Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 29th Jan 2010 16:26 UTC
Microsoft presented the results for its second quarter of the 2010 fiscal year yesterday, which ended on December 29 2009. As it turns out, thanks to sales of Windows 7, Microsoft experienced a record quarter, which is especially welcome after the previous two lacklustre ones. It sold 60 million Windows 7 licenses during this record quarter.
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RE[11]: This is what happens when you get competition
by siride on Fri 29th Jan 2010 23:25
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Member since:2006-01-02
I installed a slipstreamed Windows XP SP 3 that had been heavily stripped down by a friend and aside from a few IBM drivers that I had to download beforehand, I was able to install Windows XP just fine on a T43. All of the drivers were available on Lenovo's website and all I had to do was click on the .EXE. Pretty easy.
Most machines come with a restore partition from which you can make restore disks. It's worked for me. Try that next time.
RE[12]: This is what happens when you get competition
by Devi1903 on Fri 29th Jan 2010 23:28
in reply to "RE[11]: This is what happens when you get competition"
Member since:2009-11-05
I installed a slipstreamed Windows XP SP 3 that had been heavily stripped down by a friend and aside from a few IBM drivers that I had to download beforehand, I was able to install Windows XP just fine on a T43. All of the drivers were available on Lenovo's website and all I had to do was click on the .EXE. Pretty easy.
Most machines come with a restore partition from which you can make restore disks. It's worked for me. Try that next time.
Most machines come with a restore partition from which you can make restore disks. It's worked for me. Try that next time.
Not everyone is buying OEMs. Try that on a clone.
RE[12]: This is what happens when you get competition
by StaubSaugerNZ on Fri 29th Jan 2010 23:34
in reply to "RE[11]: This is what happens when you get competition"
Member since:2007-07-13
I installed a slipstreamed Windows XP SP 3 that had been heavily stripped down by a friend and aside from a few IBM drivers that I had to download beforehand, I was able to install Windows XP just fine on a T43. All of the drivers were available on Lenovo's website and all I had to do was click on the .EXE. Pretty easy.
Most machines come with a restore partition from which you can make restore disks. It's worked for me. Try that next time.
Most machines come with a restore partition from which you can make restore disks. It's worked for me. Try that next time.
Was that a legal install? I hate people who go "Windows is so great" and then you find they didn't even pay for *all* their copies. I always pay for mine - which means real economics become a factor in my decision, unlike the artificial economics when copyright infringement is involved. Microsoft know if they enforced Windows licensing *properly* then Open Source solutions start to look a whole lot better (that is, when compared properly on a technological *and* proper economic basis).
If your licenses were paid for was it your University's money or your own hard won cash? Makes a big difference when it comes from your pocket and you are legal.
Edited 2010-01-29 23:40 UTC
RE[12]: This is what happens when you get competition
by KrimZon on Sun 31st Jan 2010 13:49
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Member since:2009-06-24
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/22/13 13:38 UTC
"The Verge has learned that HTC's Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week. Kodera was responsible for HTC's overall product strategy, which makes the departure especially notable on the heels of the global launch of the make-or-break One. It's not just Kodera. In the past three-odd months, HTC has lost a number of employees in rapid succession." I really hope HTC pulls it together.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/22/13 13:30 UTC, submitted by JRepin
"It is with huge pleasure that the Debian GNU/Hurd team announces the release of Debian GNU/Hurd 2013. This is a snapshot of Debian 'sid' at the time of the Debian 'wheezy' release (May 2013), so it is mostly based on the same sources. It is not an official Debian release, but it is an official Debian GNU/Hurd port release." Important note: 75% of Debian packages are supported bu Debian GNU/Hurd. Impressive.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 22:06 UTC
"The first killer app was VisiCalc. This early spreadsheet turned the Apple II from a hobbyist toy to a business computer. VisiCalc came with room for improvement, though. In addition, a new architecture and operating system, the Intel-based IBM PC and MS-DOS, also needed a spreadsheet to be taken seriously. That spreadsheet, released in early 1983, would be Lotus 1-2-3, and it would change the world. It became the PC's killer app, and the world would never be the same. On May 14, IBM quietly announced the end of the road for 1-2-3, along with Lotus Organizer and the Lotus SmartSuite office suite. Lotus 1-2-3's day is done." Impressive 30 year run.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:45 UTC
"There's a disconnect between how Apple CEO Tim Cook sees his company's tax strategies and how some members of the US Senate view it. That became clearer than ever today after Cook and two other Apple executives testified before Congress, explaining why they're holding most of their international income in Irish subsidiaries like Apple Operations International, which declare no tax residency anywhere in the world. AOI hasn't filed a tax return anywhere in the world for the last five years, yet it earned $30 billion in income from 2009 to 2012, according to a Senate report released yesterday." Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's just. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and many more - these companies might not be breaking any laws, but it's obvious to anyone that what they are doing is scummy.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 15:53 UTC
The new WebKit Opera for Android has been released. "Opera 14 for Android is built on top of Chromium 26, with a total overhaul of the UI in native code, making it fit well with the latest Android design guidelines. Go get the build from Google Play or point your browser to m.opera.com, and give it a spin!"
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 22:43 UTC
The Verge pointed me to a blog post by Leap Motion - which reveals how their Kinect-like motion control works with Windows 8. "From the second you plug in your Leap Motion Controller, you'll be able to browse the web and interact with your computer just by moving your hands and fingers in the air. With Leap Motion technology and Windows, you can do everything that's possible with multi-touch inputs - without actually touching anything. This also means that existing applications in Windows 7 and 8 will respond to your natural hand and finger movements. Soon, we'll show you how Leap Motion will work with Mac OS X." Quite cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/20/13 21:50 UTC
PocketNow interviews Marc Dillon, and there's an interesting note about why Jolla is keeping the display properties under wraps: "We're leaving some of those details out because we do understand that there are a lot of really big players in the market and they tend to take certain components in the market and dominate them. We created the ability to actually be able to run Sailfish on multiple hardware displays and be able to swap components, so this is part of the demand and supply planning phase. We are committed to this industrial design which is a 4.5-inch display, an 8 megapixel camera on the back and a front-facing camera at the front, and the exact specs of the display we'll provide when we're close to delivery." Something you rarely hear anything about.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/19/13 23:15 UTC
"This is my NeXTstation Turbo Color booting the Mac System 7.1 Operating System using a hardware add-on called 'Daydream'. The Daydream has a Mac ROM and a few custom ICs in it and hooked up to the NeXTs DSP port. Turns your NeXT into a full fledged 68k powered Mac." So cool.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/19/13 23:11 UTC, submitted by Drumhellar
"The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1, the first feature update of the NetBSD 6 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons, as well as new features and enhancements. Please note that all fixes in the prior security/bugfix updates (NetBSD 6.0.1 and 6.0.2) are also in 6.1."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/18/13 21:06 UTC
"At the end of a week in which Electronic Arts confirmed it wasn't developing a thing for the Wii U, one of the software engineers in EA Sports' Canada studio, in a series of since-deleted tweets, disparaged the console as 'crap' and suggested Nintendo should give up on hardware altogether. 'The Wii U is crap. Less powerful than an Xbox 360. Poor online/store. Weird tablet', tweeted Bob Summerwill, listed as a senior software engineer at EA Canada, in a reply to a tweet posting a link about EA's no-Wii U news. 'Nintendo are walking dead at this point'." The Wii U is turning into the 21st century's Virtual Boy.More News »
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I must say my biggest frustration with windows is drivers. The amount of times i have had to reinstall windows for people who have lost their disks! Drivers are a pain in the ass on windows! THINGS DO NOT JUST WORK!!!