New screenshots of windows XP! A lot less kiddie now!

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BD2003

Lifer
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A few answers.

Yes, these are from warez builds, and no, I wouldnt be able to tell you where to get it from, because the person who originally gave it to me specifically asked me not to. All I'm gonna say, is go to the site where I linked the pics from, and you MIGHT be able to find what you need.

I've signed up for the $10 RC1 release, but I didnt feel like waiting. The screenshots are from 2481, as 2475 doesnt have the new themes, but personally I'm still running 2475.

If you're talking about the similarities between oses, why not just say it looks like an original mac? They were the first to have a GUI, awfully horrible of everyone to copy that huh? Just think of it as a genre of movie or music or anything. If you were able to name the first action movie or rock song, would all thereafter be absolute copycats and biters? Of course not.

And yes, you can install the regular windows look. In fact, one of my installs was so screwed that it didnt even install the new themes, and I was stuck with the win2k look. Ugh. Too plain for me.




<< THats not so true, prior to build 2469 ppl were using a workaround provided by microsoft. When 2469 came out that stopped working and it took a week or two to get it running. And now its not acutally cracked, The rest &quot;crack&quot; just uses a tool for OEM to reset the OS b4 the ship it to customers. You running 2481 now? I haven't bothered to upgrade from 2475. >>



Whether its &quot;cracked&quot; or not doesnt matter. It works doesnt it? Office XP has been final for months, and thats been cracked for months, even though it requires the same activation. Theres nothing that an entire society of crackers can't crack. Remember SDMI, the totally be all end all of music security, that called on everyone to crack it, to test whether it could be done? That took roughly a day. Havent heard anything about it since, because I think theyre finally beginning to realize theres nothing that cant be cracked, given the proper motivation.

The activation really isnt meant to keep people from downloading them and copying them, because MS knows they cant prevent that. Its supposed to prevent the average user from lending it to their buddy cause its so bloody expensive. But who here is an average user?

And I'd have to agree, of all the improvements, my favorite is the cleartype. It makes an amazing difference, even on a CRT, where its supposedly not supposed to work. It looks crappy at low res, but very good at high.




<< And hey, the US maybe in price heaven ... but the rest of the world isn't. There are a lot of places where 64MB is becoming standard. For me, I'm in Brazil, and 128MB dimms are still a bit expensive (I'm a lucky bastard ... my primary computer has 256MB). Don't forget that Microsoft is a multi-national company, and the economy isn't going that well everywhere on earth. >>



All I have is one word. Although I cant say it caused its banned. Rhymes with egay. Tons of people ship internationally, and thats where I got a 128mb PC133 SODIMM from. I'd imagine a regualr dimm would be even cheaper.
 

AKA

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If you dont like the new XP look, you can go into msconfig and one of the options (forget exactly where) is to set computer for optimal performance. It will change the look to a more conservative faster loading screen.
 

juiio

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<<
If you're talking about the similarities between oses, why not just say it looks like an original mac? They were the first to have a GUI, awfully horrible of everyone to copy that huh? Just think of it as a genre of movie or music or anything. If you were able to name the first action movie or rock song, would all thereafter be absolute copycats and biters? Of course not.
>>



Actually Apple bought their gui from Xerox. But I agree (And this was one of my points as well). Who cares if people borrow from something that is popular and/or works well? Not I.
 

Looney

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<< That's what scares the hell out of me! I know 128MB is becoming standard, but this is supposed to be a consumer OS >>



Your scared because you can't get $20 to upgrade another 128mb?

And as for the 'clone' look of Mac OSX or Linux... well, who the fvck really cares? If i buy a car, do i complain how similar it looks to other cars? If i buy a shirt, do i whine when there are other shirts out there that are similar? It's a computer... it's an OS. Who really fvcking cares if there are people out there that enjoy it? Oooo, are we suppose to be impress by your great intellect just because you found it similar to something else?
 

RichieZ

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Wow that looks awful familiar, now where i have i seen that b4

and have you seen the cute little search doggie

PS: Pls don't PM me asking where i got it

I'm acutally starting to like it more than 2k, there are a bunch of little touches that show some though acutally went into this OS. And hell there is even a new click sound!
 

Electrode

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<< If you dont like the new XP look, you can go into msconfig and one of the options (forget exactly where) is to set computer for optimal performance. It will change the look to a more conservative faster loading screen. >>



That alone may be enough to make me change my mind and get a cracked version of XP. :Q
 

DaHitman

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<< DaHitman,
Is the naked chick default on KDE
>>



Would if make you want to run KDE more???
 

HexVector

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And if you don't like it you can always switch to 'Classic View' - Most notable is its new stability
and features. No more BSOD?!
 

Splork

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How much do you think all foresee this new Mircosoft OS costing b/c I'm really interested in it!

-sp
 

Marine

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Anyone know of a MS HOT kit like they issued with Win2K and Office 2K? Got a link?
 

BD2003

Lifer
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Cause people here are like sheep. First someone said they hated the blue, and everyone hates it, and all the people that like it are too scared to speak up. Now its the opposite. Go with the flock....
 

goshdarnindie

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So basically the only difference between Linux and WinXP is the resident DVD player on MS and the sticker shock.

Oh, and the liberals are going to be pissed at MS for insinuating that everyone has a flat screen monitor. How dare they. We all know that the 40 yr. old man who looks up porn at his local library doesn't have access to a flat screen. Well, atleast not until local taxes are raised!
 
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