Quote - > Quote - Didn't mean for ya to come down off your high horse and mingle with us less informed.

I "mingle" here on Renderosity fairly often.Been doing it for years. I'm not sure why yoru so defensive about it.

Quote - It still doesn't answer why ANY Microsoft OS has to be full of needless crap.

I don't consider Windows XP, Server 2003 or Vista to BE full of "needless crap". I find the systems to be a great platform to develop for and only getting better as time goes on.

Heres the thing . it might help if you actually knew the systems you were getting so upset about. That isn't an insult, its a reality. You comment on XP, but I doubt you develop on it. You comment on Vista, and I am sure you've never run it. You complaina bout bloat but you don't really seam to understand the feature set. You complain about security, but you seem to have obsolete information. You complaina bout DRM, but you don't know who, why or what is actually involved.

Jsut a thought.

Looking at your quotes and the way they were worded who in their right mind wouldn’t get defensive? I guess it only appears you’re talking down to someone. I’d be more than happy to pursue a good conversation but I will not be spoken to as some sort of underling. But of course it’s hard to gage any conversation via a forum. There is no way to read ones face or hear any emotion in the voice. So it’s very easy to misinterpret any communication. ANYWAY……

 

As far as my knowledge of XP well I spend a lot of time tweaking and ripping all those “useful” features out of it. Things that are really not needed for the software to operate and do not need to be running the background. I’ve gained more speed, efficiency, and better memory usage and cut down on HD bulk. I thought that anyone with a hint of software knowledge knew that XP has a lot of things installed in it that was not detrimental for it to operate in the system it’s installed in. And from I gather from your posts you’re no computer dum-dum and I would have thought you’d agree that there are many things in XP that are indeed not truly needed and can be cut for a more efficient  operation.

 

As far as Vista, Oh and BTW way I wasn’t the one complaining about DRM as far as I’m concerned the jury’s still out on that one, I would like to see it simple to use, small in size, speedy and to the point without fluff and eye candy. I don’t want to have to go in and turn off this and that because it’s just plain redundant or have a bunch “extra stuff” eating my memory and HD space. Tell me what in blazes is wrong with that? Besides Vista is still in the beta with a whole lot of stuff still to be worked out and who knows what “extras” will be added to the final build…unless of course you’re a Microsoft guy/gal and have an inside track on the final build phase. You’re telling me I have obsolete information yet you’re praising a beta version software where the future is questionable and out come is unknown.

 

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