It's a cold day in hell...

Keiichi · 9th Nov 2001, 08:50 PM

It's true. I've officially joined the XP club. I "liberated" a copy from my brother this morning.

I'm happy to say, I never had to register anything with Microsoft either. So far, XP seems like the best parts of 98 and 2000 rolled into one spiffy looking OS.

-Keiichi

LifesBane[4C] · 9th Nov 2001, 08:53 PM

I'm joining you tomorrow, buddy

Mad_Dog · 9th Nov 2001, 08:53 PM

that is very spiffy looking

. once again MS copies apple...

doesn't it also remind you of a certain OS X?

RogueLeader · 9th Nov 2001, 09:09 PM

Microsoft copied off someone else? That's unusual. Seriously, I'm not sarcastic, usually they buy them out instead of stealing outright.

Keiichi · 9th Nov 2001, 09:17 PM

It's the little things that count. I like the hi-res desktop icons and transparent text fields...

Example:

I like the larger minimize, maximize, and close buttons...

Example:

And I especially like how on-screen fonts have been softened and enhanced...

Example:

However, I haven't tried any games with it yet, so I can't say whether it's more efficient or not. With all these fancy graphical effects, I'm having doubts...

-Keiichi

LifesBane[4C] · 9th Nov 2001, 09:20 PM

Ooooh pretty

Dank · 9th Nov 2001, 09:20 PM

When I first saw that I thought to myself....."WOW that looks just like a mac GUI"

Mac OS X has all that stuff and more.

Keganator · 10th Nov 2001, 01:08 AM

all that softening up makes it look like a toy, designed to catch the eye of the idiots of the world.

Keganator · 10th Nov 2001, 01:09 AM

Not a bad desktop, tho

Snakeye · 10th Nov 2001, 01:20 AM

You don't have to register XP for 50x booting or 30 days. After that period the only thing you get is a prompt to enter your 'activation' code(or what microsoft calls it..

A friend an myself checked the MS homepage for that; basically you can 'activate' your copy by web or by phone.
Don't know how it works exactly, but it checks your computers hardware and looks if anything (bigger) has changed - if so it cheases to work until activated again..

And if better icons/desktop graphics are all XP can do, then I'll stick with 98..

Snakeye

BrownyMan · 10th Nov 2001, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DankBudz
When I first saw that I thought to myself....."WOW that looks just like a mac GUI"

Mac OS X has all that stuff and more.

I know what you mean the moment I saw it, I said to myself, "woah Keiichi got OSX!!"

Then I saw the start bar.

But I must say it seems to me Windows and Mac OS are getting more and more alike with each passing year.

striderteen · 10th Nov 2001, 01:31 AM

I can get most of those eye candy effects by using Stardock's Object Desktop. And then I don't have to pay $200 for XP, and I don't contribute to the weakness of the Internet by having a system with user raw socket access.

Ballistophobia · 10th Nov 2001, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keiichi
I like the hi-res...

Hypocrite bastard!

Keiichi · 10th Nov 2001, 11:17 AM

Quote:

You don't have to register XP for 50x booting or 30 days. After that period the only thing you get is a prompt to enter your 'activation' code(or what microsoft calls it..

Well, it already prompted me to enter a CD key/activation code when I upgraded. I've recieved no messages stating that I have 30 days left either. I think that's BS.

Quote:

I can get most of those eye candy effects by using Stardock's Object Desktop. And then I don't have to pay $200 for XP.

Who said we paid for it?

Quote:

Hypocrite bastard!

I said hi-res icons, not hi-res period.

-Keiichi

[Delta]Predator · 10th Nov 2001, 06:02 PM

At least Microsoft made the Xbox, it redeems them quite a bit.

UTProphet · 10th Nov 2001, 06:18 PM

Some of us have corporate edition. No activation codes

And Keiichi, as a response, it's great on games as well. I love it...

Donnellizer · 10th Nov 2001, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by striderteen
I can get most of those eye candy effects by using Stardock's Object Desktop. And then I don't have to pay $200 for XP, and I don't contribute to the weakness of the Internet by having a system with user raw socket access.

Where can this be attained?

RogueLeader · 10th Nov 2001, 06:33 PM

Games-wise XP gets twice the framerates of any other Windows OS in my experience.

LifesBane[4C] · 10th Nov 2001, 06:54 PM

Hmmm...well I just installed XP and got the latestest DETs. I used to run it with Vsync off, no problem-- but now I'm getting the stupid tearing on occaison. I >never< used to get it. That's one thing I don't like.

I still gotta tweak around...it may have just been the new drivers I got.

BlAcK_PlAgUe22 · 10th Nov 2001, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Donnellizer

Where can this be attained?

/me points to www.stardock.com

9th Nov 2001, 08:50 PM	#1
Keiichi Old Timer Join Date: Mar. 13th, 2000 Posts: 3,331	It's a cold day in hell... It's true. I've officially joined the XP club. I "liberated" a copy from my brother this morning. I'm happy to say, I never had to register anything with Microsoft either. So far, XP seems like the best parts of 98 and 2000 rolled into one spiffy looking OS. -Keiichi __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr Seuss "These things are great! They're like sex, except I'm having them!" - Fry, Futurama "We both know you won't get half-way to Vergon 6 before 'The Craving' sets is. Then you'll come crawling back for another taste of sweet, sweet candy." - Zapp Brannigan, Futurama "Well, a doctor cures people. A medic just makes them more comfortable....while they die." - Doc, Red vs Blue

9th Nov 2001, 08:53 PM	#3
Mad_Dog Voice Of Reason Join Date: Mar. 27th, 2001 Location: Soviet Canuckistan Posts: 2,216	that is very spiffy looking. once again MS copies apple... doesn't it also remind you of a certain OS X? __________________ Aldous Huxley said that an intellectual was a person who had discovered something more interesting than sex. A civilized man, it might be said, is someone who has discovered something more satisfying than combat. -John Keegan, A History of Warfare

9th Nov 2001, 09:09 PM	#4
RogueLeader Tama-chan says, "aurf aurf aurf!" Join Date: Oct. 19th, 2000 Location: Indiana. Kill me please. Posts: 5,314	Microsoft copied off someone else? That's unusual. Seriously, I'm not sarcastic, usually they buy them out instead of stealing outright. __________________ <SaraP> I have no interest in putting pocky, of any flavor, in my panties

9th Nov 2001, 09:17 PM	#5
Keiichi Old Timer Join Date: Mar. 13th, 2000 Posts: 3,331	It's the little things that count. I like the hi-res desktop icons and transparent text fields... Example: I like the larger minimize, maximize, and close buttons... Example: And I especially like how on-screen fonts have been softened and enhanced... Example: However, I haven't tried any games with it yet, so I can't say whether it's more efficient or not. With all these fancy graphical effects, I'm having doubts... -Keiichi __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr Seuss "These things are great! They're like sex, except I'm having them!" - Fry, Futurama "We both know you won't get half-way to Vergon 6 before 'The Craving' sets is. Then you'll come crawling back for another taste of sweet, sweet candy." - Zapp Brannigan, Futurama "Well, a doctor cures people. A medic just makes them more comfortable....while they die." - Doc, Red vs Blue

9th Nov 2001, 09:20 PM	#7
Dank Mac Guru Join Date: Sep. 18th, 2000 Location: Genesis 1:12 Posts: 1,641	When I first saw that I thought to myself....."WOW that looks just like a mac GUI" Mac OS X has all that stuff and more. __________________ Dank adj. dank·er, dank·est adv. dank·ly n. dank·ness Disagreeably damp or humid. A moist place in a field, possibly akin to damp or to daggle dew. Damp; moist; humid; wet. Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. --Milton.

9th Nov 2001, 08:53 PM	#2
LifesBane[4C] Registered User Join Date: Sep. 27th, 1999 Posts: 3,125	I'm joining you tomorrow, buddy

10th Nov 2001, 01:08 AM	#8
Keganator White as Snow Moderator Join Date: Jun. 19th, 2001 Location: PR's Barracks Posts: 5,261	all that softening up makes it look like a toy, designed to catch the eye of the idiots of the world. __________________ --\|\| Sluggy Freelance \|\| The Infiltration Forum Guidelines \|\| Kegnet \|\| Clan Phoenix Rising \|\|-- PsychoMoogieBagpuss: "...we are implementing an updated [forum] policy." ZenPirate: "I suggested that we not only ban [offenders], but also ban the forumer next to them." Arethusa: "So you're (at least largely) a diest?" NTKB: "No im a logical thinking christian"

10th Nov 2001, 01:09 AM	#9
Keganator White as Snow Moderator Join Date: Jun. 19th, 2001 Location: PR's Barracks Posts: 5,261	Not a bad desktop, tho __________________ --\|\| Sluggy Freelance \|\| The Infiltration Forum Guidelines \|\| Kegnet \|\| Clan Phoenix Rising \|\|-- PsychoMoogieBagpuss: "...we are implementing an updated [forum] policy." ZenPirate: "I suggested that we not only ban [offenders], but also ban the forumer next to them." Arethusa: "So you're (at least largely) a diest?" NTKB: "No im a logical thinking christian"

10th Nov 2001, 01:20 AM	#10
Snakeye Mk82HD Join Date: Jan. 28th, 2000 Location: Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria Posts: 1,965	You don't have to register XP for 50x booting or 30 days. After that period the only thing you get is a prompt to enter your 'activation' code(or what microsoft calls it.. A friend an myself checked the MS homepage for that; basically you can 'activate' your copy by web or by phone. Don't know how it works exactly, but it checks your computers hardware and looks if anything (bigger) has changed - if so it cheases to work until activated again.. And if better icons/desktop graphics are all XP can do, then I'll stick with 98.. Snakeye __________________ .30 'the elders tell of a young ball much like you. he bounced three meters in the air, then he bounced one point eight meters in the air, then he bounced four meters in the air. do I make myself clear?!' 'anything you do can get you killed, including doing nothing'

10th Nov 2001, 01:31 AM	#12
striderteen Registered User Join Date: Jul. 26th, 2001 Location: Caltech, Pasadena, California, USA, North America, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 1,490	I can get most of those eye candy effects by using Stardock's Object Desktop. And then I don't have to pay $200 for XP, and I don't contribute to the weakness of the Internet by having a system with user raw socket access.

10th Nov 2001, 06:02 PM	#15
[Delta]Predator Registered User Join Date: Mar. 24th, 2001 Location: Behind you... Posts: 481	At least Microsoft made the Xbox, it redeems them quite a bit.

10th Nov 2001, 06:18 PM	#16
UTProphet Trial By Fire Join Date: Dec. 8th, 2000 Posts: 509	Some of us have corporate edition. No activation codes And Keiichi, as a response, it's great on games as well. I love it... __________________ [img]************************/images/membersig/utprophet.jpg[/img]

10th Nov 2001, 06:33 PM	#18
RogueLeader Tama-chan says, "aurf aurf aurf!" Join Date: Oct. 19th, 2000 Location: Indiana. Kill me please. Posts: 5,314	Games-wise XP gets twice the framerates of any other Windows OS in my experience. __________________ <SaraP> I have no interest in putting pocky, of any flavor, in my panties

10th Nov 2001, 06:54 PM	#19
LifesBane[4C] Registered User Join Date: Sep. 27th, 1999 Posts: 3,125	Hmmm...well I just installed XP and got the latestest DETs. I used to run it with Vsync off, no problem-- but now I'm getting the stupid tearing on occaison. I >never< used to get it. That's one thing I don't like. I still gotta tweak around...it may have just been the new drivers I got.

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