Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-04 Thread Alan Pope
On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 21:12 +, Ashley Hooper wrote: > --- baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:09:04 + > > > The real problem is that if you buy a new pc or laptop from good old PC > > World or pretty much anywhere you'll be stuck with vista. You can't say, > > 'I'd

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread Ashley Hooper
--- baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:09:04 + > The real problem is that if you buy a new pc or laptop from good old PC > World or pretty much anywhere you'll be stuck with vista. You can't say, > 'I'd rather have XP' or no OS at all to install your own. Actually, seve

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread baza
On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 18:37 +, Sean Miller wrote: > Freddie Ruddick wrote: > > Has everyone seen this? Posted on BBC Technology News a few days ago. > > Basically highlighting the whole "Microsoft has control, you don't, > > deal with it" system. > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/63

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread Sean Miller
Freddie Ruddick wrote: > Has everyone seen this? Posted on BBC Technology News a few days ago. > Basically highlighting the whole "Microsoft has control, you don't, > deal with it" system. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6319845.stm > I did see this, Freddie, and thank you for posting

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread Toby Smithe
On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 18:21 +, Paul Mellors wrote: > Freddie Ruddick wrote: > >> ...Vista is bloated eye > >> candy of little use. > >> > > > > I know that, you know that, most people on here know that. But the > > general public don't. > The general public don't care, why should they? It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread Paul Mellors
Freddie Ruddick wrote: >> ...Vista is bloated eye >> candy of little use. >> > > I know that, you know that, most people on here know that. But the > general public don't. The general public don't care, why should they? It works, ok it might not work all the time, but they don't need anythi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread baza
On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 17:58 +, Freddie Ruddick wrote: > > ...Vista is bloated eye > > candy of little use. > > I know that, you know that, most people on here know that. But the > general public don't. Every piece on the problems of Vista in the > mainstream media is a step in the right direct

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread Freddie Ruddick
> ...Vista is bloated eye > candy of little use. I know that, you know that, most people on here know that. But the general public don't. Every piece on the problems of Vista in the mainstream media is a step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned. Freddie :) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread baza
On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 17:38 +, Freddie Ruddick wrote: > Has everyone seen this? Posted on BBC Technology News a few days ago. > Basically highlighting the whole "Microsoft has control, you don't, > deal with it" system. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6319845.stm > > :) > Freddie Y

[ubuntu-uk] More Vista Criticism from Aunty Beeb

2007-02-03 Thread Freddie Ruddick
Has everyone seen this? Posted on BBC Technology News a few days ago. Basically highlighting the whole "Microsoft has control, you don't, deal with it" system. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6319845.stm :) Freddie -- Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. --