OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/26770/Who_s_being_dishonest_with_storage_space_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sat, 18 May 2013 08:40:34 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551835 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551835 From the Reddit post:

Initial reports out regarding available disk space were conservative (eg. 23GB available on 64GB and 83GB available on the 128GB system), however our final production units are coming in with ~6-7GB additional free space.


So instead of 23GB free on the 64GB version, we now get 30GB free. So still less than half of the drive available for the user! I'm sorry, but that is still wholly unacceptable. They should advertise it prominently as a 23-30GB usable drive, period. To do any less is deceptive. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments RE: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551837 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551837 Also, how is 'oh those were numbers for the pre-production device, the numbers for the production device are higher!' an acceptable explanation?

If the hardware was handled by one division, and the numbers came from someone in another division, then obviously communication between the two divisions within Microsoft is lacking or non-existent. If both the hardware and it's specs came from the same division, then Microsoft has employees so incompetent that they can't grasp the technology well enough to post the right numbers, or simply don't care enough to bother.

Not to mention the 'those were the wrong specs, here are the right ones' smells like a belated attempt at corporate damage control, and like a bait and switch shell game - promise one thing, deliver another, pretend surprise at customer outrage, backpedal and try to satisfy customers with explanations. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lubod) Comments What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551840 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551840 IIRC, Windows 7 is 10GB, Office 2010 another 10GB. That is at most 20 GB. Where are the other 12 GB? Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kwanbis) Comments RE: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551842 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551842 Recovery partition, so if you need to reinstall you don't need to find a USB stick with Windows on it?

I believe that's what it is. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Drumhellar) Comments RE[2]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551844 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551844 Of course, there's always taking advantage of the fact that they control the firmware, and making it grab from the internet... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bhtooefr) Comments RE[3]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551846 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551846
Of course, there's always taking advantage of the fact that they control the firmware, and making it grab from the internet...

Yeah, and that would have an additional advantage. They could force users to update when they reinstall, if they want to add some "feature." Apple already did this with new Macs. You can make a restore dvd or USB stick with the entire os image on it if you so desire, but by default the recovery partition is only 2 gb. It contains a minimal install, which then gets the rest from the internet. However, they surprisingly haven't yet begun to use this system to force updates on to a reinstalled machine, unless you have voluntarily updated the recovery partition image (not the easiest thing to do unless an official update for it was offered or you've installed a new major OS X release). Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments RE[3]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551847 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551847 Given no media, I'd rather have it a restore partition than it be able to go to the internet.

Seeing as how Windows 8 can install in 15 minutes off of a DVD, it'll take more than 35 minutes just to download (if you're getting 2MB per second. I wish I got that kind of speed consistently). I'd rather have the space reserved. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Drumhellar) Comments RE[4]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551851 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551851 I personally would rather have Microsoft (or whatever manufacturer is doing this) spring a couple of bucks and include an USB key with the recovery data, than having then waste almost 1/3 of the space on the device just so they can keep their profit margins as high as possible. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tylerdurden) Comments RE[5]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551856 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551856 So would I, though the recovery partition is probably only 20% at the most (A Windows 8 DVD is 3.5GB) or so of the used space, and I did say "Given no media..." at the top.
Media is preferable, though. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Drumhellar) Comments RE[4]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551871 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551871
Given no media, I'd rather have it a restore partition than it be able to go to the internet.

Seeing as how Windows 8 can install in 15 minutes off of a DVD, it'll take more than 35 minutes just to download (if you're getting 2MB per second. I wish I got that kind of speed consistently). I'd rather have the space reserved.

I can see why they'd do this for most users, although I still must wonder why said recovery partition is taking up as much space as it is given the size of both Windows 7 and Office before installation. For me however, I generally do not need to reinstall my os unless the drive fails and, at that point, a recovery partition isn't exactly going to do me much good. I prefer recovery media and, at least with X86/64 machines (both PC and Macs) creating media and removing the recovery partition is still a choice I can make. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments RE: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551872 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551872
So instead of 23GB free on the 64GB version, we now get 30GB


I had a big long detailed rebuttal about how it was really 45GB free space until I realized that this page:

http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/storage

Is talking only about Surface RT, and if you look at the Surface Pro and click the "storage" link... you end up on the same page.

F*ck you Microsoft. I was actually going to try and defend your position but you confused me into siding with the opposition...Edited 2013-02-08 04:59 UTC Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (galvanash) Comments RE[2]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551874 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551874 The recovery partition is larger than the installed OS? Surely these folk have heard of compression? Fri, 08 Feb 2013 05:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments The recovery http://www.osnews.com/thread?551885 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551885 I don't like the recovery partitions. What happens if the disk gets broken? Bye bye recovery. Then search the correct Windows version to install , activation... A separate media is preferable. Not every user makes the "Make a recovery media" steps after buying a computer. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jollix) Comments RE[3]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551886 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551886 12GB(recovery) < 20GB (OS+Office) so yeah, there is compression.

But why, in 2013, they sill haven't manage to develop an OS that don't need to be reinstall every now and then is beyond my understanding. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (cyrilleberger) Comments RE[4]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551890 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551890 It only needs to be reinstalled now and then because many people don't know not to install utter crap on their home computers. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Drumhellar) Comments RE: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551895 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551895 Its more or less the same amount of space you get on a MBA 64 / 128 (i own the MBA 128).

Its' had to read an informative post on Zdnet....
http://www.zdnet.com/surface-pro-versus-macbook-air-whos-being-dish... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Deviate_X) Comments RE: The recovery http://www.osnews.com/thread?551897 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551897 You can copy or move the recovery partition to external drive http://www.zdnet.com/surface-pro-versus-macbook-air-whos-being-dish... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Deviate_X) Comments RE[5]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551898 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551898 You know you can download installation media from Microsoft's site don't you?

You can also move the recovery partition.Edited 2013-02-08 10:15 UTC Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lucas_maximus) Comments RE[4]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551900 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551900 Been running since 2009 with no issues Win 7, Upgraded to 8 on the same hardrive late last year.

I have replaced the Graphics card twice, it been through 1 processor replacement and a new case in that time (thanks to the removal men dropping my cooler-master case). Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lucas_maximus) Comments Po0r Windows&acirc;„&cent; world... http://www.osnews.com/thread?551906 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551906 In the mellow land of free software, 20GibiBytes of disk space will give you a much more versatile stack of software, all at NIL cost. That would include (here on my debian box) f.e.
- 2 office suites (libreoffice, gnume office apps, personal finances, small business management, ...)
- graphics software (pixel, vector, 3D, CAD)
- local no-hassle dictionaries (various language freedicts, encyclopedia)
- multimedia/studio soft (synthesizer, tracker, sound editors, video editing, optical disc backup-ripping, format conversion, ..)
- server stack (web server, mail server, tor hub, ....)
- development toolchains for a dozen languages (compilers, debuggers, IDEs, revision control, hex editors, cross-arch stuff, virtualizing, ....)
- loads of games (logic+card games, arcade, platform, 3D ego shooter, racing....)
- edutainment (kids stuff, math soft, geography, desktop globe, ...)
- windows virtualizing and emulation solutions
- BSOD (bluescreen of death) and a zillion other fantastic screensavers
... and loads of other stuff.. on a stable system architecture that
- does not AGE (no registry cruft, proper package management)
- can easily be kept up-to-date and secure
- can not only be backuped, but migrated to other hardware or converted into a live USB system with little effort
- has decent support for (multi)touch devices
.--... oh yeah, it's free, too.. and it doesn't tell you what NOT to do (you can rename a file that is being played! how awesome is that), and the source code to change or fix the software in any way you want to.. and contribute it back!
Since I left the windows world nearly ten years ago, my computing experience has greatly improved, for which I am thankful, and contributing back.. screw the world of shareware, commercial demos, proprietary vendor-lock-in-software + incompatible file formats, zombie trojans, spyware and registry corruption....

And none of my linux installations killed its own boot sector. Ever. L0l.. All our bash are belong to us, for we can has ro0t ×)Edited 2013-02-08 11:25 UTC Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (eMPee584) Comments RE: Po0r Windows&Atilde;&cent;&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;&Acirc;&cent; world... http://www.osnews.com/thread?551908 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551908
All our bash are belong to us, for we can has ro0t ×)


Gee, thanks for killing my brain. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments Windows&Atilde;&cent;&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;&Acirc;&cent; == misencoded (TM) http://www.osnews.com/thread?551909 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551909 by the way. Sorry for assuming an UTF-capable commenting system ;p Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (eMPee584) Comments ZDNet is wrong http://www.osnews.com/thread?551910 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551910 ZDNet writes: "Of course, neither device can compare to a tablet or phone OS in terms of efficiency. Tablet operating systems are designed to be small, and they sacrifice all sorts of capabilities that you expect in a full-strength PC. But if you're going to complain about operating systems using too much of the available storage, you'd better make sure your letter to Redmond is cc'ed to Cupertino."

This is wrong. Not only tablet or phone OSes are smaller, but also full blown desktop OS can be much, much smaller. Yes, of course I am speaking about Linux. 2 GB will give you a nice systems with all the bells & whistles plus a great selection of apps.


And about the dishonesty, the food industry has solved this many centuries ago, by introducing the concepts Gross and Net. If I buy a pack of flour, sugar, pasta or whatever, I am not interested in the gross weight; I want to know how much USABLE stuff I get. It's called the NET WEIGHT.Edited 2013-02-08 12:05 UTC Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (PieterGen) Comments RE[2]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551921 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551921 IIRC, Windows 7 (and i say 7 cause it the latest version i have used), ISO is 1.5GB, same for Office 2010, that is 3GB, lets say 5. Where are the other 7GB? Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:19:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kwanbis) Comments RE[2]: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551923 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551923 I was speaking strictly of the "64GB" Surface Pro specifically because it's such a big deal at that level. The 128GB version is basically no different from the MacBook Air's situation, and even though the lost space sucks there too, at least it's a useable amount left over and wasn't relevant to my point.

I do feel Microsoft and Apple should be more upfront with the actual available storage capacities on all their ultraportables. It's just galling that the customer is buying something labeled as 64GB and getting at best 30GB. If my Nexus S phone had come with ~7GB free out of the 16GB eMMC on board I would have passed. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments RE: Po0r Windows&Atilde;&cent;&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;&Acirc;&cent; world... http://www.osnews.com/thread?551924 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551924
And none of my linux installations killed its own boot sector. Ever. L0l.. All our bash are belong to us, for we can has ro0t ×)


I see you haven't tried to install GNU/Linux to a recent Samsung laptop. Wise choice! Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments RE: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551925 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551925
IIRC, Windows 7 is 10GB, Office 2010 another 10GB. That is at most 20 GB. Where are the other 12 GB?


No need to add all available drivers for win7. A complete installation with everything that is included on the desktop is also not neccesary. IMHO it should be easy to squeeze them together in less than 10Gb.
Any other combination of OS and Office Suit fits in that size. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (martijn) Comments You are correct, but what does that say in general? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551934 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551934 ..probably that most hardware vendors do a pretty poor job supporting operating-system-choice?
I do not claim FLOSS/*n*x is the better solution for every hardware, every use-case and every user.
But for me, my machine and my computing needs - I just love it ;)
..oh and my mum seems to get along well with it, too. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (eMPee584) Comments RE[6]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551940 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551940 I prefer corporations who want my money to cater to my needs/requirements/expectations, not the other way around. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tylerdurden) Comments RE[2]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551942 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551942 You are very much right. I was just giving a worst case scenario. Even in that case, I do not understand what they are doing with 30 GIGABYTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF?!?!?!?!?!? Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kwanbis) Comments RE: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551943 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551943
From the Reddit post:

"Initial reports out regarding available disk space were conservative (eg. 23GB available on 64GB and 83GB available on the 128GB system), however our final production units are coming in with ~6-7GB additional free space.


So instead of 23GB free on the 64GB version, we now get 30GB free. So still less than half of the drive available for the user! I'm sorry, but that is still wholly unacceptable. They should advertise it prominently as a 23-30GB usable drive, period. To do any less is deceptive. "

Can't these little marketing suckers from Microsoft just rebrand the deceptive 64 GB (Holy Hell, f--king 64 GB bloated !) into a more reasonable 16 GB version and the obese 128 GB (huge number with more FAT (c) Microsoft) into a more understandable 64 GB version ? It's just a matter of perception, and people WILL gets pleased to find 23 GB free on the "16 GB" version and 83 GB free on the "64 GB" one...

Hello, anybody home ? Think, McBallmer THINK ! THINK !

KochiseEdited 2013-02-08 19:56 UTC Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kochise) Comments RE: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551946 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551946 I'd like to have them mention both the size of the installed SSD and the available free space with the factory install.

Also, honestly, if so much space is already gone because of the system, then maybe they should never have sold it with such a small SSD. 64GB for recent Windows versions is really small, even if you would only use it for a system drive! Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (snowbender) Comments RE[3]: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551948 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551948
If my Nexus S phone had come with ~7GB free out of the 16GB eMMC on board I would have passed.


Then definitely don't upgrade to a Nexus 4. Only ~12GB free on the 16GB advertised storage available plus starts to crawl when it fills up ( Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bentoo) Comments RE[2]: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551951 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551951

Can't these little marketing suckers from Microsoft just rebrand the deceptive 64 GB (Holy Hell, f--king 64 GB bloated !) into a more reasonable 16 GB version and the obese 128 GB (huge number with more FAT (c) Microsoft) into a more understandable 64 GB version ? It's just a matter of perception, and people WILL gets pleased to find 23 GB free on the "16 GB" version and 83 GB free on the "64 GB" one...


Although I think the Surface disk usage is excessive, NOBODY markets the actual usable disk space on computers, tablets, phones, etc.Edited 2013-02-08 23:58 UTC Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bentoo) Comments RE[4]: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551963 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551963 It's not even on my radar. If I don't like the Blackberry 10 devices or UI, I'll go with a Note 2. Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments RE[3]: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551980 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551980 They should, especially since the ratio between the OS and user data is so unbalanced. Imagine you buy a 64 GB USB disk, right now you really get 59.6 GiB usable. Minus some factory installed software, you get basically 93% of advertised space.

On the 64 GB Surface, you get 33% of advertised space, 61% on the 128 GB version. As a user I don't give a fuck at what decided manufacturers to trick the numbers, I fell somewhat cheated. Because you cannot expect the OS to take so much space, I got used of such software located in NAND flash or ROM.

Kochise Sat, 09 Feb 2013 06:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kochise) Comments RE[7]: What are they using those GB on? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551993 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551993
I prefer corporations who want my money to cater to my needs/requirements/expectations, not the other way around.


Are you really crying about the price of a USB stick or storage and I dunno backing up something (which is a bloody good idea anyway).

Sorry this is just pathetic.Edited 2013-02-09 12:59 UTC Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lucas_maximus) Comments RE[4]: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?551999 http://www.osnews.com/thread?551999
"If my Nexus S phone had come with ~7GB free out of the 16GB eMMC on board I would have passed.


Then definitely don't upgrade to a Nexus 4. Only ~12GB free on the 16GB advertised storage available plus starts to crawl when it fills up ( "

That is still the majority of free space dedicated to the user. The 64GB Surface a massive minority (the 128 has more acceptable ratios). One should note that even the 8GB Nexus 4 has about 5.5GB dedicated to the user (the 16 actually has 13.33GB)Edited 2013-02-09 17:49 UTC Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_txf_) Comments RE[2]: Po0r Windows&Atilde;ƒ&Acirc;&cent;&Atilde;&macr;&Acirc;&iquest;&Acirc;&frac12;&Atilde;‚&Acirc;&cent; world... http://www.osnews.com/thread?552054 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552054
I see you haven't tried to install GNU/Linux to a recent Samsung laptop.

You speak like if you don't know that Windows can also do that.

https://www.google.es/search?q="Samsung+Laptop+Bug+Is+Not+Linux+Specific" Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nth_Man) Comments RE: You are correct, but what does that say in general? http://www.osnews.com/thread?552055 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552055 > a pretty poor job supporting operating-system-choice

A pretty poor job supporting any operating system, also.

https://www.google.es/search?q="Samsung+Laptop+Bug+Is+Not+Linux+Specific" Sun, 10 Feb 2013 16:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nth_Man) Comments RE[3]: Po0r Windows&Atilde;ƒ&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;&Atilde;‚&Acirc;&cent;&Atilde;ƒ&Acirc;&macr;&Atilde;‚&Acirc;&iquest;&Atilde;‚ http://www.osnews.com/thread?552060 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552060 And I hadn't seen that article until after I had posted here. Your point? Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments RE: ZDNet is wrong http://www.osnews.com/thread?552062 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552062
Not only tablet or phone OSes are smaller, but also full blown desktop OS can be much, much smaller. Yes, of course I am speaking about Linux. 2 GB will give you a nice systems with all the bells & whistles plus a great selection of apps.


You can go even smaller than that. I've had a fully functional, GUI driven modern desktop OS via Tiny Core Linux that was less than 500MB. And that was with a ton of third party apps that didn't ship with the original, internet-capable GUI driven 10MB live image.

The thing is, Windows and Mac OSes have grown larger and larger over the years yet the return via new features isn't matching it. In my experience, OS X has included a lot of great features with each release, especially compared to Windows, but still not nearly enough to warrant the wasted drive space.

No, Apple and Microsoft are trying too hard to shoehorn a full desktop OS experience onto limited devices that don't really need it. Where is the MacBook Air with a touchscreen running iOS? Why not just leave the Surface Pro with RT and slim that OS down some? That's what I'd like to see. Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments RE[4]: Po0r Windows&Atilde;ƒ&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;&Atilde;&macr;&Acirc;&iquest;&Acirc;&frac12;&Atilde;ƒ&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;&A http://www.osnews.com/thread?552078 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552078 So anyone can accuse of anything, say later "I hadn't seen that article" and use sarcasms (like "Wise choice!")? Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nth_Man) Comments RE[5]: Po0r Windows http://www.osnews.com/thread?552081 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552081 I think you're either getting your timeline confused, or just being a dick intentionally. At the time I made the comment you jumped in on, I wasn't aware of Windows also causing bricking on those laptops; indeed, you brought it to my attention. I didn't go back and change anything; my comment stood on the knowledge I had at the time.

You are the one being disingenuous, claiming that I said what I did about Samsung and Linux with prior knowledge of Windows issues on those machines. Either get your shit straight or piss off. I don't care either way, child. Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments RE[2]: Wait, what?? http://www.osnews.com/thread?552113 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552113 Must have saw my post or one like it... They fixed it

http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US/storage Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (galvanash) Comments RE[6]: Po0r Windows http://www.osnews.com/thread?552117 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552117
being a dick [...] I wasn't aware [...] disingenuous, [...] get your shit [...] piss off [...] child

Review what you told, admitely without knowing, what I answered you, and what you finally wrote. You're angry with some people and you think that reading news is going to relax you, but insulting other people won't solve the problem. You'd better get professional help. You won't achieve a response from me, I don't answer people that talk like you are doing. Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nth_Man) Comments RE[7]: Po0r Windows http://www.osnews.com/thread?552128 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552128 Thanks for the free psychoanalysis! I didn't realize I was getting free health care here. Now that that's out of the way, let's take a look at how disjointed you really are.

Review what you told, admitely without knowing,


Already done, and this time you acknowledge that I had not seen the articles about Windows causing issues, instead of blindly assuming that I knew about it and was being deceptive. Thanks!

what I answered you,


Here we go: The first punch. You were the first to get angry, being snarky and making assumptions instead of approaching from a proper standpoint. Something like "did you know this?" instead of "as if you didn't know this!". It seems like a small difference but it's all about the attitude. And frankly, yours stinks.

and what you finally wrote.


And so I responded in kind, as I am wont to do. Let that sink in for a minute: You wouldn't have gotten a negative reaction from me if you hadn't tried to. I've been here a very long time, I have a consistent history as a commenter, and the few times you see me being that negative it's always to put a troll in her place.

You're angry with some people


No, just annoyed when trolled.

you think that reading news is going to relax you


Just part of my daily routine, that has the occasional speed bump like you in it. I just drive over you and move on.

but insulting other people won't solve the problem.


Once again, just responding in kind. You call me a liar, it opens the doors to me calling you how I see you. If you don't like it, grow up a few years and come back to the Internet when you're mature enough to handle it.

You'd better get professional help.


Once more, I do appreciate the health advice, but I know you're really just trying to insult me. It's kind of pathetic though; using mental illness in an internet fight is one of the lowest forms of insult and in the end you just look like a prick who thinks that anyone who acts differently from you is mentally ill. Not only is that grossly narcissistic, it's an insult to those who really are seeking help. Don't be a dick to others just because you're mad at one person, that's a bully's way and you are definitely a bully.

You won't achieve a response from me, I don't answer people that talk like you are doing.


I'm sure you won't, you accomplished your goal of singling out one person and trolling the hell out of them. I honestly don't know why I still follow through with these; maybe I'm just not right in the head. Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Morgan) Comments RE: Po0r Windows&Atilde;&cent;&iuml;&iquest;&frac12;&Acirc;&cent; world... http://www.osnews.com/thread?552523 http://www.osnews.com/thread?552523
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None of them any good; also the case with some other Linux software categories you mention (graphics software most notably).

And meanwhile, all the good free software is generally also available on Windows. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments