Hey so uhh, Longhorn...

[Transient]

First thing I'm gonna do after warezing Longhorn is disable the themes service and all that other bs, I'm gonna make it look like Win98, just like I have XP Pro running now.

That's exactly what I did, and plan to do.

[Tormentius]

bloat bloat BLOAT

IMO its not bloat, its a progression of technology. wtf is the point of having a $300-$700 video card and having your environment which you work in or play in a lot of the time look plain and dull. Its kinda like stripping your car down too the frame just so it'll go faster. Sure, it works but it makes driving a pretty unenjoyable experience. Personally, I'm looking forward to the new interface.

[^misantropia^]

Gnome's wobbly windows > Longhorn's eye candy.

[rep]

bloat bloat BLOAT

IMO its not bloat, its a progression of technology. wtf is the point of having a $300-$700 video card and having your environment which you work in or play in a lot of the time look plain and dull. Its kinda like stripping your car down too the frame just so it'll go faster. Sure, it works but it makes driving a pretty unenjoyable experience. Personally, I'm looking forward to the new interface.

News flash: Original tests of Windows XP skinned vs. classic = skinned runs the same.

News flash: Avalon enhanced graphics under Longhorn use under 1% CPU resources.

News flash: When things work easily for people and are presented in an enjoyable manner they get more involved. Ten years after the big home PC revolution most people still don't know the difference between a file attachment and a virus. "I don't open any attachments because it could be a virus DOOOOOOOD." If the computer is stripped of clutter and made beautiful while also adding a wow factor people are refreshed and enjoy the experience.

Why should you spend hours organizing files when with Longhorn you'll be able to throw every file you have on a 1GB drive, totally unsorted and it'll do the organization for you?

[Transient]

Gnome's wobbly windows > Longhorn's eye candy.

That would bug the piss out of me. :icon13:

[Tormentius]

News flash: Original tests of Windows XP skinned vs. classic = skinned runs the same.

News flash: Avalon enhanced graphics under Longhorn use under 1% CPU resources.

News flash: When things work easily for people and are presented in an enjoyable manner they get more involved. Ten years after the big home PC revolution most people still don't know the difference between a file attachment and a virus. "I don't open any attachments because it could be a virus DOOOOOOOD." If the computer is stripped of clutter and made beautiful while also adding a wow factor people are refreshed and enjoy the experience.

Why should you spend hours organizing files when with Longhorn you'll be able to throw every file you have on a 1GB drive, totally unsorted and it'll do the organization for you?

:icon27: Re-read my post...I was agreeing with you for once dumbass.

[Transient]

Why should you spend hours organizing files when with Longhorn you'll be able to throw every file you have on a 1GB drive, totally unsorted and it'll do the organization for you?

Because I like sorting my files the way I want them.

[rep]

News flash: Original tests of Windows XP skinned vs. classic = skinned runs the same.

News flash: Avalon enhanced graphics under Longhorn use under 1% CPU resources.

News flash: When things work easily for people and are presented in an enjoyable manner they get more involved. Ten years after the big home PC revolution most people still don't know the difference between a file attachment and a virus. "I don't open any attachments because it could be a virus DOOOOOOOD." If the computer is stripped of clutter and made beautiful while also adding a wow factor people are refreshed and enjoy the experience.

Why should you spend hours organizing files when with Longhorn you'll be able to throw every file you have on a 1GB drive, totally unsorted and it'll do the organization for you?

:icon27: Re-read my post...I was agreeing with you for once dumbass.

Just because I quoted you doesn't mean I was directly addressing you, dumbass. Notice how Geebs was the direction of our combined point.

[rep]

Why should you spend hours organizing files when with Longhorn you'll be able to throw every file you have on a 1GB drive, totally unsorted and it'll do the organization for you?

Because I like sorting my files the way I want them.

:lol: So what happens when Virtual Folders work so well that they get rid of regular folders, and use Virtual Folders except when burning to permanent media which then they become "Frozen Virtual Folders?" :lol:

[Kills On Site]

Well my guess Transient is that you don't have to use the dynamic folders, they are just there for use. I doubt Windows requires you use it.

I would definatly use it for videos and music, but I would still organize my photos in standard photos. My only reserve is can you somehow keep certain folders from being searched for the dynamic folders, IE porn folders, ect

[Geebs]

bloat bloat BLOAT

IMO its not bloat, its a progression of technology. wtf is the point of having a $300-$700 video card and having your environment which you work in or play in a lot of the time look plain and dull. Its kinda like stripping your car down too the frame just so it'll go faster. Sure, it works but it makes driving a pretty unenjoyable experience. Personally, I'm looking forward to the new interface.

Mate, I was just joking. You might have noticed that I've been using an operating system which puts ridiculously heavy burdens on the hardware for about, what, 5 years? I just think it's funny the way nerds use "bloat" as a way of criticizing pretty much any piece of software.

Plus rep is an asshat who gets upset at allocating 2.5% of his RAM.

[Transient]

Why should you spend hours organizing files when with Longhorn you'll be able to throw every file you have on a 1GB drive, totally unsorted and it'll do the organization for you?

Because I like sorting my files the way I want them.

:lol: So what happens when Virtual Folders work so well that they get rid of regular folders, and use Virtual Folders except when burning to permanent media which then they become "Frozen Virtual Folders?" :lol:

They won't do that. There are still many uses for regular folders.

[rep]

Plus rep is an asshat who gets upset at allocating 2.5% of his RAM.

That's a problem when the computer is trying to use more than 97.5% and believe it or not it often happens. When I work in Photoshop I've always liked all the work to remain fairly dynamic so I end up with over 200 layers sometimes. That can kill a nice system real quick.

[Tormentius]

Mate, I was just joking. You might have noticed that I've been using an operating system which puts ridiculously heavy burdens on the hardware for about, what, 5 years? I just think it's funny the way nerds use "bloat" as a way of criticizing pretty much any piece of software.

Plus rep is an asshat who gets upset at allocating 2.5% of his RAM.

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Note to self: Bring sarcasm detector in for a tuneup over the weekend.

[Geebs]

Plus rep is an asshat who gets upset at allocating 2.5% of his RAM.

That's a problem when the computer is trying to use more than 97.5% and believe it or not it often happens. When I work in Photoshop I've always liked all the work to remain fairly dynamic so I end up with over 200 layers sometimes. That can kill a nice system real quick.

A gig of RAM costs absolutely bugger all.

[rep]

I've got 2 as clearly noted in this thread.

[rep]

You wouldn't, unless you're running a 64-bit OS. :lol:

[4g3nt_Smith]

Except that Panther could address 8 gigs of RAM, and it was 32-bit, as can most 32-bit Linux distros.