Posts by MCG

Re: No MS account

What's so bothersome about setting up an MS account? You don't have to give any personal info, not even a mobile number. Too much effort?

Re: Do they know an open source Windows would be the death of Linux?

Ubuntu tends to require more resources than Windows 10.

I would switch to Linux without a moment's hesitation if it wasn't for all the applications I use that only run on Windows.

Re: It is better than the alternative

You wouldn't get very far on XP with 512MB never mind Vista.....

Re: My solution

I can't honestly say I've run across any websites that work in Chrome but not in Firefox. URL, please?

Re: And we should give a Rat's Arse about this why?

Because it's ZERO progress in space exploration. It's just a suborbital hop which is missingh from "the likes of NASA" because it serves no useful purpose whatsoever. Well, apart from exciting scientifically-illiterate morons, of course.

Re: My username is...

Nice one. We all suspected the Republicans were soft on terrorism.

Re: So I forsee a win7 upswing again

Why Windows 10 rather than Windows 7? Seems a little rash....

Re: Good idea

Does anybody here upgrade their washing machines, toasters, ovens, HiFi amps, AV equipment, etc. ?

Yes, it's a simple process involving getting rid of the old appliance and buying a new one. Perhaps if you ask a grown up they might help you?

Re: "and they're losing faith.'

When the day comes that I can comfortably run everything I need to, I'm off this windows rat ship.

So basically never?

Re: Much like fusion power

The paperless toilet is already here :(

Re: what a lot of people..

"The same task on OS X is usually a walk in the park for anyone of any age, however - even nowadays Microsoft haven't managed to catch up in such fundamental areas."

Oh, really? That's assuming that the printer vendor has gotten around to releasing a driver for the latest version of OS X. We have a large Konica machine in the office here, for example, whose driver works fine under Mavericks but won't even install under Yosemite.... some walk in the bloody park. I told everyone to steer clear of Yosemite for at least a year, but did they listen? Nooooo of course they bloody didn't!

Err, it's a glass not a metal... the word "glass" in the name is a dead giveaway.

Re: It's an Acer...

"EU 16GB SSD limits"? Seriously, I never heard of such a thing and Google turns up nothing. What are you referring to?

Re: As if this will make people happy!

Err, because of the lack of apps and drivers on Linux?

Re: So what's in it?

Never mind that - we finally discovered someone admitting to using a Metro app!

Re: Did you try?

I've been in the same boat with LaCie drives conking out - it has never once turned out to be the PSU - it always without fail seems to be the interface inside the case that fails, probably due to lack of adequate cooling.

Re: How long before...

All-in-ones and non-expandable boxen have inexplicably never been all that proper in the PC market.

Re: FLOSS nutter

"If a Windows user (more likely to be lay computer user) has a good experience with things like The GIMP or Libre Office, they are more likely to try a Linux distro."

I suppose it's _possible_ someone might have a good experience with the GIMP or LibreOffice but I'm having trouble imagining what possible arrangement of contrived circumstances could possibly lead to such an event....

Re: They seem to be doing everything right, apart from...

I like how you felt you had to post that sh1te as AC...

Re: Total amount of

Well, sure - if you're a f*****g idiot or totally incompetent. Troll.

Re: Is that really true?

XP in 160Mb? Well, good luck with that. In my experience it sucks donkey dicks on anything less than 1GB...

Re: Can we PLEASE get to grips with this "Apple are expensive" line?

Yes, well, good luck if you ever realise you need more RAM or you need to replace a failed hard drive.

Re: How

Well, why don't you spend five minutes getting some answers on Google, you drooling ignoramus?

Twat.

Re: feature creep

The Tories, of course... They're responsible for everything bad that happens :)

Re: Alternative to Windows?

"Linux generally runs cooler than windows* in my experience. However I have heard of your situation with bad drivers running the graphics at full power constantly. It is the unfortunate joy of the card/chip makers not to support the users. If you are using AMD or Nvidia graphics you may want to try changing the driver in use. Mint should give you some driver options but if they dont work you may need to download drivers."

Genius! The damned thing has a Mobility Radeon - if that's running full tilt it would explain the whole thing quite nicely :(