Charles, this is capitalism! I can't believe I'm hearing this! lol! this is the economic system we have had in this country since it's inception!
Microsoft is offering a service by providing an OS so you can run your computers. For this they should be paid. As they revise this OS then they should be again paid for their work. Nothing says they need to support an older product or service. They've already been more than generous and to ask anything more is simply crossing the boundary of reason. I'm not saying this as any kind of value judgement toward you or anyone else here, this is simply a fact in regard to the way the technology industries across the world relate to our capitalist economic system here in this country. Make sense? Thanks and great post! Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Sep 11, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: You're thinking of getting Windows 8.1. Can 8.2 be far behind? If you want to stay current, here you go again. This might be an exaggerated example, but the same principle applies. Microsoft has to keep making money, and you have to give it to them. It's a never ending problem. And who gets more benefit from it? Microsoft. --- Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] A Note to XP users > Hi Shaun, > > Well, with Windows 8.1 about to come out in a couple of months I'd say > just skip Windows 8 and go to Windows 8.1. I'm glad I didn't spend > much on a Windows 8 upgrade for my Toshiba, because I am looking at > going to Windows 8.1 for my primary Windows box which I use for > Windows software development. I always try to keep that system up to > date. > > However, as for running a server with multiple operating systems it > can be done, but you need quite a lot of CPU power and ram to pull it > off effectively. I'd recommend a desktop PC with a 64-bit duel core > processor and at least 4 GB of ram, and even better if you hav say 8 > GB or so on that box to play with. Since virtual machines seem to run > better on Linux I'd suggest using Linux as the Host operating system, > and run various flavors of Windows in VMWare Player in order to cut > down the system resources for the host. The only catch 22 is that > Windows 7 and Windows 8 really need direct access to your graphics > card, rather than emulated, so its not as good in that case. However, > it really depends on which OS you will be using most. If Windows 7 > were your primary then use it as the host and everything else as guest > operating systems. > > Cheers! > > > On 9/11/13, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: >> well I still use xp for my old games and I will probably always use >> xp or have an xp system at least. >> win7 though is good and I have a 7 system. >> My basic home work for when I am not on the road ie gaming, etc seems >> to favor xp over 7 right now but once people like gma upgrade their >> stuff that may be behind me. >> The real reason I don't really hit 7 unless I need it is because I >> still have working xp system with better speakers than my 7 box >> though as I said its the older games I mainly play here. >> I do use 7 all the time. >> sadly though my network admin jobs for most things are 7 and 8 quite >> a lot of machines a third of them are still using xp so I also still >> use xp daily. >> my eventual hope is to get a server with windows on it and maybe have >> vms of linux xp and other oses or have them direct though I am not >> sure how I'd start one the server then be able to boot different >> vertual users but boot direct systems of the other stuff. >> either that or have a dedicated gaming box. >> the next thing I guess that will have to happen is going to 8 but I >> don't need the extra features. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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