Re: Is your Windows PC, "Windows 7 Ready?"

In article <ccadnZutFLDA843XnZ2dnUVZ_qOdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steve de Mena <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ZnU wrote:
In article <DIqdnStrEPasBpLXnZ2dnUVZ_oydnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steve de Mena <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ZnU wrote:
In article <kMWdndnfDODSmJLXnZ2dnUVZ_hpi4p2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steve de Mena <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ZnU wrote:
In article <eJydnSBSudfMF5HXnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steve de Mena <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

ZnU wrote:
In article <W-Cdnb6wt4SZ8JHXnZ2dnUVZ_ohi4p2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steve de Mena <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Because Leopard was just an incremental upgrade from previous OS X
versions.
Err... And Windows 7 isn't an incremental upgrade from XP? Last time
I
checked they still hadn't dropped Win32, switched kernels, or done
anything else that would plausibly make Window 7 a different
operating
system from XP.
UAC - different security model!! Apps can no longer assume they are
running with full administrator access.

That was a biggie! Why else do you think apps, a small minority at
this point in time, don't run?
A different security model hardly makes Windows 7 or Vista a different
operating system.
I have a feeling the definition of a "different operating system" is
solely defined by you, based on whatever point you are trying to make
at that time, or to suit whatever position you are arguing.
W2K, XP, Vista and Windows 7 are all successive upgrades to Windows NT.
Microsoft's own version numbering reflects this. Windows 7 is NT 6.1.
Version numbering? Are you for real? Those have to be successive so
programs can test for versions >, < or equal to a number, for
compatibility purposes.

Are you actually denying that W2K, XP, Vista and Windows 7 are all
successive upgrades to Windows NT? This is rather unbelievable technical
ignorance ever for you, Steve.

I didn't agree or disagree with that, I was laughing so hard from you
using "version numbers" as backup.

If you're actually talking about two different operating systems,
successive version numbers are largely meaningless, so your objection is
worthless.

"Successive Upgrades" will be whatever definition you want it to be,
nothing more, nothing less, so no point in my commenting.

Your continued insistence on playing dumb with respect to the lineage of
Windows operating systems is noted.

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anyone who is entirely exempt from the gambling instinct; whilst he who has it
must pay to this propensity the appropriate toll." -- John Maynard Keynes
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