twall
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The Evil Empire? Making TWO products that are at least equal to third party software? HUH?
I left MS behind in 2002, when I was running Windows 98SE. I ran Linux exclusively until I lost my 'Net connection in 2005. Got back online in 2011. Things sure have changed.
I heard what a miserable failure of an OS Vista was. I rolled my eyes and said that nothing ever changes. Then, I got a phone with 3G internet, and could be tethered as a gateway for a PC. Since you have to ALREADY be onlne to download stuff to make Linux work, getting my Linux box to work with my phone wasn't an option.
I got a great deal on a laptop running 64-bit Windows 7. As a former Linux user, I am really impressed with the overall multitasking capabilities of this new version. It's quite Unix-like (with admin and user being quite separate, needing root passwords to install anything critical). The only thing is it still uses the old Windows partitions, but, I digress.
I was a staunch fan of Opera (when I WAS using Windows), and was quite happy to ditch IE8, because IMHO, it was just a fancy IE5, which I detested.
Thanks to discussions here, I tried the new IE9 and was very happy, actually, WITH A MICROSOFT PRODUCT! Yes, it could be a lot better. But, it just came out. And brand-new versions of Opera were very buggy, too.
Then (again, thanks to discussions here) I downloaded Microsoft Security Essentials. Like IE9, I am extreemly happy with this product. It is very easy on system resources. I rarely get a virus anyway, so it's hard to judge it's effeciveness.
Both products (IE9 and MSE) integrate unlike any other MS product in the past with the OS. They're seamless. They don't bug you with stuff, they do their thing, and any features are so integrated that actually finding them is kinda tough - most features are working in the background.
DID I MENTION BOTH PRODUCTS WERE FREE????????!!!!!????
My main question is: when did MS go from "take it or leave it and pay for it" to "what do you want and we'll GIVE it to you"? I missed the ballyhooing, I guess - MS usually makes an event of a change like this!
I left MS behind in 2002, when I was running Windows 98SE. I ran Linux exclusively until I lost my 'Net connection in 2005. Got back online in 2011. Things sure have changed.
I heard what a miserable failure of an OS Vista was. I rolled my eyes and said that nothing ever changes. Then, I got a phone with 3G internet, and could be tethered as a gateway for a PC. Since you have to ALREADY be onlne to download stuff to make Linux work, getting my Linux box to work with my phone wasn't an option.
I got a great deal on a laptop running 64-bit Windows 7. As a former Linux user, I am really impressed with the overall multitasking capabilities of this new version. It's quite Unix-like (with admin and user being quite separate, needing root passwords to install anything critical). The only thing is it still uses the old Windows partitions, but, I digress.
I was a staunch fan of Opera (when I WAS using Windows), and was quite happy to ditch IE8, because IMHO, it was just a fancy IE5, which I detested.
Thanks to discussions here, I tried the new IE9 and was very happy, actually, WITH A MICROSOFT PRODUCT! Yes, it could be a lot better. But, it just came out. And brand-new versions of Opera were very buggy, too.
Then (again, thanks to discussions here) I downloaded Microsoft Security Essentials. Like IE9, I am extreemly happy with this product. It is very easy on system resources. I rarely get a virus anyway, so it's hard to judge it's effeciveness.
Both products (IE9 and MSE) integrate unlike any other MS product in the past with the OS. They're seamless. They don't bug you with stuff, they do their thing, and any features are so integrated that actually finding them is kinda tough - most features are working in the background.
DID I MENTION BOTH PRODUCTS WERE FREE????????!!!!!????
My main question is: when did MS go from "take it or leave it and pay for it" to "what do you want and we'll GIVE it to you"? I missed the ballyhooing, I guess - MS usually makes an event of a change like this!