Recent content by ciphernemo

Windows 2000 is not built on Windows ME's kernel. It is built on Windows NT's kernel, which was intended for business use. The 9x/Me line was intended for consumer use. Because of the success of Windows 2000 (and failure of Windows Me), Microsoft dumped the consumer line and merged the two...

I have eclectic tastes that include everything except twangy country. I'm listening to... "Realm of Darkness" by Darkwell The song post-production is great with the back-up singers. Darkwell live in concerts isn't nearly as impressive since the lead singer by herself isn't powerful enough...

For the grammar/sp nazi in me, use "it's" contraction, not "its" possessive. ;) Any ways, I'd like to add to that... The wisdom you've acquired will help you deal with the knowledge you haven't learned. :D

Welcome those who just joined! :D

Partly. It was poor timing for its release when 64-bit operating systems were not common. Everything from driver to software incompatibilities wreaked havoc in this OS. It wasn't completely Microsoft's fault, but it was their poor timing and poor support of the OS (between Microsoft and third...

Those names are really Windows 2.1x.

Yup, very true. :) It is showing its age, and XP was bad when it was first released (for compatibility, reliability, etc.), but after SP-2 it was even more stable than Windows 2000 was with its multiple service packs. Vista isn't bad in the sense that its unreliable or has compatibility issues...

Of course a MacOS X has the unfair advantage of being released on hardware in which is was specifically designed and tested. Windows 7, and any other Windows operating system, has the disadvantage of running on any number of unknown hardware configurations. If you start playing with MacOS X...

Monty Python's Holy Grail... for the umpmillionth time.

It might be nice, but people in the media are playing this up as the greatest thing since sliced bread. It's just another flavor of Linux. If you don't like other Linux operating systems now, you won't like Google ChromeOS either. If you run your own copy/copies of Linux, then you probably...

I dumped console-anything back when the original Playstation was new. The raw power of PCs will always overshadow weaker console hardware, and since I'm a hardware enthusiast, I stick with the platform that offers the leading, bleeding edge hardware. :p

I am here because this forum has pretty much the same crew that is over at Windows Seven Forums. :) It will be funny to see when Windows 8 rolls around and this forum gets new members. They'll look at the post count in each forum/thread and wonder how they missed all of the conversation...

Welcome, Extensa! :)

My previous gaming rig (Core 2 Duo-based) was a completely custom build, starting from this old hunk of junk, 90s full-tower case... Transformed into this build with a lot of modding, fabricating, painting, etc...

Here's a perfect article for such a misunderstood OS. Just because it has the Google name on it does not make it something new and innovative. It's just another flavor of Linux. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=1065