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Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



duTrieux. posted:

windows is a piece of poo poo

it's also the best available PC operating system

makes u think

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Celexi
Nov 25, 2006

Slava Ukraini!
so shaggar what is your opinion in microsoft dropping support for almost all their phones

pram
Jun 10, 2001

duTrieux. posted:

windows is a piece of poo poo

it's also the best available PC operating system

hmm nope

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

Celexi posted:

so shaggar what is your opinion in microsoft dropping support for almost all their phones

old hardware should be retired. if you need an example of why you shouldn't try to force new oses onto old hardware take a look at ios 7+.

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge
ios continued to work great on my first gen ipad mini as long as i turned the transparency effects off

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
ios 10.3.2 works great on my iphone 6s

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

ios 10 works pretty deecee on an iphone 5 considering its over 4 year old hardware

champagne posting
Apr 5, 2006

YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER


pram posted:

hmm nope

are you the last holdover who uses OS/2 warp?

moron izzard
Nov 17, 2006

Grimey Drawer

pseudorandom name posted:

well, you don't. because Apple still has taste

I get yelled at every week about upgrading icloud on my apple phone

moron izzard
Nov 17, 2006

Grimey Drawer

idk maybe they should have clicked "show me more like this" on the sweet landscape photo lockscreens instead of just turning it to a boring orange turd.

FMguru
Sep 10, 2003

peed on;
sexually

moron izzard posted:

idk maybe they should have clicked "show me more like this" on the sweet landscape photo lockscreens instead of just turning it to a boring orange turd.
dsyp

Wrath of the Bitch King
May 11, 2005

Research confirms that black is a color like silver is a color, and that beyond black is clarity.

moron izzard posted:

I get yelled at every week about upgrading icloud on my apple phone

your iphone hasn't been backed up to the icloud in 69 weeks. buy more space to remedy this!

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)


dsyp, mr president

hifi
Jul 25, 2012

lmao this one is epic https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20170418-00/?p=95985

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock


can't fault them for not figuring on a flight simulator enthusiast who's spent enough time in the shower to remember what the curtain looks like

Perplx
Jun 26, 2004


Best viewed on Orgasma Plasma
Lipstick Apathy

Wrath of the Bitch King posted:

your iphone hasn't been backed up to the icloud in 69 weeks. buy more space to remedy this!

back it up using itunes, literally the only reason to use itunes

Sapozhnik
Jan 2, 2005

Nap Ghost
literally lmaoing out loud at the people voluntarily using a version of windows other than 7 itt

hifi
Jul 25, 2012

i use windows 10: the creators update and it's fine

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




hifi posted:

i use windows 10: the creators update and it's fine
its genuinely better than 7

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
i was on 8.1 at home and windows 10 is better than that

Perplx
Jun 26, 2004


Best viewed on Orgasma Plasma
Lipstick Apathy
i was hating on windows 10 hard, but i updated my windows vm to 10 at work and its actually fast, the ui is still bad but that's every version windows

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Perplx posted:

i was hating on windows 10 hard, but i updated my windows vm to 10 at work and its actually fast, the ui is still bad but that's every version windows

they shat out damage control bricks with 8.1, so hopefully it will be a few milestones before their ui/ux "wizards" find "courage"

Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy

hifi posted:

i use windows 10: the creators update and it's fine

cinci zoo sniper posted:

its genuinely better than 7

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006
windows 10 rtm was mediocre and I could see using 7 over it but ever since anniversary update its been real good

burning swine
May 26, 2004



Sapozhnik posted:

literally lmaoing out loud at the people voluntarily using a version of windows other than 7 itt

mega agreedo

lemme know when win10 stops trying to show ads, phoning home, and generally subverting the will of the user

otherwise all computing ends on January 14, 2020

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

mega agreedo

lemme know when win10 stops trying to show ads, phoning home, and generally subverting the will of the user

otherwise all computing ends on January 14, 2020
less than 3 years left until global uptick in posting quality, nice

Tatsujin
Apr 26, 2004

:golgo:
EVERYONE EXCEPT THE HOT WOMEN
:golgo:

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

mega agreedo

lemme know when win10 stops trying to show ads, phoning home, and generally subverting the will of the user

otherwise all computing ends on January 14, 2020

people gnashing their teeth about their OS politely trying to keep them off botnets never ceases to be amusing to me

BangersInMyKnickers
Nov 3, 2004

I have a thing for courageous dongles

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

mega agreedo

lemme know when win10 stops trying to show ads, phoning home, and generally subverting the will of the user

otherwise all computing ends on January 14, 2020

lol go post about it on infowars you idiot

SupSuper
Apr 8, 2009

At the Heart of the city is an Alien horror, so vile and so powerful that not even death can claim it.

cinci zoo sniper posted:

they shat out damage control bricks with 8.1, so hopefully it will be a few milestones before their ui/ux "wizards" find "courage"
http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/8/14553392/microsoft-windows-10-project-neon-teaser

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
cool verge article there's no information in it

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

BangersInMyKnickers posted:

lol go post about it on infowars you idiot

i bet all those inforwars people hate it because they intend to serve malware to their viewers if they haven't done so already

and don't forget to use a belarusian VPN for all your web surfing

burning swine
May 26, 2004



Tatsujin posted:

people gnashing their teeth about their OS politely trying to keep them off botnets never ceases to be amusing to me

I could live with the forced update schedule and even the more basic telemetry

advertisements are a non-starter

and i'm curious to know how making cortana impossible to disable keeps me off of botnets

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003




"just hit invert colors and call it a day, bob"

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe
is belarussian what they call pretty eastern ladies in italy?

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




not seeing anything concrete there. not that it matters though, much like with vista and early win 8 ill just complain more while im getting used to things

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison

flakeloaf posted:

can't fault them for not figuring on a flight simulator enthusiast who's spent enough time in the shower to remember what the curtain looks like

heh

ClassActionFursuit
Mar 15, 2006

that tabbed shell stuff that ars was talking about actually sounds really cool

knowing microsoft im sure it will be poo poo but its a legit good idea

Malcolm XML
Aug 8, 2009

I always knew it would end like this.

COACHS SPORT BAR posted:

mega agreedo

lemme know when win10 stops trying to show ads, phoning home, and generally subverting the will of the user

otherwise all computing ends on January 14, 2020

Lmao will of the user

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

LastInLine posted:

that tabbed shell stuff that ars was talking about actually sounds really cool

knowing microsoft im sure it will be poo poo but its a legit good idea

considering that it took them decades to support multiple workspaces on the desktop, getting tabs in the file browser a mere single decade after everyone else is an improvement.

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Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

LastInLine posted:

that tabbed shell stuff that ars was talking about actually sounds really cool

knowing microsoft im sure it will be poo poo but its a legit good idea

tabbed explorer is stupid but tabbed notepad.exe would rule.

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