Agreed, that would (it does) fix the issue, as does using a 3rd party browser such as Pale Moon.
I would have liked to get to the bottom of what the actual problem is though, MS say they haven't been able to reproduce the issue, whereas others it seems can.
I would have liked to get to the bottom of what the actual problem is though, MS say they haven't been able to reproduce the issue, whereas others it seems can.
No Firewire was superior and faster in real life but hardware manufacturers had to pay license fees if they added Firewire ports to their gear. Intel decided to introduce USB license-free.
FireWire: History, Insight, Perspective: The Dollar Deal that Almost Killed FireWire
FireWire vs. USB; Apple and Intel Play Hardball - PCSTATS.com
Good articles (a little dated) thanx.
Apart from Mac firewire devices (odd hard disk etc.) which had a very small slice of the market, the big players in firewire for domestic use, were the camcorders.
Once the camcorder manufacturers switched, there was almost no need for it.
That's pretty much what one of the articles is saying.
We just bought office 2016 (no subscription wanted) for our modern computers. So that is only a small advantage for lowly notaMacs. The small advantage is that MS didn't design Excel for modern computers to run all the scripts that their cheap generics can run.
There is unfortunately software that requires degraded computers. Most speaker design software, for instance. Hopefully as market share shifts that will change.
As for FireWire, there's a Thunderbolt adapter for that.
MS Office on the Mac tends to be up-to-date. Horrid software BTW. Unfortunately nothing around to sub for Excel, but lots of better word processors.
If WiNE doesn't do the job, you can run Windows under Parallels or VMWare … still means you have to have Windows thou.
Maybe not in the UK.
Overall PC sales continue to decline, while Mac sales keep set records and gaining market share.
I expect IBM's experience deploying Macs will have a big impact on industry.
dave
Intel's ThunderBolt… Firewire is a subset. Except for the compact laptops that are dedicated to wireless connectivity, all Macs come with ThunderBolt now.
dave
Adapters... the worst thing in computing: they're expensive, easily lost, take up space in your bag, prevent you to just carry the computer around by itself, never work like they should,...
Adaptors, if needed, are less expensive than breaking out the ThunderBolt to all the things its subsets on the motherboard -- particularily on a small laptop where you would never fit them. You only need to have the ones you use.
PS: i've not had any issues with adaptors on my Mac(s).
dave
PS: i've not had any issues with adaptors on my Mac(s).
dave
Tamed W8.1
Not bad ... (below).
-Full Aero (with independent opacity for active/inactive /task)
This exceeds W7 ..
- 7.8GB install /<600MB memory. Boots in 4 seconds.
The problem is that W8 (or 10) has that APP Crap hard coded
into the indexing (and SVChost). No way to fully incapacitate
metro/apps/store without hacking core windows code.
Edit - your indexing cache is sent off to M$ - in it's entirety !!!
You can remove all apps , the "app core" is still there. You can't disable
the APPservice , either. First windows I've seen with this restriction.
The "APP crap" also drives right through the win firewall , can't stop it.
Shoving APPs down our throat is more important than security.
Program compatibility - because of the changes to DWM (the GUI) ,
rendering of pre 2005 softwares is dodgy .... checkboxes and
arrows on some old software is garbled.
Windows 8.1 is still quite buggy compared to W7.1. Perhaps if
M$ gets to W8..2 (or 3 ) it might be stable.
Server 2012 might be the only upgrade route , you CAN shut down any service.
Back to ol' W7.1 - way more secure....
OS
Not bad ... (below).
-Full Aero (with independent opacity for active/inactive /task)
This exceeds W7 ..
- 7.8GB install /<600MB memory. Boots in 4 seconds.
The problem is that W8 (or 10) has that APP Crap hard coded
into the indexing (and SVChost). No way to fully incapacitate
metro/apps/store without hacking core windows code.
Edit - your indexing cache is sent off to M$ - in it's entirety !!!
You can remove all apps , the "app core" is still there. You can't disable
the APPservice , either. First windows I've seen with this restriction.
The "APP crap" also drives right through the win firewall , can't stop it.
Shoving APPs down our throat is more important than security.
Program compatibility - because of the changes to DWM (the GUI) ,
rendering of pre 2005 softwares is dodgy .... checkboxes and
arrows on some old software is garbled.
Windows 8.1 is still quite buggy compared to W7.1. Perhaps if
M$ gets to W8..2 (or 3 ) it might be stable.
Server 2012 might be the only upgrade route , you CAN shut down any service.
Back to ol' W7.1 - way more secure....
OS
Attachments
Aero Glass for Windows 8.x+
for the opacity ...
Classic Shell - Start menu and other Windows enhancements
Set to basic ... the parent translucency of the
glass 8 overrides the shell settings.
The win 8 graphical instability was encountered
without these two programs. W8 favors programs/apps
developed with .NET or other M$ API.
W7 = server 2009 W8-10 = server 2012.
Guess which one IT guys really hate .. 2012.
They say it is insecure out of the box.
While I was running W8.1/IE11 .. I caught " Sality AT - virus"
First one I caught in 10 years. I caught it on the 8 , it
hid on my other drives to re-infect 7. Uses "autorun" to
jump drives. Wow !
MSE killed it !!
OS
for the opacity ...
Classic Shell - Start menu and other Windows enhancements
Set to basic ... the parent translucency of the
glass 8 overrides the shell settings.
The win 8 graphical instability was encountered
without these two programs. W8 favors programs/apps
developed with .NET or other M$ API.
W7 = server 2009 W8-10 = server 2012.
Guess which one IT guys really hate .. 2012.
They say it is insecure out of the box.
While I was running W8.1/IE11 .. I caught " Sality AT - virus"
First one I caught in 10 years. I caught it on the 8 , it
hid on my other drives to re-infect 7. Uses "autorun" to
jump drives. Wow !
MSE killed it !!
OS
Thanks.
I think I might have tried glass8 once... that's the great thing about disk imaging, you can play 🙂 There was something about it that I didn't like though, watermarking the desktop comes to mind. I do miss the full Aero package of Vista though, goodness knows why it wasn't an option in Windows Eight or Ten. The argument of it using resources doesn't hold up if it ran OK nearly 10 years on the gear we had back then then.
for MSE
I think I might have tried glass8 once... that's the great thing about disk imaging, you can play 🙂 There was something about it that I didn't like though, watermarking the desktop comes to mind. I do miss the full Aero package of Vista though, goodness knows why it wasn't an option in Windows Eight or Ten. The argument of it using resources doesn't hold up if it ran OK nearly 10 years on the gear we had back then then.
for MSE
Thanks.
I think I might have tried glass8 once... that's the great thing about disk imaging, you can play 🙂 There was something about it that I didn't like though, watermarking the desktop comes to mind. I do miss the full Aero package of Vista though, goodness knows why it wasn't an option in Windows Eight or Ten. The argument of it using resources doesn't hold up if it ran OK nearly 10 years on the gear we had back then then.
The 8/10 GUI uses more resources than W7's eyecandy AERO.
8/10 suffer from Wirth's law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth's_law .
By using 8.1 , I noted that portable 2003- 2009 programs did not run
as fast/efficient. For (some backwards) compatibility , W8 ports old
programs to a new rendering scheme.
In conclusion , this is to encompass ALL 3rd party development through
their ecosystem (by penalizing independent development).
The goal is to go all "APP crap" . The APP engine supports software as a
service (periodic re-licencing). You will be billed 4.99$ monthly for your
game or calculator.
So , "periodic licencing" = pay periodically for your OS ... also pay for
individual features .... like cable TV channels/packages.
Then , you also pay for your ISP - and all the secondary subscriptions
to premium content.
$1000's of dollars a year just to waste your life in a virtual sandbox.
OS
Nicolas Wirth, the fellow that simplified Algol W into Pascal to act as a teaching language. Boy was it frustrating using Pascal after getting good at Algol W. So many things it was harder (or not possible) to do.
dave
After about the 9th upgrade attempt, two formats, 90 minutes on the phone with MS support and finally tearing down the machine and using GParted on a Debian box to strip the SSD down to absolute nothing... Windows 10 installed on my notebook. Gentoo is easier to install. Fortunately it's Win 10 Pro so I think all the hooks into the MS mothership are declined. The hurdles facing the typical home user would be potentially insurmountable and boost Apple sales.
The user experience so far seems OK. Better than 7 IMO, faster and MS keeps a repository of suitable drivers removing the necessity to install the horrid AMD graphic suite for example. One unexpected and very excellent bonus is usable multiple desktops with enhanced keyboard driven window management. It's been my UI preference since Red Hat 5 and nearly 20 years later MS is catching up. It's surprisingly well though out, arguably lacking only a desktop pager,
The user experience so far seems OK. Better than 7 IMO, faster and MS keeps a repository of suitable drivers removing the necessity to install the horrid AMD graphic suite for example. One unexpected and very excellent bonus is usable multiple desktops with enhanced keyboard driven window management. It's been my UI preference since Red Hat 5 and nearly 20 years later MS is catching up. It's surprisingly well though out, arguably lacking only a desktop pager,
I'm surprised you think W10 is "fast".
I also fully installed W10 in my "upgrade" experiments.
W10 is ....
- The same old "side by side" assembly as W7/8.
- kernel is server 2012 based.
- it is even more "APP crap" based than W8 !
Cortana and the app engine are just "fluff" added to server 2008.
A tweaked W7 (or server 2008) can hit 2X - Wirth's law vs Moore's law ,
over W8/10 and can be backwards compatible way back to 1999 software.
I have no idea why M$ integrated the APP engine into server 2012 ,
IT guys say it it a security flaw - most stay with the W7/2008 setup.
M$ has lost most of it's server clients to Apache (75%) ... no wonder
why.
"9 attempts" ??? I just hooked up a raw SATA SSD (deleted partitions).
Windows 10 actually installed in >10 minutes , same as the others ...
(W vista --> to W8.1). At least it does that right. 🙄
OS
I also fully installed W10 in my "upgrade" experiments.
W10 is ....
- The same old "side by side" assembly as W7/8.
- kernel is server 2012 based.
- it is even more "APP crap" based than W8 !
Cortana and the app engine are just "fluff" added to server 2008.
A tweaked W7 (or server 2008) can hit 2X - Wirth's law vs Moore's law ,
over W8/10 and can be backwards compatible way back to 1999 software.
I have no idea why M$ integrated the APP engine into server 2012 ,
IT guys say it it a security flaw - most stay with the W7/2008 setup.
M$ has lost most of it's server clients to Apache (75%) ... no wonder
why.
"9 attempts" ??? I just hooked up a raw SATA SSD (deleted partitions).
Windows 10 actually installed in >10 minutes , same as the others ...
(W vista --> to W8.1). At least it does that right. 🙄
OS
Surprised me as well. Faster on every machine so far, including work test mules with custom apps. Of course Cortana and the rest are opted out, it's a flat 'as plain Jane as we can make it' install.
My install experience was a little more involved. I originally attempted upgrades from inside Win 7. It failed over and over for unspecified reasons. 'Failed' might not be the right term, is went into infinite blue Windows logo + blue spinning circle mode. No user messages, even when left overnight. Then I tried a new OEM disk from work, using the Win Pro 7 key that came with my notebook. Those upgrades also failed. I finally used the disk to format the SSD and a new install succeeded. However it wouldn't authenticate. It took volunteering this history to MS tech support to discover the build version on the new disk was too old to accept Win 7 keys. So I used the Media Creation tool to make a new install USB. It successfully accepted my Win 7 key and, after formatting the fresh install I had just configured, promptly failed. The USB installer complained that my non-EHFI BIOS was EHFI and the MBR of the SSD it just deleted Windows 10 from wasn't compatible with Windows 10. Disassemble the machine, hook the SSD to a Debian box, delete the Win 10 partitions and take it down to one NTFS partition; the USB installer still complained about incompatible hardware. Finally, if I remember correctly, I selected 'delete' partition in the advanced installer but didn't format the drive before hitting 'next' and the installer automatically populated the drive with 4-5 partitions and the OS installed.
Worst. OS install. Ever. My backward compatibility requirements are Half Life and UT2004, so I'm set.
My install experience was a little more involved. I originally attempted upgrades from inside Win 7. It failed over and over for unspecified reasons. 'Failed' might not be the right term, is went into infinite blue Windows logo + blue spinning circle mode. No user messages, even when left overnight. Then I tried a new OEM disk from work, using the Win Pro 7 key that came with my notebook. Those upgrades also failed. I finally used the disk to format the SSD and a new install succeeded. However it wouldn't authenticate. It took volunteering this history to MS tech support to discover the build version on the new disk was too old to accept Win 7 keys. So I used the Media Creation tool to make a new install USB. It successfully accepted my Win 7 key and, after formatting the fresh install I had just configured, promptly failed. The USB installer complained that my non-EHFI BIOS was EHFI and the MBR of the SSD it just deleted Windows 10 from wasn't compatible with Windows 10. Disassemble the machine, hook the SSD to a Debian box, delete the Win 10 partitions and take it down to one NTFS partition; the USB installer still complained about incompatible hardware. Finally, if I remember correctly, I selected 'delete' partition in the advanced installer but didn't format the drive before hitting 'next' and the installer automatically populated the drive with 4-5 partitions and the OS installed.
Worst. OS install. Ever. My backward compatibility requirements are Half Life and UT2004, so I'm set.
OT
Some 15 - 20 years ago, the theft of Apple gear was rife in the UK.
Thieves would break into Graphic design studios or other places that had Macs and steal the lot.
Knowing that the Macs would be replaced under insurance within days ( to keep the business going ) the thieves would lie in wait near the premises and wait for the new delivery.
Next day it would all be gone again !!!!
OT
Andy
Some 15 - 20 years ago, the theft of Apple gear was rife in the UK.
Thieves would break into Graphic design studios or other places that had Macs and steal the lot.
Knowing that the Macs would be replaced under insurance within days ( to keep the business going ) the thieves would lie in wait near the premises and wait for the new delivery.
Next day it would all be gone again !!!!
OT
Andy
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