On 1/20/2014 9:54 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:48:54 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:40:44 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 1/20/2014 8:42 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/20/14, 8:41 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:15:28 -0500, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:26:13 -0500, BAR wrote:
These days there are a bunch of better options if you can get in the
air.
Napalm is cheap ;-)
With mines you set them and forget them. Napalm and other munitions
requrire you to actively
drop them when the opposing force enters an area.
I think the next generation of drone will include a heavy lift bomber.
I'll bet there's a B-52 somewhere already capable of unmanned flight.
Just imagine the fun that will ensue when the Windows operating system
on that heavy bomber crashes, and the plane delivers the Blue Screen of
Death to a Virginia subdivision.
Harry, I think you are still living in the past when it comes to
Windows. It took many years but it has evolved into being a very stable
and reliable platform, especially with Win 7 and Win 8. Even Vista is
ok if you have enough RAM. I have *never* experienced the "Blue Screen
of Death" on either the Vista or Win 7 laptops. I bought the Vista
machine in 2009. It has had programs (or "apps) freeze up once in a
while, with the "program not responding" thing, but usually if I just
have patience and wait it will clear itself. If not, I just manually
close the program using the task manager and restart it.
BTW ... I've had the same thing happen on both my new iMac and on
Mrs.E's iMac, requiring a "forced quit".
I was reading the other day that 90 percent of ATM machines are still
running on Windows XP and there is going to be major employment
opportunities for techs as they are all upgraded or replaced with Win 7
based systems.
I've grown to like the iMac for what I do with it but I also realize
that 70 percent of computer users are using Windows. Of course there
will be a larger number of problems reported. That doesn't include
industrial applications like ATMs and even some aircraft avionics that
use Windows.
I've had XP for quite a while now and love it. My wife has had Vista and now Windows 7. I'll take XP
over both. Haven't seen the blue screen since Windows 95.
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I've used them all and 7 is way better than Vista. I think you'd
like it.
I agree that Win 7 is better than Vista but I really don't have any
issues with the laptop I am using right now which is running Vista.
As previously mentioned, it takes much longer to boot up from a cold
start but once running it's fine. I've tweaked and peaked a few things
over the year that I've had it .. about 5 years now ... and it performs
ok. I prefer it somewhat to my Win 7 laptop because this one has a
bigger screen. I figure someday in the near future something is going
to crap out ... probably the hard drive ... but until then I'll keep
using it. I still have an older XP laptop but something recently died
in it. It won't boot up anymore.
There are some features and upgrades in Win 7 and 8 that Vista doesn't
have ... like the ability to natively view .mp4 video files and a much
improved Windows Movie maker. The newer Movie Maker version and codex
files for .mp4 can probably be added to Vista but I haven't bothered.
At some point I am going to attempt making a video file using the app
that comes with the iMac. I haven't tried it yet but I understand it
can do a lot more than the current Windows Movie Maker.