I think you need an option between
" I love Windows, and plan to use it for a long time and "
" I have to use Windows, but would consider a switch "
I like Windows, but not as much as I used to since the they tried to make it look more like a Mac OS. Most people I know will buy a Mac because the machines look nice and/or they like OS X; these people will not buy a PC, even if the OS looks like a Mac, unless they are really cannot afford a Mac.
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Really couldn't care less about the platform; Only about the programs available. If you create content, then the programs are the tool, and you want the tool that works best for you. If you just receive content, as surveys indicate most tablet fans do, then OS really doesn't matter. Whatever works. As for tools, just look at how Apple had to capitulate to the backlash against their latest, dumbed down version of Final Cut. In optimizing it for the iOS that Apple is trying to move everyone to, they crippled a tool many relied on, and are now scrambling to restore the features. If they didn't, watch longtime Mac devotees flee, albeit grudgingly, to Windows, where there are decent editing options.
I started computing before DOS and although Mr Gates did well for me, I would change systems in an instant if MS ceases to satisfy my needs. I expect MS to become bureaucraticly top-heavy and self centered in the reasonably near future.
Jason,
I suspect that another part of what you're seeing here - apart from the skew of early-adopters versus the wider TechRepublic readership - is the home vs business skew. I doubt that I am alone in following a number of tech blogs from work on a work machine - and as we know, Windows still owns most of the enterprise laptop/desktop market. I suspect that fewer people follow your personal blog from work, and so you're likely to see people reading it on their macbook over breakfast, or on their phone while they're on the loo.
So although there's a definite correlation to draw in terms of the early-adopter crowd predicting future tech usage, I suspect that the comparisons with the TechRepublic stats are more significantly skewed by the reading-at-work factor than by the early-adopter-vs-general-public factor.
I suspect that another part of what you're seeing here - apart from the skew of early-adopters versus the wider TechRepublic readership - is the home vs business skew. I doubt that I am alone in following a number of tech blogs from work on a work machine - and as we know, Windows still owns most of the enterprise laptop/desktop market. I suspect that fewer people follow your personal blog from work, and so you're likely to see people reading it on their macbook over breakfast, or on their phone while they're on the loo.
So although there's a definite correlation to draw in terms of the early-adopter crowd predicting future tech usage, I suspect that the comparisons with the TechRepublic stats are more significantly skewed by the reading-at-work factor than by the early-adopter-vs-general-public factor.
Where is the option for "I use it because it suits my needs. If another OS met them as well or better, I would move to it."? What it's called and who makes it is irrelevant. It's too simplistic to say "oh it's MS, it must be good(or crap as you will)", or "it's Apple, it must be simplistic trash". You have too look at the details of what you need and what the product delivers.
Personally, I like Windows in it's current version and have also liked most previous versions. I enjoy learning the new tricks and procedures in each version and find they are a continual improvement. (I include the Ribbon in this)
That doesn't mean I stop using old ways. As long as they still work, and they almost always do, I choose what suits given the situation. The more routes from here to there, the more likely I can select an efficient one.
To those who don't want the vendor to change the interface. Who designed the one you learned first? You?
Why should those who come later be lumbered with the ancient system because you and 5 friends don't wish to expend the effort to learn something new? Why would you assume that the interface you are used to is the most efficient possible for you? Unless you take a step back and think about it, it's hard to think past what you use all the time.
If it's possible for you to be more effective using a different interface, don't you have a responsibility to those that pay your bills to learn it? If you never commit serious effort to learning a new system, how are you to know if it might be better?
Personally, I like Windows in it's current version and have also liked most previous versions. I enjoy learning the new tricks and procedures in each version and find they are a continual improvement. (I include the Ribbon in this)
That doesn't mean I stop using old ways. As long as they still work, and they almost always do, I choose what suits given the situation. The more routes from here to there, the more likely I can select an efficient one.
To those who don't want the vendor to change the interface. Who designed the one you learned first? You?
Why should those who come later be lumbered with the ancient system because you and 5 friends don't wish to expend the effort to learn something new? Why would you assume that the interface you are used to is the most efficient possible for you? Unless you take a step back and think about it, it's hard to think past what you use all the time.
If it's possible for you to be more effective using a different interface, don't you have a responsibility to those that pay your bills to learn it? If you never commit serious effort to learning a new system, how are you to know if it might be better?
5. No preference, Agnostic and depends on the needs of the customer.
I have no contempt against windows. For a small business solution needing a Network Server, Domain Controller, database, application server and web server under one type of framework, they are great. I know some Hard Core Anti-Microsoft people will "say I can do the same thing for free with a Linux distro and 30 other open source tools". That???s great, but you are not everywhere, MCSE's are.
That being said, I think LAMP servers are awesome and for huge file storage HP UNIX???s ZFS file system serves a purpose too.
I also enjoy running an Ubuntu VM too.
I have no contempt against windows. For a small business solution needing a Network Server, Domain Controller, database, application server and web server under one type of framework, they are great. I know some Hard Core Anti-Microsoft people will "say I can do the same thing for free with a Linux distro and 30 other open source tools". That???s great, but you are not everywhere, MCSE's are.
That being said, I think LAMP servers are awesome and for huge file storage HP UNIX???s ZFS file system serves a purpose too.
I also enjoy running an Ubuntu VM too.
Hi, I currently have 2 machines running Linux Ubuntu. I have 1 machine running Windows 7, I'm stuck with that because I have legacy software that I need. If at any time I find replacements my windows days are over. Open source software is the only route to go. My Ubuntu machines run 24/7 and I have yet to have a crash. Updates are regular and install without any problem, this has not always been my experience with windows. When it comes down to it, computers and operating systems are just tools. If you were a carpenter you would pick the most reliable tools.
Loyal ... to the company which assumes if your MS Office deployments don't equal your Windows deployments, you are a pirate? Loyal to the company which charges for bug fixes to previous versions? (Win7 and Win2000.) Loyal to the company which deliberately included codes to cripple a competitors compiler (Win3.0) Loyal to the company which does everything it can to lock you into permanent dependence on them and ever increasing cost? (Office XML files.)
Sorry, no loyalty here. Show me a way to use the things I need and I'll drop MS like an old shoe.
Sorry, no loyalty here. Show me a way to use the things I need and I'll drop MS like an old shoe.
All these figures may be interesting but prove little.
Access via non PC platforms may have increased but that may simply be because the recent increased ability to access site from these devices. A more precise figure would be if there is an overall increase in access during what hours did those increases occur and do access from different devices favor certain hours.
My thoughts are that from home or at work when access to PC's (I use PC to cover all traditional computers) is available that method is preferred. The same applies to the browser used. At work it would more likely to be IE where at home an alternative browser.
In other circumstances away from the desk alternative devices may be the only method available to a user.
So what are our preferences. That may be decided by circumstances.
Access via non PC platforms may have increased but that may simply be because the recent increased ability to access site from these devices. A more precise figure would be if there is an overall increase in access during what hours did those increases occur and do access from different devices favor certain hours.
My thoughts are that from home or at work when access to PC's (I use PC to cover all traditional computers) is available that method is preferred. The same applies to the browser used. At work it would more likely to be IE where at home an alternative browser.
In other circumstances away from the desk alternative devices may be the only method available to a user.
So what are our preferences. That may be decided by circumstances.
I have been using Windows at home since WFW 3.11. I have 4 desktops, 1 laptop and 1 Home Server. My Home Server is most reliable. How many times can I vote for Windows? I have only voted once. Did you consider that my one vote could actually be six? I don't like being restricted like the Mac does and don't have the time to learn Linux or the many other variations available. I just want to use my computers like a tool. No time to fool around.
I'm concerned that the proliferation of mobile devices is creating a proliferation of casual, less serious/more pointless (useless) "hits" across the web. I see people accessing the web simply because they can, and not at all because they need to or even really want to.
The device is there... so they mindlessly use it. I've been talking with people who suddenly look down into their hands and start thumbing their mobile device, and when I ask them what they're looking at they say "nothing." They zoned out on me, and didn't even zone IN on something else. They just plain zoned...
I'd prefer people not have the option of consuming bandwidth in mindless pursuits.
We all knew one day the operating system would fade into obscurity. Who would have imagined it would be toward UNPRODUCTIVE ends that this would be made manifest.
The device is there... so they mindlessly use it. I've been talking with people who suddenly look down into their hands and start thumbing their mobile device, and when I ask them what they're looking at they say "nothing." They zoned out on me, and didn't even zone IN on something else. They just plain zoned...
I'd prefer people not have the option of consuming bandwidth in mindless pursuits.
We all knew one day the operating system would fade into obscurity. Who would have imagined it would be toward UNPRODUCTIVE ends that this would be made manifest.
I've got an iPAD (original), multiple Android devices, a MacBook, a Linux laptop, a Windows laptop, and several desktops. While the iPad, Mac, Android and Linux devices all work OK, they are just tools, but they all have something that I have to do a workaround on to get my work done. When it comes down to business and getting the job done, Windows is the real workhorse. I'm not a fanboy, just a realist. I can use the other tools, but they all are just striving to emulate what Windows does every day in the work force and that is to get the job done. Does Windows annoy me? Oh yeah - there are parts that make me bonkers. But overall, the bottom line is getting the job done and nothing does it better than Windows.
I wish people would include more items in these polls like, Windows is OK for somethings and other OSs are good for others, I use best tool for the job at hand.
Computers are cheap so if you have one you can have two or you can use virtual machines and host all the OSs you need to do the jobs you have to do.
Windows is great for spreadsheets and gaming. Mac is great at content creation, like video and music and publishing. Linux is the thing to use for science and heavy duty calculations like astrophysics. QNX for real-time and control. Android for phones, iOS for portable music and wasting time, tos for going retro, unless you have a cpm machine around to make your friends think you are a total geek. Heck I have a working NeXT Turbo for that too. Still hoping my father-in-law will let me take is Commodore PET some time since that is the machine I started my programming education on. Heck I think I have a working Tandy system somewhere, not sure I have any use for it at all.
So anyway the answer to your question is that Windows is ok for what it's good at but like every other tool out there, no one of them is good enough to stop using the others. And no one of them is too horrible to never use again, well maybe the Tandy but I will keep it anyway.
Computers are cheap so if you have one you can have two or you can use virtual machines and host all the OSs you need to do the jobs you have to do.
Windows is great for spreadsheets and gaming. Mac is great at content creation, like video and music and publishing. Linux is the thing to use for science and heavy duty calculations like astrophysics. QNX for real-time and control. Android for phones, iOS for portable music and wasting time, tos for going retro, unless you have a cpm machine around to make your friends think you are a total geek. Heck I have a working NeXT Turbo for that too. Still hoping my father-in-law will let me take is Commodore PET some time since that is the machine I started my programming education on. Heck I think I have a working Tandy system somewhere, not sure I have any use for it at all.
So anyway the answer to your question is that Windows is ok for what it's good at but like every other tool out there, no one of them is good enough to stop using the others. And no one of them is too horrible to never use again, well maybe the Tandy but I will keep it anyway.
Your answers should have included "I have to use Windows, so that's the end of it."
"Considering a switch" has massive ramifications, not the least of which is to do a survey of all the apps that I use now, find out which one are/are not compatible with an new OS, and do homework on new apps to fill the gaps. Too much work!
"Considering a switch" has massive ramifications, not the least of which is to do a survey of all the apps that I use now, find out which one are/are not compatible with an new OS, and do homework on new apps to fill the gaps. Too much work!
Sorry, but this one doesn't cut it. First, you are trying to draw conclusions from 600 or so visitors. That's a joke, right? Second your blog is a BLOG. Something that people read. Which is why about 40% of your visits are from reading devices. Do you seriously think that people are abandoning Windows because they are reading a blog on a non windows cellphone? I took the underground this morning and checked a couple blogs on the way, on my cellphone. That doesn't say anything about which OS I am actually using on my computer or what I normally would use at work.
And finally, early adopters are not an indication of what will happen in a couple years. That's a logical fallacy. Of course, by definition, anything that grows and becomes significant had early adopters, but the other way around isn't true, far from it. A significant part of the things early adopters try ends up diving into oblivion. It's like betting on all the horses in a race and "win".
And finally, early adopters are not an indication of what will happen in a couple years. That's a logical fallacy. Of course, by definition, anything that grows and becomes significant had early adopters, but the other way around isn't true, far from it. A significant part of the things early adopters try ends up diving into oblivion. It's like betting on all the horses in a race and "win".
As long as MS is controlling the server enviornments, everything else isnt as seamless. We have several clients who are Apple fans, and their need for the latest Apple products has also driven their need to upgrade Exchange and other products. We consistently get service calls from the small set of Apple users who consistently have issues on the networks and such while the windows users just keep chugging along. The system isnt perfect but I dont think Windows is going anywhere anytime soon. We are pretty loyal to the MS product line, from a consulting standpoint. I play with linux/mac at home and everytime I do it seems its just easier to do my tasks on Windows FWIW.
Hi In the early days we had Win 98 very basic no plug and play,Win Me(should not have been released,
Then came Win Vista It has it a lot of good points under the hood but not intuitive.It was supposed to be the beginning of AI in OS,it did not fully succeed.
Win 7 little experience off but I don't hear anyone raving on about it good or bad.
Little experience of Apple but the feedback from people I know use Apple Mac is it is intuitive and does not annoy you,It does what it said on the Tin. The downside of Apple if its Itunes software is anything to go by is there restrictions they put on use of there software and of course the price of there PC's,but you can live with that I suppose.
Then came Win Vista It has it a lot of good points under the hood but not intuitive.It was supposed to be the beginning of AI in OS,it did not fully succeed.
Win 7 little experience off but I don't hear anyone raving on about it good or bad.
Little experience of Apple but the feedback from people I know use Apple Mac is it is intuitive and does not annoy you,It does what it said on the Tin. The downside of Apple if its Itunes software is anything to go by is there restrictions they put on use of there software and of course the price of there PC's,but you can live with that I suppose.
I would be loyal to any vendor, if they earn it. However, Microsoft has mostly tried to hold me hostage as a customer. They charge outrageous prices for Windows and Office, basically give me NO SUPPORT unless I pay-for-use, and make it difficult to replace their components with 3rd party stuff. This does not earn my loyalty. Companies like IObit do earn my loyalty. They offer good free products with for-money Pro versions free support, and good quality control (very few bugs). Just sorry they don't offer an OS.
...and that means that I can use whatever I want to access content. When I'm at work Windows is pre-installed on my computer without giving me any other options. While I don't work at a company like this I can see corporations locking employees into IE. So during the week a lot of traffic to TR will logically come from windows and IE however over a weekend the game changes completely because I'm at home and have absolute control over what devices, operating systems, and browsers I use
I am a current Microsoft Windows user, I have used Linux as well in the past. With Google's new software and OS, I have been beta testing there OS and thinking as soon as a few bug's get worked out I plan on changing by the end of the year. Microsoft has been great, and as an IT GO To Guy for my consumers & businesses I got to say there been lots of headache's but nothing I can't handle just a nonsense & will promote Google's OS by the Being of Next year
It truly is a mystery why MS didn't fix IE earlier. IE9 is still a big headache for web designers/developers and word gets around - it's been a terrible advert for MS. Couldn't they have afforded to get some decent guys to build a version from scratch so it came out like FF, GC, Safari (or better..). Mystified...
I have been using Firefox and before that Mozilla for years. My son is a Chrome addict.
IE was always behind because it wasn't a profit generator for Microsoft. IE was used to boost some other Microsoft products that did generate revenue, but by itself IE didn't do anything for the bottom line. Microsoft is a sales organization. They exist to sell products. Some of the products are written by Microsoft, some are bought. Excel and Word, for instance were bought originally, then merged and slowly improved. Microsoft bought and then brought out IE because Netscape was trying to claim that the browser could replace DOS/Windows.
IE was used by Microsoft to get companies to buy their web server software. IE from 3 to 6 ignored standards (Versions 1 and 2 were just the old Mosaic Browser, as Netscape also started out being, and IE from version 3 on did things in a way that only Microsoft Server versions could work well with. That had to change when first Firefox, and later Chrome started eating IE's lunch. Microsoft is in a bind now, because to really fix IE, they will have to abandon the older version (say, through IE7) and thereby lose the only tool that sells their web server over the competition from the free Apache web server.
If that were to happen, they would be better off financially to stop production of IE and just include the free Firefox and Chrome browsers with each copy of windows.
Don't hold your breath.
BTW, I have IE9, Firefox and Chrome all installed. I use Firefox. Chrome is too stark for my taste, IE9 is finally close to Firefox in features, and close to Chrome in speed. It isn't really completely W3C compliant yet, but it is close.
IE was always behind because it wasn't a profit generator for Microsoft. IE was used to boost some other Microsoft products that did generate revenue, but by itself IE didn't do anything for the bottom line. Microsoft is a sales organization. They exist to sell products. Some of the products are written by Microsoft, some are bought. Excel and Word, for instance were bought originally, then merged and slowly improved. Microsoft bought and then brought out IE because Netscape was trying to claim that the browser could replace DOS/Windows.
IE was used by Microsoft to get companies to buy their web server software. IE from 3 to 6 ignored standards (Versions 1 and 2 were just the old Mosaic Browser, as Netscape also started out being, and IE from version 3 on did things in a way that only Microsoft Server versions could work well with. That had to change when first Firefox, and later Chrome started eating IE's lunch. Microsoft is in a bind now, because to really fix IE, they will have to abandon the older version (say, through IE7) and thereby lose the only tool that sells their web server over the competition from the free Apache web server.
If that were to happen, they would be better off financially to stop production of IE and just include the free Firefox and Chrome browsers with each copy of windows.
Don't hold your breath.
BTW, I have IE9, Firefox and Chrome all installed. I use Firefox. Chrome is too stark for my taste, IE9 is finally close to Firefox in features, and close to Chrome in speed. It isn't really completely W3C compliant yet, but it is close.
I use windows mostly because it is simple for me to use and because it supports many programs and games. its good bc i can also run the games and run VMs to run other OSest to experiment or even use them.
The poll can confuse a bit.I use both OS, Linux and Windows, Linux for work matters and Windows for games. Sometimes have to use IE because some websites are too old and don't work well with modern web browsers. I don't think Windows will disappear. In the IT ecosystem each OS has a niche where it excels. I'll keep playing in Windows and working in Linux. 
Why would I move to another OS or web browser other than IE? Windows has served me well since 1986 during those glorious, exciting days, with our noses pressed up against the local electrical stores' windows salivating over the latest word processor or the coming promise of something called electronic mail, those were the days my dear youngsters...the ones that my Grandsons will never experience! AND Windows knows my Toshiba Satellite computer (I truly believe this). When at times I messed around with anything not compatible with Windows, just to 'have a look', all my applications fell out of sympathy with me by playing truant and some even disappeared. NO MORE 'check it out' for me folks. Although I still take on any tutorials I can get my mouse on since I believe that one should NEVER stop learing stuff.
I love my Vista and cannot bear the thought of moving away from that either. My hard drive is a mere 80GB and my RAM of 1GB laughs at my fears of 'should I down load this application and will there be enough room'...
But Yes, I will upgrade my hard drive to 320GB soon and my RAM to 2GB. I have sooo much research in files and apps (about 40GB) and I use Crash Plan to backup online 3 times per week. I really do not understand why one would need a bloody Tetrabyte of memory, I really don't, perhaps it is just 'the bigger the better' syndrome...Unless one is into developing online games of course. But for me at 'pushing' seventy I'll stay where I am... cheers sonya
I love my Vista and cannot bear the thought of moving away from that either. My hard drive is a mere 80GB and my RAM of 1GB laughs at my fears of 'should I down load this application and will there be enough room'...
But Yes, I will upgrade my hard drive to 320GB soon and my RAM to 2GB. I have sooo much research in files and apps (about 40GB) and I use Crash Plan to backup online 3 times per week. I really do not understand why one would need a bloody Tetrabyte of memory, I really don't, perhaps it is just 'the bigger the better' syndrome...Unless one is into developing online games of course. But for me at 'pushing' seventy I'll stay where I am... cheers sonya
"I really do not understand why one would need a bloody Tetrabyte of memory, I really don't, perhaps it is just 'the bigger the better' syndrome..."
Maybe you should consider that people have various uses for a computer. I do a bit of 3D, photography, video web design and development work, plus my mainline work... I am rather frugal in my use of space, but 500Gb doesn't cut it.
Maybe you should consider that people have various uses for a computer. I do a bit of 3D, photography, video web design and development work, plus my mainline work... I am rather frugal in my use of space, but 500Gb doesn't cut it.
[img]http://www.brorsoft.com/images/news/cuda1.gif[/img]
CUDA is short for Compute Unified Device Architecture, which is a parallel computing architecture developed by NVIDIA .Because of harnessing the power of the GPU ,CUDA make your computer performance increase dramatically. Moreover, we can say it is the computing engine in NVIDIA GPUs that is accessible to software developers through variants of industry standard programming languages.
Compared with traditional general purpose computation on GPUs (GPGPU) using graphics APIs,here are some advantages of NVIDIA CUDA.
1. Scattered reads ??? code can read from arbitrary addresses in memory.
2. Shared memory ??? CUDA exposes a fast shared memory region (up to 48KB per Multi-Processor) that can be shared amongst threads. This can be used as a user-managed cache, enabling higher bandwidth than is possible using texture lookups.[12]
3. Faster downloads and readbacks to and from the GPU
4. Full support for integer and bitwise operations, including integer texture lookups???http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA#Advantages???
With these advantages of NVIDIA CUDA, more CPU resources can be spared for other applications, making your computer run 3-5 times faster. So, many soft wares have adopted the NVIDIA CUDA to take faster speed to their users,for example, Brorsoft blu-ray ripper for Windows.
The below is the test for the performance of BrorsoftBlu-ray Ripper for windows when converting M2TS to HD MP4 video with and without a CUDA-enabled graphics card respectively.
Computer specs:
Processor: Pentium? Dual-Core CPU
Memory: 2.00 GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 310
Operation System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional.
[img]http://www.brorsoft.com/images/news/cuda3.gif[/img]
Brorsoft Blu-ray Ripper makes the conversion speed 3X then before.
Supported formats:
VOB, SWF, M2TS, MOV, MP4, MPEG4, AVI, FLV. MKV, MPG, ASF, WAV, WMA, AU, OGG, 3GP ect.
Supported Graphics Cards:
[img]http://www.brorsoft.com/images/news/nvidia.gif[/img]
NOTICE:
1.The Graphics Card affected a lot . The higher class of your Graphics Cards, the faster speed you will have. Usually, with the CUDA, the speed will be 3X faster. If your Graphics Card is above 500, you conversion speed surely will reach 5X faster.
2. the supported operation system of NVIDIA CUDA
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003
Linux
For more information,please visit:
Convert faster than before???Brorsoft Blu-ray Ripper speeds up 3X faster than before with the NVIDIA CUDA supported.
Know more Brorsoft CUDA products.
CUDA is short for Compute Unified Device Architecture, which is a parallel computing architecture developed by NVIDIA .Because of harnessing the power of the GPU ,CUDA make your computer performance increase dramatically. Moreover, we can say it is the computing engine in NVIDIA GPUs that is accessible to software developers through variants of industry standard programming languages.
Compared with traditional general purpose computation on GPUs (GPGPU) using graphics APIs,here are some advantages of NVIDIA CUDA.
1. Scattered reads ??? code can read from arbitrary addresses in memory.
2. Shared memory ??? CUDA exposes a fast shared memory region (up to 48KB per Multi-Processor) that can be shared amongst threads. This can be used as a user-managed cache, enabling higher bandwidth than is possible using texture lookups.[12]
3. Faster downloads and readbacks to and from the GPU
4. Full support for integer and bitwise operations, including integer texture lookups???http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA#Advantages???
With these advantages of NVIDIA CUDA, more CPU resources can be spared for other applications, making your computer run 3-5 times faster. So, many soft wares have adopted the NVIDIA CUDA to take faster speed to their users,for example, Brorsoft blu-ray ripper for Windows.
The below is the test for the performance of BrorsoftBlu-ray Ripper for windows when converting M2TS to HD MP4 video with and without a CUDA-enabled graphics card respectively.
Computer specs:
Processor: Pentium? Dual-Core CPU
Memory: 2.00 GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 310
Operation System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional.
[img]http://www.brorsoft.com/images/news/cuda3.gif[/img]
Brorsoft Blu-ray Ripper makes the conversion speed 3X then before.
Supported formats:
VOB, SWF, M2TS, MOV, MP4, MPEG4, AVI, FLV. MKV, MPG, ASF, WAV, WMA, AU, OGG, 3GP ect.
Supported Graphics Cards:
[img]http://www.brorsoft.com/images/news/nvidia.gif[/img]
NOTICE:
1.The Graphics Card affected a lot . The higher class of your Graphics Cards, the faster speed you will have. Usually, with the CUDA, the speed will be 3X faster. If your Graphics Card is above 500, you conversion speed surely will reach 5X faster.
2. the supported operation system of NVIDIA CUDA
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003
Linux
For more information,please visit:
Convert faster than before???Brorsoft Blu-ray Ripper speeds up 3X faster than before with the NVIDIA CUDA supported.
Know more Brorsoft CUDA products.
I only have windows experience between ME, XP and now 7 and never had any problem with the OS, on the other hand I have had nothing but trouble with IE no matter what number and do not use it, I use Google Chrome most often but sometimes Mozilla Firefox, Safari and even Opera before I will consider using IE
I love windows in fact I still have my 386SX with me with Windows 3.1 installed running with a Sound Blaster 16. However I have used Ubuntu and I love it's ease of use and colorful GUI. I will be assembling another PC, a fifth one for Ubuntu. Being a techie, yes I see these OSs and GUI as a tool too. But I guess "COMPUTERS ARE PEOPLE TOO" to quote an ancient sticker made by Hallmark hehehe
The reason I would appear as Firefox on Windows is simply because I categorise reading Tech Republic to be a work activity and more to the point, I read articles not based on Googling or browsing, but on picking interesting topics from the email topic subscription. Needless to say, my corporate email is on Exchange / OutLook, so the browser that gets launched is my default on Windows. Does this mean I only read IT articles at work? No actually I subscribe to other forums via RSS on my Android phone and read those articles on that device.
When I used Lotus Notes across both Linux and Windows, then my reading of the Tech Republic articles was spread over both operating systems.
Bottom line... It isn't an operating system choice, but a choice of the appropriate tool in different environments. To be blunt; A phone is easier to read in the bathroom than a PC!
Just shows... there's lies... damn lies and then there's statistics
When I used Lotus Notes across both Linux and Windows, then my reading of the Tech Republic articles was spread over both operating systems.
Bottom line... It isn't an operating system choice, but a choice of the appropriate tool in different environments. To be blunt; A phone is easier to read in the bathroom than a PC!
Just shows... there's lies... damn lies and then there's statistics
My PC came with windows pre-installed. After the blue screen of death I installed Ubuntu as I object to re-purchasing Windows.
Pretty much like anything else Google does, Google+ is dead on arrival. I do not trust Google and neither should anybody else. I do not see Google being around in another ten years.
You know Google+ is still in limited beta, don't you?
You know it can hardly be DoA if it's not yet arrived, don't you?
You know Google has one of the most successful webmail apps, the most successful smartphone OS, the most successful search engine? Did you think about any of that before you posted?
Sure, don't trust Google. You probably should really trust any online services provider, nor offline services provider, nor your bank, the government, or really anyone.
I trust Google as much as I trust any online service provider, and not a bit more.
You know it can hardly be DoA if it's not yet arrived, don't you?
You know Google has one of the most successful webmail apps, the most successful smartphone OS, the most successful search engine? Did you think about any of that before you posted?
Sure, don't trust Google. You probably should really trust any online services provider, nor offline services provider, nor your bank, the government, or really anyone.
I trust Google as much as I trust any online service provider, and not a bit more.
You for got one voting category: I am already using an alternate OS, but still have to use Windows due to software application/development support.
I am already using Windows 7 in my lab environment due to software development requirements which are not fully supported under Linux. I essentially bypassed Vista due to horrible performance experienced during software development, I was able to push the right buttons to get our network support people to give me Win7 before anyone else. But if I could run 100% 'Windowless' I would be running CentOS.
I am already using Windows 7 in my lab environment due to software development requirements which are not fully supported under Linux. I essentially bypassed Vista due to horrible performance experienced during software development, I was able to push the right buttons to get our network support people to give me Win7 before anyone else. But if I could run 100% 'Windowless' I would be running CentOS.
as a former MVP, i trust on windows, is less bad than others, can't forget that it is an incomplete OS, ot lacks a few tools and standard apps, OS developers believes thant the public has their pockets penty of bucks, instead od holes
As a former MVP, your typing skills should be better than they are.
Can't even understand half of what you typed!
Can't even understand half of what you typed!
Admittedly, you guys are smarter than the average bear but I just look at my simple needs. I use the MS 98SE (I cut my teeth on it) and everything I need works great. It is 5X faster than my wife's XP on the internet. If something doesn't work right it is the fault of the advertiser, not mine. I use Firefox because IE has more problems on the internet. New programs that don't work on the 98SE I don't purchase or download. As long as I don't use them I don't miss them. I do feel somewhat deceived in that learning the 98SE is still on going (I just figured out that if you hold down the shift key you can select a whole bunch of files you want to move). All that I have learned about the 98SE would have gone out the window if I had purchased a 2000, ME, Vista, or what have you.I think all new programs would be better off if they would also work on previous platforms, no matter how limited they might be. You know people in Arkansas like that homey feeling they grow up with as opposed to, say, Buckingham Palace. I wouldn't want their life style as they wouldn't want mine so why doesn't international products cater to both? How about a Google+ circle of 98SE users? They could develop their own society and maybe secede from all the rest.
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