any of you turned on your pc 2day and got a lil message from them?
the version on my sister's pc isn't "aunthentic" but really, between 5 of us in a family, why are we gunna buy windows 5 times...

those fucking bloodsuckers!

http://labnol.blogspot.co...nuine.html

problem solved

i keep sayin' it...get a Mac.

Milty said:

Milty said:

it's called being friggen broke!!!!!
stop hurting my feelings!!!!!

SammiJ said:

don't worry....i feel ya in a BIG BIG way.

Stax said:

I don't want to rant about why Macs are shit - but there's many reasons for them having a 4% market share and Microsoft a 96%.

Sammi - call microsoft support and they will unlock the genuine validation thing if your copy of windows is genuine. You will have to supply a CD-Key to them which they will cross-reference against all known Pirate CD-Keys blah blah blah - it might take a couple of hours but should solve your problem.

Spookymuffin said:

thank u spookydarling

SammiJ said:

That'll be $312.01

Spookymuffin said:

nice prince...err...price btw LOL

SammiJ said:

Oh, you won't pay up, eh?

Well then...

Spookymuffin said:

mmm, spicy

SammiJ said:

Damn you and your circus fire-eating past.

Spookymuffin said:

buy stock now, thank me later

Stax said:

as much media hype as they're getting, all of their revenue is still coming from iPod sales; Mac hardware sales have increased by at most 2-3%. Macs cannot work in a corporate environment, they're too slow, too eye-candy based, and thus too counter-productive. Windows will always dominate due to this for a long while yet.

Spookymuffin said:

in the motorolla chip days, I totally agreed with you. now that we are in the Intel chip days, all bets are off. I can buy a machine that runs windows, or I can buy a machine that runs windows AND OSX. There are many fence-sitters out there who no longer have a reason to sit. The market share is going to expand, mark my word. Now get over to E*Trade and buy some stock, damn it!

Stax said:

I have a mac and a pc.
Intel Macs are a great step forward, but what's the point in doing what they did with Boot Camp? They might as well become solely a hardware manufacturer and abandon their OS because people will just by Mac PCs to install Windows...and this is where things get difficult - when they're running XP, what market share category to they fit into? I would argue Windows, since that's the OS they're running, and therefore Microsoft gain 100% market share!
Also, you can now run OSX on a PC, so all the other mac fence-sitters have no excuse anymore!

Silly. If you have a cracked copy, don't ever install updates from the manufaturer's site. Just common sense.

Novabreaker said:

Or use "Wind0wZ Update"

Check your orgnotes.

Novabreaker said:

well then.

Novabreaker said:

Nothing like being rude.

notoriousj said:

they're all over

notoriousj said:

Well, if you think that's about being rude, then fine. But with using illegal software you'll have to at least take some responsibility for your actions. It's not about "stupid Microsoft" making your life miserable, they're just taking care of their own business interests and Windows home edition doesn't cost so much that you couldn't have bundled it with the costs of the whole PC you originally bought. If you choose to run cracked software, like I do also, don't complain about it not working for you exactly the way you want. That's like stealing apples from a store and going back the next day to complain they had worms. That's why it is indeed "silly".

Spookymuffin said:

EXCEPT that they can now run both windows xp and os x .

if i had the money i'd definitley get one of the new macs 'cause of this.

luckily my GF is about to buy one

Milty said:

mac = mechanically accepted CRAP

get a Mac : http://www.apple.com/getamac/

Milty said:

oh please! You can't even yahoo chat right!

Imago said:

oh lord...it was all peaceful this weekend while you were away. can't you extend it a bit more?