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TEAYCHES: Jun 23, 2002

Japanese Phone Box posted:

I loved this win98 theme back in the day, including the screensaver. The nostalgia!

It will launch with a preinstalled copy of Leisure Suit Larry 4, TBA.

wow Microsoft should sue Wes Anderson imo

# ? Apr 6, 2015 15:58

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 17:14

Fetus Tree: Feb 2, 2003; Can't post for 2 years!

vista wasnt terrible before the win7 launch but you probably could have gotten win7 free if you really got it just a few months before it came out

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:14

gnarlyhotep: Sep 30, 2008; by Lowtax; Oven Wrangler

Generic Monk posted:

http://youtu.be/mOgOP_aqqtg

dang that av is boss

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:27

1gnoirents: Jun 28, 2014; hello

Locker Room Zubaz posted:

windows 7 was so good but it seems it was just a fluke and we will never see a good windows again

classic shell , woops solved windows 8

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:36

NofrikinfuN: Apr 23, 2009; Grimey Drawer

Fetus Tree posted:

vista wasnt terrible before the win7 launch but you probably could have gotten win7 free if you really got it just a few months before it came out

I looked into it at the time and I was a little before the cutoff. A shame, but it's still been a good laptop.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:39

West SAAB Story: Mar 13, 2014; by Athanatos
(and can't post for 251 days!)

7 x64 is usable.
XP was OK.
I miss hot dog stand (doobietheme)

that is all

Fetus Tree posted:

vista wasnt terrible before the win7 launch but you probably could have gotten win7 free if you really got it just a few months before it came out

No. It was loving horrible. I gave up waiting for Vista to boot so I could remove it and just dban'd the fucker because it was faster.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 16:43

a shiny rock: Nov 13, 2009

8 is fine

# ? Apr 6, 2015 17:21

Monkey Fracas: Sep 11, 2010; ...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!; Grimey Drawer

Putting a tablet interface on a M+KB device was a stupid idea, no matter how easy it is to get around it

oh OK let me just clean up your poo poo before I start using this OS microsoft NBD

it really isn't a big deal but it's still dumb

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:02

kazr: Jan 28, 2005

I'll be rocking Windows 7 well into the 2020s at this rate

rock solid

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:18

Fergus Mac Roich: Nov 5, 2008; Soiled Meat

I dont see why people prefer 7 to 8 with classicshell

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:28

Puppy Galaxy: Aug 1, 2004

i bought a windows machine to use a plex server and play steam games once in a while, guess what, it's poo poo

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:29

0haiThere: Feb 18, 2015; Looks like you're in the barrel today.

I wish there was a serious competitor to the Adobe suite on linux.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:30

NofrikinfuN: Apr 23, 2009; Grimey Drawer

0haiThere posted:

I wish there was a serious competitor to the Adobe suite on linux.

I was wishing the same on Vista. I hear photoshop can do changes like color tweaks to multiple layers simultaneously. I have not figured out a way to do that in GIMP without downloading a script.

Saddest thing is, I have a current photoshop license, I just can't use it because Adobe dropped Vista support.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:36

Bulgogi Hoagie: Jun 1, 2012; We

I switched to a Mac because I wanted to spend less time doing anal stuff with my computer and I was right

for a short time

macs are funny compared to windows. you have to gently caress less with them, but more

computers all suck go back to pen and paper

maybe invent a smart scanner for books so we can have a search function within books

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:36

a shiny rock: Nov 13, 2009

Fergus Mac Roich posted:

I dont see why people prefer 7 to 8 with classicshell

only real advantage of 7 is it works better out of the box. 8 needs a little more setup

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:37

Bulgogi Hoagie: Jun 1, 2012; We

also I wanted that sweet sweet iOS-macos integration for my applephone but I have recently grown paranoid of the cloud and basically declouded myself so lol at that

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:38

West SAAB Story: Mar 13, 2014; by Athanatos
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NofrikinfuN posted:

I was wishing the same on Vista. I hear photoshop can do changes like color tweaks to multiple layers simultaneously. I have not figured out a way to do that in GIMP without downloading a script.

Saddest thing is, I have a current photoshop license, I just can't use it because Adobe dropped Vista support.

Gimpshop is still poo poo, but it makes the transition easier. I've been using Paint.Net since I got sick of Gimpshop, and my lovely images are still just as lovely as they were in GIMP!

Just remember to make a new layer first.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:38

Bulgogi Hoagie: Jun 1, 2012; We

NofrikinfuN posted:

I was wishing the same on Vista. I hear photoshop can do changes like color tweaks to multiple layers simultaneously. I have not figured out a way to do that in GIMP without downloading a script.

Saddest thing is, I have a current photoshop license, I just can't use it because Adobe dropped Vista support.

the answer is :filez:

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:39

Fergus Mac Roich: Nov 5, 2008; Soiled Meat

Lichy posted:

maybe invent a smart scanner for books so we can have a search function within books

That's what ocr is actually, Google books(the pre-google play service) is not too bad with respect to it

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:43

Bulgogi Hoagie: Jun 1, 2012; We

Fergus Mac Roich posted:

That's what ocr is actually, Google books(the pre-google play service) is not too bad with respect to it

it's not actually necessary I'm just too lazy to visually search the index/whatever that word list is called at the end with page numbers next to them

a really good idea is to have a search engine that incorporates not the full content of books but the important word list at the end and helps you narrow down your choices for further reading but I suppose exlibris or whatever the really popular librarian software is called already does that

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:46

Puppy Galaxy: Aug 1, 2004

Lichy posted:

I switched to a Mac because I wanted to spend less time doing anal stuff with my computer and I was right

for a short time

macs are funny compared to windows. you have to gently caress less with them, but more

computers all suck go back to pen and paper

maybe invent a smart scanner for books so we can have a search function within books

i almost never have to gently caress with my mac. i use a PC at work and i don't hate it, but having one of my own where i actually want to change some settings and get it to do some fun things convinced me of mac supremacy

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:52

Mermaid Autopsy: Jun 9, 2001

Zeluth posted:

Let's be honest. Who has the best typography?

the OS that uses MS Sans Serif, Microsoft Sans Serif, Tahoma, and Segoe UI for different system dialogs, thereby allowing one to precisely date the correct geological strata of legacy cruft one is excavating with every click

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:53

Puppy Galaxy: Aug 1, 2004

last time i hosed with my mac was a few months when it was running slowly and i wanted to wipe and reload my hard drive, which is easy to do, but some adobe programs i somehow downloaded from a school i didn't go to with a volume license wouldn't launch anymore so i restored everything from before wiping, which is also easy, and installed a SSD, which was also easy and everything is fast as f*ck.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:54

Puppy Galaxy: Aug 1, 2004

I like how some settings are in the metro settings thing and other settings are in the control panel and the control panel looks like windows 7 but it has different names for some things.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 18:59

eonwe: Aug 11, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

windows 10 isnt on here, didnt vote

# ? Apr 6, 2015 19:00

West SAAB Story: Mar 13, 2014; by Athanatos
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Eonwe posted:

windows 10 isnt on here, didnt vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJbTjBLEKBU

# ? Apr 6, 2015 19:00

Fetus Tree: Feb 2, 2003; Can't post for 2 years!

Monkey Fracas posted:

Putting a tablet interface on a M+KB device was a stupid idea, no matter how easy it is to get around it

oh OK let me just clean up your poo poo before I start using this OS microsoft NBD

it really isn't a big deal but it's still dumb

i dont think its dumb i think its smart so theres a lot of compatibility between apps

# ? Apr 6, 2015 19:09

Gutcruncher: Apr 16, 2005; Go home and be a family man!

Windows 8 is great with Start8 and ModernMix. They cost money unlike Classic Shell, but holy crap its like Im using a better but cheaper version of Windows 7!

# ? Apr 6, 2015 20:51

dadrips: Jan 8, 2010; everything you do is a balloon; College Slice

the highlight of reformatting your PC & reinstalling Windows 98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN1T6peNIw

# ? Apr 6, 2015 21:05

Gutcruncher: Apr 16, 2005; Go home and be a family man!

Woah theyre releasing new non-pro Surface 3s. Theyre way weaker and smaller and lighter but theyre cheaper and run REAL windows unlike the old non-pro Surfaces.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 21:17

Sombrerotron: Aug 1, 2004; Release my children! My hat is truly great and mighty.

dadrips posted:

the highlight of reformatting your PC & reinstalling Windows 98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUN1T6peNIw

(Re)installing XP was the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKricIeeru0

:unsmith:

# ? Apr 6, 2015 21:22

KennyLoggins: Dec 3, 2004; Welcome to the Danger Zone

voted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZHa7ZC6Z0

# ? Apr 6, 2015 21:23

West SAAB Story: Mar 13, 2014; by Athanatos
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Sombrerotron posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKricIeeru0

Jesus gently caress I still twitch when I hear that. gently caress you and all your slipstreamed sound drivers!

dadrips posted:

the highlight of reformatting your PC & reinstalling Windows 98

This was the only time I think I've ever seen the little drummer ploy. :monocle:

# ? Apr 6, 2015 21:26

Comfy Fleece Sweater: Apr 2, 2013; You see, but you do not observe.

Log off
Shut down

# ? Apr 6, 2015 21:28

West SAAB Story: Mar 13, 2014; by Athanatos
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ctrl-alt-BAHLEETED!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6K_Vi4qCtY

# ? Apr 6, 2015 21:29

calusari: Apr 18, 2013; It's mechanical. Seems to come at regular intervals.

why do people want the start button back so badly? winkey + s for life. fences is pretty cool though.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 21:32

Fergus Mac Roich: Nov 5, 2008; Soiled Meat

calusari posted:

why do people want the start button back so badly? winkey + s for life. fences is pretty cool though.

people don't want the start menu back that's a complete misunderstanding by the tech media and Microsoft, they want to get rid of the horrible full screen interface you have to look at every time you open an application with Windows key plus first three chars of the application name

classicshell and or launchy solves the problem. launchy is cool.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 21:34

a bone to pick: Sep 14, 2011; by FactsAreUseless

Guess how you get into safemode in Windows 8. Get ready to laugh.

# ? Apr 6, 2015 22:38

VideoGames: Aug 18, 2003

prepping laughter

# ? Apr 6, 2015 22:44

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 17:14

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

a bone to pick posted:

Guess how you get into safemode in Windows 8. Get ready to laugh.

how

# ? Apr 6, 2015 22:56