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Originally posted by chemistry_geek
From what I've read over at Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org/) I would argue that XP can do LESS than Windows 2000. It doesn't support Sun's Java unless you download it and install it. M$ saw fit to load XP with all sorts of Digital Rights Managment bull$#!t. It won't play MP3's right (limits their sound quality) and it does some funky things when trying to burn MP3's to CD. Hell, you can't RIP songs from a CD and encode them in MP3 format without going through all sorts of bull$#!t (you have to use M$'s proprietary format, and AGAIN, sound quality is limited by Big Brother). You have to RE-REGISTER it with Bill if you modify, remove, replace, or add ANY 6 hardware components. I can confidently say I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A PC WITH A M$ OS. If I ever did purchase one, it would certainly have some flavor of Linux on it. |
1) If you bought a PC with an 'M$' OS, it wouldn't come with Linux, you would have to install it. The only company I am aware of that bundles Linux with any of their machines is IBM, which makes fairly decent business-oriented x86 machines to begin with though, and makes the best G3 chips on the market right now.
2) WTF is up with MS limiting sound quality for digital music playback/rip/encoding? Also, why not just install something like WinAmp and a 3rd Party rip/encode solution to get around that? Even if I have to use an MS OS, I don't have to use the pathetic software they bundle with it. (Even if I don't have a choice of installing it) I use Opera and a bunch of freeware to get my PC work done when I need to.
Although, overall... I agree that WinXP is not the way to go, and I really pity my friends who are currenty rather hyped up about it because they are getting it for 15$ (full copy). I just comment: You are getting what you pay for... and at that price, it isn't much (employee discount).
