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| | | (...) Why? To make you buy a faster computer, of course. That's the whole reason that Microsoft made it "part of the operating system" - so they could slow it down just like everything else with the new version, to make you buy a new faster PC, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Erick Jensen
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| | | | They got Counter-Strike for Linux? Or just Half-Life? How bout pirated versions of Photoshop? I'd have a mac if they made those things for me. How bout a driver for my cd burner from sony that has a drive slot for digi cam card? Well, till they make (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) Only because you choose to limit yourself to those exact products. There are many equally useful alternatives. ROSCO (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | (...) Except for of Photoshop. (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | | | Quoting Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org>: (...) what's wrong with the gimp? I often choose it over photoshop (to the point of rebooting if I happen to be on windows), since I find it much better for my photoshopic needs. (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | (...) It's fine (but not up to Photoshop's level) for functionality, but has a *terrible* UI -- bad enough that it gets in the way of getting things done. (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Sorry, what equally useful alternatives are there for CounterSrike or Half Life? These are games. Either a game is on the platform in question or it isn't. If it isn't on the platform, there IS NO alternative for it. There might be other games (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Erick Jensen
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| | | | | | | Rock on wif yo bad self. Games are a big factor in what system I use. I haven't got the money to buy all the consoles so I get very picky. I base my purchase on not the system and it's performace stats, but the games. Cuz honestly, a gamecube could (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | Quoting Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com>: (...) see (URL) - alternative platform, same game. (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Not the same platform == not the same game. Even if it's a port. Good try though. (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | (...) but it's not a port! winex just lets you run the original windows version while booted to linux. All it does is implement (in addition to all the API calls that wine does) the directx APIs that a lot of games use. So it really is the same (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | (...) In a very real sense, it *is* the same platform. (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | | Re: MS IE SUCKS! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | (...) "Pirated versions of Photoshop". I love it. I want to see a study which shows how much the easy availability of pirated win32 software is a barrier to the rise of desktop L inux. Is the slot on your CD burner a Memory Stick slot? Many Memory (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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