OT: Vista users and wannabe's

[open.seas at verizon.net (Chris)]

Mtl-Marc wrote:
> I grew up with PCs starting back to 8088 running at 4.77MHz... 
That's too slow for me. My first machine was a kick ass 8MHz!!! It was 
also my (tenuous) Ferrari connection.

("AT&T PC 6300 was in fact an Olivetti M24 sold under the ATT brand. 
.... twice faster than the IBM PC XT computer thanks to a real 16 bit 
CPU, the Intel 8086, which ran at 8Mhz as opposed to the 8088 of the IBM 
PC running at 4,7Mhz."

Ferrari and Olivetti had a deal in which Olivetti provided sponsorship 
money and Ferrari used and promoted Olivetti computers. I think Olivetti 
is still the "Official Timing and Scoring System" at some tracks.

Chris

Alexandria, VA
> 
> I installed Win Xp 64 bits edition, and I love it 
> 
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : Allyn [mailto:amalventano1@tds.net] 
>>
>>> I'll stick with OSX, thank you ;)
>> If I grew up with it, I'd likely be running it as well.
> 
> I grew up with PCs starting back to 8088 running at 4.77MHz, so I'll stick
> to Windows too.
> 
>>> I don't even have a suitable windows box anymore to dork 
>> around with 
>>> Vista.  Though I would be interested to dual boot it on a 
>> mac.  When 
>>> you say "cracked"...  what exactly do you mean by that?  I 
>> wonder if a 
>>> cracked version would be suitable for Mac Boot Camp...
>> The stuff out there is actually so elegant that it's more 
>> like a trick than a crack.  The most recent variant tricks 
>> Vista into thinking it's running on an OEM built machine 
>> (which does not activate by the normal means, as it comes 
>> from the factory pre-activated).  Other variants simply 
>> freeze the activation timer so it never runs out.  Even with 
>> nearly bulletproof fixes out there now, it's just not worth 
>> installing.
>>
>>> -Grant-
>> Al
>>
>>
> 
> I installed Win Xp 64 bits edition on the latest ang greatest hardware, and
> I love it.
> 
> I'll wait a few years for Vista, it sounds too much like a ressource hog for
> now.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
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