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Skel

Diamond Member
Apr 11, 2001
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You were just nobody if you didn't have a stolen copy of Harvard Graphics. I don't recall ever seeing a legal copy.

now that you mention it, I don't recall anyone I know ever having a legal copy, but everyone had it.. I always assumed it came from the local college.
 

Ichinisan

Lifer
Oct 9, 2002
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CDburnXP

works on 7

I told the author a long time ago that "CDBurnerXP Pro" was the dumbest name...EVER.

- Works on Vista and 7, so having "XP" in the name will make people think it's old / abandoned.

- "Pro" implies there are multiple versions, maybe a "lite" or free version. People might assume they've got a limited trial of the "Pro" version, but it's actually freeware.

- Name gives the "dubious rogue malware" vibe. Only way it could be worse is "CDBurnerXP Pro 2012"



He didn't want to change it.
 

Ichinisan

Lifer
Oct 9, 2002
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I stopped using Winrar because it's so rare that I use rars anymore. When I compress stuff, it's usually more to turn millions of files into a couple of hundred files (I have a lot of manga on my computer). Don't really care how good the compression is in that case so I use zips since it's directly supported by windows. The few times I need to extract rars I just use 7zip since it's not always bugging me to buy a license.

I stopped using winamp when they decided to put a browser in their player. I don't need one bloated program to do everything, and the moment a company starts moving in that direction I generally stop using their product. Foobar just works and is incredibly lightweight with a cleaner UI by default.

If I recall correctly, the browser was just an IE control object. Basically, it used resources that were already installed on your computer.
 

Ichinisan

Lifer
Oct 9, 2002
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WMP is just more microsoft ass. It's deleted from any system I touch.

Itunes is more Apple ass. It's deleted from any system I touch.

VLC is a great video client, but as an audio client sucks ass.

Since so many people use iTunes to manage their iPods, iPhones, and iPads...I hope you don't remove it from their computers.

Of course, fewer people will use it now that iOS5 no longer requires iTunes.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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www.anyf.ca
I told the author a long time ago that "CDBurnerXP Pro" was the dumbest name...EVER.

- Works on Vista and 7, so having "XP" in the name will make people think it's old / abandoned.

- "Pro" implies there are multiple versions, maybe a "lite" or free version. People might assume they've got a limited trial of the "Pro" version, but it's actually freeware.

- Name gives the "dubious rogue malware" vibe. Only way it could be worse is "CDBurnerXP Pro 2012"



He didn't want to change it.

Haha I agree. When I first heard of it I was actually skeptical, especially because I was running windows 2000 at the time and figured it would not work.
 

Ichinisan

Lifer
Oct 9, 2002
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False, irc is still used quite often. Sure not as much as before, but still very alive.

Read this post after mIRC reached 150m downloads:

Khaled said:
What makes this even more eye-opening is that mIRC is still being downloaded about as much as it ever has been, although the demographics have changed somewhat - the largest number of mIRC users are still in the United States and Europe - but the fastest growth of users is in South America and Asia where a whole new generation of users seems to be discovering IRC.
 
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Since so many people use iTunes to manage their iPods, iPhones, and iPads...I hope you don't remove it from their computers.

Of course, fewer people will use it now that iOS5 no longer requires iTunes.

I do actually, but they know that up front. Anyone can reinstall it after I'm done with their system, but I refuse to work on systems that have certain pieces of software installed. My job is to make the system run, not make it run with all the bloatware they choose to install.
 

sao123

Lifer
May 27, 2002
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Paint Shop Pro
pc anywhere
Glide3D
partition magic
netscape
lotus 123
microsoft works
norton utilities / crash guard
Novell Netware

BeOS
 

irishScott

Lifer
Oct 10, 2006
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Ad-aware. It largely spearheaded the anti-spyware software movement back before it was included in antiviruses. It's still around, and was always quality software, but it's no longer on the tech nerd "list of required apps for windows". It's now simply another optional antivirus (they upgraded).
 

Sureshot324

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Feb 4, 2003
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I told the author a long time ago that "CDBurnerXP Pro" was the dumbest name...EVER.

- Works on Vista and 7, so having "XP" in the name will make people think it's old / abandoned.

- "Pro" implies there are multiple versions, maybe a "lite" or free version. People might assume they've got a limited trial of the "Pro" version, but it's actually freeware.

- Name gives the "dubious rogue malware" vibe. Only way it could be worse is "CDBurnerXP Pro 2012"



He didn't want to change it.

Agreed. I still use it though. Gets the job done the rare time I want to burn something.
 

Kev

Lifer
Dec 17, 2001
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I still use winamp and have tried many alternatives. It's by far the best music player for windows. Oh and fuck Foobar
 
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