Comments on: Autopatcher shut down by Microsoft http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jennyhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-15616 Jenny Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:10:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-15616 Autopatcher kicked ass, microsoft sucks Autopatcher kicked ass, microsoft sucks

]]> By: Jennyhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263009 Jenny Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:10:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263009 Autopatcher kicked ass, microsoft sucks Autopatcher kicked ass, microsoft sucks

]]> By: Quidamhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-15306 Quidam Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:21:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-15306 I started out with DOS and used Desqview to multitask. When Windows 286 (the first really usable version) came out I thought it was prettier, but I was also trying out OS/2 at the same time. Desqview was much better at multitasking (unlike Windows, it didn't suspend apps in the background) but since most apps were still character-mode, it didn't seem to matter too much. While MS Windows became the dominant UI and OS, it got progressively 'prettier' but less stable. I didn't really get the whole 'Mac' thing and kept blowing it off. It only took me about 20 years to come to my senses and realize that I'm tired of building PCs (I don't really have the time to worry about what components to use, compatability, etc) and I now make enough money that when I need to buy a new computer every three years, I can just find a good deal online for something that gets good reviews and just buy it. It also only took me to about 15 years to come to my senses and realize that Windows really does suck and it doesn't do what I want (easy to use, stable, reliable, good support) and that if I keep 'feeding the beast', there won't be any good alternatives and I'll never find out if there even are any. About 5 years ago I tried out Linux. My, my, my has much changed in the last 5 years. Why have there been so many advances in Linux, so many improvements, and it's still 'open source' and Windows is still substantially expense and still sucks? I couldn't commit to Linux because it didn't have the tools I needed and there were still hardware issues and I still needed something that would 'just work.' I still hadn't gone Mac, and I don't know why. Last year I loaded Ubuntu on my Dell Latitude D500 in an effort to escape Windows. It worked great, but the lack of support made me continue to look elsewhere (I know there are support corps out there but I wanted better support for my OS from other vendors as well.) Three weeks ago I bought a MBP (the newer 15.4") and I couldn't be happier. I'm sure that there wil be things I don't like about it (I need to find a compatible portable USB scanner) --- I'm still in the whole newlywed phase --- but (a)things mostly 'just work', (b)no BSOD or reboots as of yet, (c)Bootcamp allows me to run games not supported [well] in OS X, (d)VMWare takes care of the rest. The hardware and software have subtle features that sometimes are not obviously noticed but make a big difference -- the same way that if you don't drive a Mercedes you might think they are _just_ a more expensive car and not a _better_ car. Now I've got my 'Mercedes'. I started out with DOS and used Desqview to multitask. When Windows 286 (the first really usable version) came out I thought it was prettier, but I was also trying out OS/2 at the same time. Desqview was much better at multitasking (unlike Windows, it didn't suspend apps in the background) but since most apps were still character-mode, it didn't seem to matter too much.

While MS Windows became the dominant UI and OS, it got progressively 'prettier' but less stable. I didn't really get the whole 'Mac' thing and kept blowing it off.

It only took me about 20 years to come to my senses and realize that I'm tired of building PCs (I don't really have the time to worry about what components to use, compatability, etc) and I now make enough money that when I need to buy a new computer every three years, I can just find a good deal online for something that gets good reviews and just buy it.

It also only took me to about 15 years to come to my senses and realize that Windows really does suck and it doesn't do what I want (easy to use, stable, reliable, good support) and that if I keep 'feeding the beast', there won't be any good alternatives and I'll never find out if there even are any.

About 5 years ago I tried out Linux. My, my, my has much changed in the last 5 years. Why have there been so many advances in Linux, so many improvements, and it's still 'open source' and Windows is still substantially expense and still sucks? I couldn't commit to Linux because it didn't have the tools I needed and there were still hardware issues and I still needed something that would 'just work.' I still hadn't gone Mac, and I don't know why.

Last year I loaded Ubuntu on my Dell Latitude D500 in an effort to escape Windows. It worked great, but the lack of support made me continue to look elsewhere (I know there are support corps out there but I wanted better support for my OS from other vendors as well.)

Three weeks ago I bought a MBP (the newer 15.4") and I couldn't be happier. I'm sure that there wil be things I don't like about it (I need to find a compatible portable USB scanner) — I'm still in the whole newlywed phase — but (a)things mostly 'just work', (b)no BSOD or reboots as of yet, (c)Bootcamp allows me to run games not supported [well] in OS X, (d)VMWare takes care of the rest. The hardware and software have subtle features that sometimes are not obviously noticed but make a big difference — the same way that if you don't drive a Mercedes you might think they are _just_ a more expensive car and not a _better_ car.

Now I've got my 'Mercedes'.

]]> By: Quidamhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263008 Quidam Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:21:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263008 I started out with DOS and used Desqview to multitask. When Windows 286 (the first really usable version) came out I thought it was prettier, but I was also trying out OS/2 at the same time. Desqview was much better at multitasking (unlike Windows, it didn't suspend apps in the background) but since most apps were still character-mode, it didn't seem to matter too much.While MS Windows became the dominant UI and OS, it got progressively 'prettier' but less stable. I didn't really get the whole 'Mac' thing and kept blowing it off.It only took me about 20 years to come to my senses and realize that I'm tired of building PCs (I don't really have the time to worry about what components to use, compatability, etc) and I now make enough money that when I need to buy a new computer every three years, I can just find a good deal online for something that gets good reviews and just buy it.It also only took me to about 15 years to come to my senses and realize that Windows really does suck and it doesn't do what I want (easy to use, stable, reliable, good support) and that if I keep 'feeding the beast', there won't be any good alternatives and I'll never find out if there even are any.About 5 years ago I tried out Linux. My, my, my has much changed in the last 5 years. Why have there been so many advances in Linux, so many improvements, and it's still 'open source' and Windows is still substantially expense and still sucks? I couldn't commit to Linux because it didn't have the tools I needed and there were still hardware issues and I still needed something that would 'just work.' I still hadn't gone Mac, and I don't know why.Last year I loaded Ubuntu on my Dell Latitude D500 in an effort to escape Windows. It worked great, but the lack of support made me continue to look elsewhere (I know there are support corps out there but I wanted better support for my OS from other vendors as well.)Three weeks ago I bought a MBP (the newer 15.4") and I couldn't be happier. I'm sure that there wil be things I don't like about it (I need to find a compatible portable USB scanner) --- I'm still in the whole newlywed phase --- but (a)things mostly 'just work', (b)no BSOD or reboots as of yet, (c)Bootcamp allows me to run games not supported [well] in OS X, (d)VMWare takes care of the rest. The hardware and software have subtle features that sometimes are not obviously noticed but make a big difference -- the same way that if you don't drive a Mercedes you might think they are _just_ a more expensive car and not a _better_ car.Now I've got my 'Mercedes'. I started out with DOS and used Desqview to multitask. When Windows 286 (the first really usable version) came out I thought it was prettier, but I was also trying out OS/2 at the same time. Desqview was much better at multitasking (unlike Windows, it didn’t suspend apps in the background) but since most apps were still character-mode, it didn’t seem to matter too much.

While MS Windows became the dominant UI and OS, it got progressively ‘prettier’ but less stable. I didn’t really get the whole ‘Mac’ thing and kept blowing it off.

It only took me about 20 years to come to my senses and realize that I’m tired of building PCs (I don’t really have the time to worry about what components to use, compatability, etc) and I now make enough money that when I need to buy a new computer every three years, I can just find a good deal online for something that gets good reviews and just buy it.

It also only took me to about 15 years to come to my senses and realize that Windows really does suck and it doesn’t do what I want (easy to use, stable, reliable, good support) and that if I keep ‘feeding the beast’, there won’t be any good alternatives and I’ll never find out if there even are any.

About 5 years ago I tried out Linux. My, my, my has much changed in the last 5 years. Why have there been so many advances in Linux, so many improvements, and it’s still ‘open source’ and Windows is still substantially expense and still sucks? I couldn’t commit to Linux because it didn’t have the tools I needed and there were still hardware issues and I still needed something that would ‘just work.’ I still hadn’t gone Mac, and I don’t know why.

Last year I loaded Ubuntu on my Dell Latitude D500 in an effort to escape Windows. It worked great, but the lack of support made me continue to look elsewhere (I know there are support corps out there but I wanted better support for my OS from other vendors as well.)

Three weeks ago I bought a MBP (the newer 15.4″) and I couldn’t be happier. I’m sure that there wil be things I don’t like about it (I need to find a compatible portable USB scanner) — I’m still in the whole newlywed phase — but (a)things mostly ‘just work’, (b)no BSOD or reboots as of yet, (c)Bootcamp allows me to run games not supported [well] in OS X, (d)VMWare takes care of the rest. The hardware and software have subtle features that sometimes are not obviously noticed but make a big difference — the same way that if you don’t drive a Mercedes you might think they are _just_ a more expensive car and not a _better_ car.

Now I’ve got my ‘Mercedes’.

]]> By: JGhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-13789 JG Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-13789 My next corporate PC is an Intel iMac with emulation/dual boot XP. Most of the people in the pilot test do 80% of their daily activities from the OS X side. This included sales and R&D folks! My next corporate PC is an Intel iMac with emulation/dual boot XP. Most of the people in the pilot test do 80% of their daily activities from the OS X side. This included sales and R&D folks!

]]> By: JGhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263007 JG Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263007 My next corporate PC is an Intel iMac with emulation/dual boot XP. Most of the people in the pilot test do 80% of their daily activities from the OS X side. This included sales and R&D folks! My next corporate PC is an Intel iMac with emulation/dual boot XP. Most of the people in the pilot test do 80% of their daily activities from the OS X side. This included sales and R&D folks!

]]> By: WeekendGeeksCast65 - Με παρέα!http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-13788 WeekendGeeksCast65 - Με παρέα! Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:33:18 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-13788 [...] Τέλος το autopatcher για windows! [...] [...] Τέλος το autopatcher για windows! [...]

]]> By: Moses Cahynhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-13782 Moses Cahyn Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-13782 I'm using Linux Mint, which is Ubuntu-based. I fix computers all the time and Linux Mint is now to the point where I am confident in installing it on pretty much everyone's computers, especially those who don't know a whole lot about computers. I mean, why would you want to give an OS that gets viruses and spyware, expiring antivirus software, non-stop pop-ups, is constantly plagued with security and performance problems and other crap to someone who doesn't know a lot about computers? When you switch from Windows to linux, pretty much all of those kinds of problems become non-existent. I don't even use antivirus software on my computer, because I have no use for it. I can go to all the virus-filled sex and pirate sites I want or whatever else I want and come out completely untouched. Microsoft is starting to crumble as linux is becoming the way of the future. If you haven't checked it out in a while, take another look. It's changed a lot in the last couple of years. Go to YouTube and check out "compiz" and "beryl" to see what I mean. I'm using Linux Mint, which is Ubuntu-based. I fix computers all the time and Linux Mint is now to the point where I am confident in installing it on pretty much everyone's computers, especially those who don't know a whole lot about computers.

I mean, why would you want to give an OS that gets viruses and spyware, expiring antivirus software, non-stop pop-ups, is constantly plagued with security and performance problems and other crap to someone who doesn't know a lot about computers?

When you switch from Windows to linux, pretty much all of those kinds of problems become non-existent. I don't even use antivirus software on my computer, because I have no use for it. I can go to all the virus-filled sex and pirate sites I want or whatever else I want and come out completely untouched.

Microsoft is starting to crumble as linux is becoming the way of the future. If you haven't checked it out in a while, take another look. It's changed a lot in the last couple of years. Go to YouTube and check out "compiz" and "beryl" to see what I mean.

]]> By: Moses Cahynhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263006 Moses Cahyn Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263006 I'm using Linux Mint, which is Ubuntu-based. I fix computers all the time and Linux Mint is now to the point where I am confident in installing it on pretty much everyone's computers, especially those who don't know a whole lot about computers.I mean, why would you want to give an OS that gets viruses and spyware, expiring antivirus software, non-stop pop-ups, is constantly plagued with security and performance problems and other crap to someone who doesn't know a lot about computers?When you switch from Windows to linux, pretty much all of those kinds of problems become non-existent. I don't even use antivirus software on my computer, because I have no use for it. I can go to all the virus-filled sex and pirate sites I want or whatever else I want and come out completely untouched.Microsoft is starting to crumble as linux is becoming the way of the future. If you haven't checked it out in a while, take another look. It's changed a lot in the last couple of years. Go to YouTube and check out "compiz" and "beryl" to see what I mean. I’m using Linux Mint, which is Ubuntu-based. I fix computers all the time and Linux Mint is now to the point where I am confident in installing it on pretty much everyone’s computers, especially those who don’t know a whole lot about computers.

I mean, why would you want to give an OS that gets viruses and spyware, expiring antivirus software, non-stop pop-ups, is constantly plagued with security and performance problems and other crap to someone who doesn’t know a lot about computers?

When you switch from Windows to linux, pretty much all of those kinds of problems become non-existent. I don’t even use antivirus software on my computer, because I have no use for it. I can go to all the virus-filled sex and pirate sites I want or whatever else I want and come out completely untouched.

Microsoft is starting to crumble as linux is becoming the way of the future. If you haven’t checked it out in a while, take another look. It’s changed a lot in the last couple of years. Go to YouTube and check out “compiz” and “beryl” to see what I mean.

]]> By: Kiltakhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-13768 Kiltak Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-13768 And we're not even talking about SMB's who cannot be staffed by experimented IT people here.. Don't take me wrong, I love linux, but for most folks, it just won't do. And we're not even talking about SMB's who cannot be staffed by experimented IT people here..

Don't take me wrong, I love linux, but for most folks, it just won't do.

]]> By: Kiltakhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263005 Kiltak Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263005 And we're not even talking about SMB's who cannot be staffed by experimented IT people here..Don't take me wrong, I love linux, but for most folks, it just won't do. And we’re not even talking about SMB’s who cannot be staffed by experimented IT people here..

Don’t take me wrong, I love linux, but for most folks, it just won’t do.

]]> By: cyber_riggerhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263004 cyber_rigger Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:58:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/30/autopatcher-shut-down-by-microsoft/#comment-263004 My mom uses Ubuntu. I would not curse her with MS Windows. Windows is a maintenance nightmare. Ubuntu patching has a little more redundancy the Microsoft. <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors</a> My mom uses Ubuntu. I would not curse her with MS Windows. Windows is a maintenance nightmare.

Ubuntu patching has a little more redundancy the Microsoft.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors

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