getting higher and higher each year. And until companies wake up to that, piracy will be here to stay. Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 _____ From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Monday, 5 February 2007 9:38 AM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: What version of Vista? On 2/3/07, Shane Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2/3/07, Andrew Muller < <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And another interesting fact is that Apple have increased their market share of the US laptop sector to 12% and it's still growing, just the facts. I must agree, if I got a laptop, an iBook would be on top of the list (with Windows and Linux installed and a huge hole in my bank balance). Yeah, I'd probably agree. My brother has one and he showed me some of the cool things that you can do with them now, especially with Parallels. I personally am not over the moon about both sets, I think OSX once had an appeal to me, due to its rich UI but like all things Apple, I get bored afterawhile (up to my 5th iPod and thinking of switching to another brand as I hate being locked into M4p reduced quality mp3's)... The thing I was most disappointed about with OSX when looking into Macs was the lack of support for 64bit applications. They have been running 64bit chips since the G5 was released but Tiger is the first version of OSX (which on a side note seems to need an upgrade every few months for things they forgot to implement) to support 64bit out of the console environment. This was a big reason to stick with Windows and Linux (<rant>anything based on Debian rocks even though Debian is a good as dead now... *cough* Ubuntu *cough*</rant>). Running SQL Server 64bit edition on a 64bit Windows platform is freaking fast! Java seems to love it and Eclipse seems snappier on my 64bit machines. Surely if there is a market for it? they'd shift gear and adopt 64bit? maybe its early days and so they are holding off? For me the best option was Windows and Linux on two separate desktops and using Synergy <http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/> to connect to the two (almost) seamlessly. Not a fan of Linux. I've tried it and used it for a bit, but to be honest it felt like HAM Radio style approach to things. Yeah I could do a lot with it, but couldn't be arsed to be honest. I'm lazy ;) I know I am ranting but I just got back from a week out of the Brisbane summer sun. As good as it is to have such nice weather, the cold can be very enjoyable as well! I'm in miserable Seattle at the moment where its so freakin cold, I'm experiencing a new "cold feeling". -- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.mossyblog.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
