has anyone you know of been caught using cracks or illegal copies?
let me know if so!
linux all the way.
the terminal itself is better than xp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So you're saying for selling crap for $400 that cost 10 cents to produce they deserve a pat on that back? Lmao!


I wonder who would want to pirate the worst software in computer history.

This post has been edited by dre: Jan 20 2008, 12:19 AM

I don't know about anyone else, but most computers you buy (with the exception of macs, second hand ones and a few from Dell i think put ubuntu on some machines) have a copy of windows. Now, I had an OEM copy on my desktop. Long story short the Motherboard needed replacing, and becauese the OEM copy only worked for "ACER" systems the CD wouldn't work with the new motherboard installed. Long story short the man who fixed my computer put windows on it.

My question is, What is the big deal with "illegal" copies of windows, I am of course referring to situations such as the ones I described. It came with Windows XP, and there's a different copy of windows XP... what is the difference? I already have on licensed to the computer.

>>>Besides that, The copy that is running on the acer machine is SP1, and the version I had pre installed was SP2...

my XP is come within my lappie when i bought for the first time.
the poll i cannot fill into, cause i dont know which one should i choose.,

I have an OEM copy of Vista, and my old compy had a disk version of XP. They're both legal, or at least the Vista version is. I'm not sure about the XP one, since I didn't buy it. (The computer or the operating system.)

The reason there are so many illegal copies around is because it costs so much. If people actually paid $400 every time they bought a Windows operating system, then Microsoft would have a real monopoly and there'd probably be a lot less computer users in China right now, as well as probably North America. Then the rich-poor gap would widen even more until the poor people start dying off, and Microsoft would then have the whole world to provide for. And about 94% of computer users (not a valid statistic; can someone refer?) don't know Linux exists. What will they do then? Will they just have to drop their computers? Will computers become an invaluable asset of the rich, like they were back in 1970?

I can see why Bill Gates is leaving.

This post has been edited by tricky77puzzle: Feb 18 2008, 06:05 PM

Personally, I don't like microsoft products anymore, ever since i starrted using mac, i've not had to re-install, i've not lost files unexplainedly, its easier to understand... yada yada yada

this morning the family computer (running windows XP) wouldn't boot up. I gave a bsod (blue screen of death) and it said 'boot volume not mountable' or something to that description. it suggested safe mode (which I don't get... It can't start up windows at all... so it can't start up safe mode yes?) which i tried to no avail, then i tried different 'debug' modes of windows... still not working. So i stuck in a linux live cd of puppy linux- an AWESOME distro which is basic, simple and fast. I didn't want to erase the disk or anything... so i tried to mount it... no problem (except it can't write values to it, regardless) i thought ok, it's mounting lets try a reboot... it rebooted same bsod, so i booted up linux and ran a disk util, tried to change a property about the disk (write like 5mb before the windows partition) and then i applied the changes, and rebooted... fixed...

The reason I don't like windows is at times its not thought out properly... above is a prime example, if it can't read the harddrive with the OS on it... then it can't boot up in safe mode. And I don't like how when something crashes explorer dies... its annoying, (xp not vista, never used vista)

I've said this a few times in the forums, but my favorite computer, that i had no unexplained problems was a pc that had 32mb ram, 1.5GB HD, and i think a 300-odd mHz processor... it has since been given away... I will probably buy one simmilar to it and use it for personal/business use. Web, email, invoicing etc. etc.

All of my computers to date have had their Windows OSes built-in. Coincidentially, they've all come without a disk as well - even though the company I bought my current computer from was supposed to supply the disk as part of the price Oh well, it's their only mistake.

I don't see how anyone could even think of downloading any Windows OS, especially through torrents. Not only is it illegal, but torrents are incredibly prone to illegal activity, and it's hard to trust unknown websites. Often the downloaded OS will cause more problems than actually buying a legal copy, especially when it comes to privacy (Spyware and Malware is often installed on OS Downloads from unscruptulous sites). Bootleg copies are a no-no too.

Theres OEM, Retail, and Corporate... and different versions of each like VLK etc

mine is a retail copy i modified myself... stripped it down to 89 mb .ISO for gaming