Will You Buy Windows 7???
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I will doing the same as Burnsy.
Keep dreaming
It looks like that dream might turn to reality
http://www.kristankenney.com/2009/07/02/windows-7-home-premium-to-include-family-pack-licensing/
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I will definitely buy it. My mate won't. He has never ever bought any software!!! He's a git!
Seriously, some of you guys are making a mountain out of a molehill with regards to the lack of browser. Especially you Dolph.
The solutions as far as I can see are
Download browser of choice.
1. Save to USB stick
2. Save to seperate partition, drive, etc
3. Slipstream a browser into the Win7 disc
4. Reburn the Win7 ISO so that includes the browser.
Hardly a challenge for people who are able to build their machines component by component is it?
I am in do doubt that PC's from D*** or P*-**** or any other large OEM manufacturer will come with a browser, as the OEM will provide one. And this is the real reason why the EU did what they did. Previously an OEM could not offer a PC WITHOUT IE. They claimed it was NOT POSSIBLE. They got fined, and suddenly it is possible. yeah, go figure. Just like it was not possible to provide protocols for interoperability. (They didn't have the paperwork apparently, there were no 'hidden' API's, ah please...)
For people such as us, it is no major problem. People such as Dolph and other xenophobes twist the facts of the case and make out that Win7 without IE included is as hard for them as digging a 15 foot deep ditch for 12 miles in 40 degree heat. It's utter tosh.
For the OEM's they can now include whatever browser they like without being forced to have IE8 on there.
And if this means the average consumer never associates the Internet with the blue E again then I will rejoice in the streets. If putting a browser on a USB stick Dolph is too hard for you then tough. Internet Explorer has caused me more problems in my line of work then filling a million USB sticks with an alternative browser. I will be glad to see the back of it.
The solutions as far as I can see are
Download browser of choice.
1. Save to USB stick
2. Save to seperate partition, drive, etc
3. Slipstream a browser into the Win7 disc
4. Reburn the Win7 ISO so that includes the browser.
Hardly a challenge for people who are able to build their machines component by component is it?
I am in do doubt that PC's from D*** or P*-**** or any other large OEM manufacturer will come with a browser, as the OEM will provide one. And this is the real reason why the EU did what they did. Previously an OEM could not offer a PC WITHOUT IE. They claimed it was NOT POSSIBLE. They got fined, and suddenly it is possible. yeah, go figure. Just like it was not possible to provide protocols for interoperability. (They didn't have the paperwork apparently, there were no 'hidden' API's, ah please...)
For people such as us, it is no major problem. People such as Dolph and other xenophobes twist the facts of the case and make out that Win7 without IE included is as hard for them as digging a 15 foot deep ditch for 12 miles in 40 degree heat. It's utter tosh.
For the OEM's they can now include whatever browser they like without being forced to have IE8 on there.
And if this means the average consumer never associates the Internet with the blue E again then I will rejoice in the streets. If putting a browser on a USB stick Dolph is too hard for you then tough. Internet Explorer has caused me more problems in my line of work then filling a million USB sticks with an alternative browser. I will be glad to see the back of it.
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I got firefox on back up should work, I hate IE
So do I. It was microsofts way of trying to wrestle a completely interoperable system (TCP/IP/HTML/CSS) into a proprietry lock in.
ActiveX completely backfired on them.
Thank goodness for firefox. Can you imagine how long it would have taken them to actually adhere to CSS 2.1 without external pressure. Not to mention slooooow java parsing, lack of tabs, crashing browsers, etc.
The American government may be in Microsoft pocket, but I guess they didn't hand over enough blood money to the European Union to keep them quiet. (Remember, this is the same as the Netscape Saga that MS escaped...) This is twice they have been found guilty of the same issue.
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That's not the point, why should I have to and how do I do if if I have to go solve a mates problem. suppose I'll always have to take a copy with me, rtaher than just popping a disk in. The ruling is not needed or wanted.
