mac and pc sucks!!!!

[ElPolloDiabl]

Yes but Windows should be a lot lot better than it is. Because of the monopoly your stuck with whatever they see fit to give you.

[ElPolloDiabl]

OpenGL got updated recently to match Direct X. Hopefully that will mean ports to Linux. The only way I'm going to run Windows 7 is on virtual machine under Linux and I'll probably just download a pirated version so I'm not rewarding Microsoft for sub par effort.

[ElPolloDiabl]

That's true: I have a low spec graphics card with no fan. 120mm PSU fan. CPU fan 80mm. New 500GB is completely silent. Only thing that makes noise is the optical drive. The front USB ports are handy too.

[ElPolloDiabl]

I agree with the above post.
Some of the petty insults, although funny to the poster, are not that funny to us and usually very childish.
I'm very tolerant however, I realise there are all types that like Amiga and just being on any net forum requires you to have a thick skin. Apologies to those who only come here for news and help.

[ElPolloDiabl]

I had a problem with a sticky pointer on XP pro. It was probably caused by programs leaving bits in after they were supposedly uninstalled.  

Ideally Windows should load the most important parts of the OS into RAM and keep it untouchable. If someone wants to move the mouse then drop everything and move the mouse. You can't tell me that background tasks are too finicky to be suspended quickly.

Windows is badly patched together, they need an A-team that does all the GUI work. If it breaks something in file indexing then the file indexing guy should go back and change all his work.

If people are noticing a speed up in Windows 7, part of it is because they added hardware acceleration to the GUI. They're still patching over bad design. If they want any respect from me they should do what they once did and design an OS from the ground up.

[ElPolloDiabl]

So AROS is just a hobby then? I would think that it has as much potential as Linux to become a popular desktop OS.
I don't think Windows is ever going to get replaced as the mainstream, but if you can have a small niche (which could be up to a million people nowadays) and your OS is free. Why shouldn't people get passionate about it?

[ElPolloDiabl]

why can a 14 mz 68020 with 2 meg ram brings up a simple one line text file in ed faster than a 2400 mhz 4096 meg ram with uber-fast hard drive using "text editor" in Ubuntu.  To you that might not matter, beacsue you can still do your "work" that an amiga simply cannot, and if that makes your computing experience a happy one, then good for you. To me it just FEELS shit.

Running Windows is like trying to push shit uphill. At least Linux and Amiga breaks the first time something is incompatible, they don't leave you guessing.

[ElPolloDiabl]

One thing that slows me down is my Asus wireless networking card. It causes stuttering randomly, slowing down everything. I looked around for newer drivers, but no luck. I'll have to swap it.
Just because your system is fine, doesn't change the fact that some people are having problems and it is not because their system is old or cheap, some things just aren't supported by Windows.
I have nothing but trouble with itunes installed. Someone is not doing their job.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Isn't it pretty easy to calculate the amount of memory needed for an image? I think 1024x768x24 = 2.5MB. So therefore 4096x3072 x 24 = 100MB. It should give you plenty of room in a lowly 1GB system.