[quote="AWPJudy"]and yeah, all operating systems steal from each other.[/quote]
oops, how many times do i have to hit post

[quote="AWPJudy"][quote="AWPJudy"]and yeah, all operating systems steal from each other.[/quote]
oops, how many times do i have to hit post[/quote]

Three.

Yeah, my mom bought a new computer recently (like Saturday), it's a Compaq Presario SR2. It's a helluva lot faster than our old Compaq that came out in 1998.

Basically, this comp. came with Vista and she's been bitching about how most of her old programs wouldn't be compatable with Vista and blah blah blah, so she's been screwing around ripping the old drive to our external one and then she's trying to rip Vista off and save it for later and a whole bunch of other bullshit. She's a dumbass, I swear, but you've gotta put up with what ya gotta put up with, ya know?

Anyway, as of now, I don't really like this computer as of yet, but I'm pretty sure that it's because I'm pissed off she won't just let me download fucking Winamp. God damn, I hate Windows Media Player. The really surprising thing about it though, is that it actually showed the album covers for GNB's Door, and White Incarnation, and stuff. But looking at some of the features on Vista's Media Player... I definitely don't want to go "Arrgh, matey!" while using this OS, if you get my drift.

The best thing about Vista is by far the games. Hell, it comes with Boggle!

EDIT: Oh yeah, for college, I'm supposed to go out and get a laptop, a Mac. Having never used a Mac before (other than the really crappy oldschool ones) I'm kinda iffy about that. Details forthcoming on what kind of Mac it shall be after May 17th when they tell me what to get.

you can turn off all the DRM stuff in the preferences, blank. i've heard that WMP is really good in vista so you should stick with it for a while...

[quote="zenkalia"]you can turn off all the DRM stuff in the preferences, blank. i've heard that WMP is really good in vista so you should stick with it for a while...[/quote]

Yeah, but the equalizer sucks ass. Winamp >>> WMP, imho.

Besides, I've got all of those smexy plugins for Winamp, like PSF players.

Note: Winamp's on this computer now, so I'm bitching no longer.

yeah, i can believe that. the presets are pretty good too.

when i heard that winamp was bought out (by aol? i can't remember) and that development stopped for it, i started using foobar. it's weird. there aren't any eq presets by default (or i can't find them). but it's really clean (if you are using a shitty computer like mine, even winamp is considered a heavyweight application).

Update:

This shitty-ass Vista HP Game program thingy is only temporary! They give you only a free trial of some games and then want you to buy the rest! How shitty! Seriously! $19.99 for fuckin' Polar Bowler!? Pfft! Nineteen ninety-nine my ass.

I don't play those games. As long as I can play my old PC games with faster acceleration, emus, Inkball, and games from teagames.com, then I'm set for the rest of my teengae years.

[quote="Josher"]I don't play those games. As long as I can play my old PC games with faster acceleration, emus, Inkball, and games from teagames.com, then I'm set for the rest of my teengae years.[/quote]

your avatar says it all, with respect to the faster acceleration... the games have to be written to take advantage of the dual core-ness in order for them to be considerably faster... though i would imagine that you could get 64 bit drivers for your video card, which would help.

I have a Mac, and I love it. I have no interest whatsover with Vista.

I love iTunes, because, as far as I can tell, other music players don't have the Music Library. It runs just fine on my computer, but I haven't used the Windows version in almost a year so I don't really remember how bad it is.

music libraries are found in:

winamp
foobar
amarok
windows media player

you have a mac, you can't run vista

Livin' under a rock, eh, Thinliine?

So... I've got Vista right? When I burned a CD with a whole bunch of ROMs and ebooks on it so I could dick around on the laptop, which uses Windows 98, it wouldn't even recognize the CD at all.

It's most likely the Windows 98, but you'd think that Vista would have the CD burning be compatable with it...

Note for you intranet freaks: I don't go online with the laptop, I just emu shiz while my mom's using this P.C.



Also: Vista doesn't drag and drop multiple files onto my MP3 player, and the XP installed on this computer can't recognize the speakers because they're vista-compatable!

Bad news guys...

I can't play the Sims or Roller Coaster Tycoon on Vista without crashing.

I should E-mail EA Games if they'll bother to patch the Sims, but I hardly doubt it.

[quote="Josher"][u][i][b][color=red][size=200]SHOULD'VE GOTTEN A MAC[/size][/color][/u][/b][/i][/quote]