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Windows 7 has what Apple doesn’t Spandex Robots!

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And they’re wicked gangsta

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  1. annoying firster says:

    first!!!!!!!!!

    • Rax says:

      neat hobby.

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    • paws4thot says:

      Did anyone else point out that those guys look like villains from a Power Rangers show?

  2. ay dios mio says:

    And viruses?

    • Rax says:

      they’re not viruses but upgrade potential

      • Tseran says:

        Only if you work for Symantec, McAffe or one of the other companies that profits off them.

        • Bit says:

          *tinfoil hat time*

          These companys only profit while the threat exists right? so who do you think is making the viruses?

          “pay us protection money and you windows wont get smashed hint hint”

    • Scythelord says:

      If someone has somehow got a virus for Windows 7, then all I can say is grats. They would have to seriously cripple their system to do so.

  3. Rax says:

    and many times more market share.

  4. hi says:

    windows > macs

  5. Tseran says:

    And spyware and adware and security holes you can drive a truck through and driver conflicts and millions of junk programs that just make it hard to find a program to do what you want.

    • Tseran says:

      And let’s not forget Windows is great for the IT market. Without Windows, IT people would have less to do, and IT departments could cut their budgets.

      • And let me ask you, what do you reckon the Mac users are connecting to at work? I’ll bet the servers are 90% Windows with maybe some Unix or Novell tossed in. Let me know when Apple comes up with a server that can compete with Unix or Windows.

        • charro the Floydist says:

          Don’t the Windows servers run UNIX On the back end?

        • Tseran says:

          Cite for me the breakdown of OS that all the servers of the backbones of the internet use, and then we will talk. Until then, you may want to check your facts. Last I checked, *NIX based OS ruled the internet server business for people who are serious about keeping their machines hacker free and stable. And you are a few years too late, OS X Server has been around for a while, and I know quite a few sites that use it. Used to work for one that had it running on the Xserve we had at a co-location. And if you are in any kind of creative field (music, desktop publishing, graphics, video) then you use Mac (Logic, Quark/Indesign, Photoshop/Illustrator, Final Cut) because they are far superior for it. Yes, you can get Adobe and Quark products on PC, but since most publishers use Mac, why would you use Windows? Windows is better for games (but then again, my Playstation is even better then Windows, and never blue screens) and spreadsheets. Guess if I wanted to be an auditor or a professional gamer I might go Windows…

          • Oh please, it’s obvious your a Mac snob, and that’s fine. Don’t begin to assume that the business would revolves around it though. Most businesses are using a variety of OS’s, but I would venture to guess that any footprint Apple has in the server world is so small as to not even be worth the notation.

            • n00bs says:

              Mostly Linux and Windows here.

            • wallFly says:

              most businesses use PCs – but i think the biggest reason is price. the only areas i’ve seen macs as a dominant computer brand is in a design department – usually graphic, web or film related. most games and game developers utilize a PC platform as that’s where the target audience is.
              so.. from my experience, mac’s have a niche and they fill it well, it’s just not a niche that’s needed by the majority of the business world. i mean, really, why pay $1300-$2000 apple laptop to run MS word or power point when you can buy a $300-$700 hp? the only real reason is if you want to throw adobe’s CS on your machine and do video editing on the fly..

              i work on a PC for one job, a mac on another – i like them both but i think the Mac has done a better job as far as physical appearance of their machines and software as well as ease of use and consistent reliability. i do miss being able to randomly upgrade my computer when i feel like it though..

    • charro the Floydist says:

      Hey, thanks asshole. I just tried driving a truck through my computer and now it’s smashed to bits. I’m going to sue you.

  6. Care Troll says:

    GO GO Windows Rangers! You mighty morphing windows….
    aww blue screen of death.

  7. quad says:

    You can’t go wrong with Ultraman (Ultra Seven)

    • Indiscreet says:

      Finally. I’m glad I’m not the only one nerdy enough to recognise Ultraman!

      • Bwee says:

        Not just you, not just you!

        And on the off-chance you haven’t been in the loop – guy on the right is Ultraman Zero, google him up for a nice twist to the tale.

  8. You know, as many problems as Windows has, I’ll never go Mac. Never.

    • mabsba says:

      After experiencing the lovely microsoft blue screen of death last week (requiring a total hard drive wipe), I’m seriously considering a Mac.

      Lost pictures of our recently deceased kitty. :(

      • Mina says:

        I has a sad for you. Hopefully you’ll stumble across a shoebox full of pics of kitty.

      • charro the Floydist says:

        Oh noes! *hugs* I am sorry you lost your kitty.

        • Charlie Foxtrot (Floyd Extrodinare) says:

          Black Cat Soup for Halloween, anyone?

          • Ivan The Floydist says:

            Don’t be a troll, Charlie. Losing a pet is very sad. *hits Charlie across the nose with rolled up newspaper* I learned that from HelOnWheels. It’s quite effective. And if you cry, it gets you cuddles and cookies.

            • Charlie Foxtrot (Floyd Extrodinare) says:

              Hey! just sayin’, I mean we have turkey on thanksgiving, reindeer staek on Christmas and rabbit stew on Easter, so I thought…

      • mabsba says:

        Thank you. It was mostly my husband’s kitty, but he loved everyone. And only three and a half! He was our first non-black kitty.

        We still have three black ones: mine (3), my son’s (10-12?) and one who’s a grump, not sure whose he is (6-8?).

        My husband has been kitty shopping each weekend since. Front runner is Sid, 3 years old, at the city adoption center. (Not the shelter, that’s toooo depressing.) And black!

        We only get what our family calls ‘used cats’ — adult rescues. Three is a good age.

        • Mina says:

          I know what you mean about having one that’s an “old grump”. My kitty is 16 years old and just barely tolerates me, much less anyone else that happens to come around. :)

          • mabsba says:

            Actually the grumpy one loves his boy and demands attention from the humans. (He accosted a random teenage boy on the sidewalk today and demanded petting.) It’s the other cats — he believes he should be the sole recipient of all treats.

            But he was really nice to the sick one. :)

        • Rando the Randoist says:

          Our third cat (also black) came from a rescue that my mom and sister participate in. The poor thing was the sweetest kitty and nobody ever took him until my mom paid the adoption fees and gave him to us as a present. I think he just turned 1, but has grown exponentially since coming to live with us. He’s ginormous. And he ripped me to shreds when I gave him a bath. Our other two cats don’t like the new black kitty. Fvcking racists. ;)

          • bitter charro the Floydist says:

            RACISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST!!!!!!!!!!111

            • mabsba says:

              No…praise Rando’s mom for taking the black kitty. They are 10 times less likely to be adopted. (That’s one reason we can’t stand the city pound — over half the kitties are black and we know all the black kitties are doomed.)

              Even true for the doggies.

              • bitter charro the Floydist says:

                You missed the joke.

                • mabsba says:

                  No, no. Got joke. We make same joke all the time — we used to have a strictly segregated house, only black kitties (and now unfortunately back to same).

                  I just feel so bad for the black kitties. No one wants them. ‘Cept Rando’s mom and us.

                  Perhaps gray kitty’s demise was actually a secret plot on the part of the black kitties?

                  • bitter charro the Floydist says:

                    I want all kitties.

                    • Ivan The Floydist says:

                      We have a small tortie girl named Angel (like you nickname a skinny guy Fats, or a bald guy Curly. She is NO angel!) and a pure white fatty named Sheba, who has one blue eye, one green eye. Our next adoption will be either a longhair gray & white or a pure black. The female half wants the gray one. I want a black, to make bookends for my evil Angel-Kitty.

                      • Ivan The Floydist says:

                        I put a pic of Sheba on FB.

                        • bitter charro the Floydist says:

                          I saw her(?)! Very beautiful.

                          I have an orange and white tabby Maggie, and a calico-tabby Nika. My baby girls.

                        • Ivan The Floydist says:

                          Yep, Sheba is a girlie girl. Very prissy.

                        • bitter charro the Floydist says:

                          Mags is an indoor outdoor cat, about 10 years old (I got her from the humane society, so that’s an estimate), she is getting surly in her old age. But I love her to pieces, and she loves me too.
                          Nika is a skiddish little thing, but she loves me too. Lots of pics on my FB. :-D

                        • We have three.. one of which is evil incarnate.

                        • viking gal says:

                          I was sure that my most recent adoption was going to be a black girl kitty for some reason. But there not one black girl (or boy) cats in the shelter! So a fluffy orange boy wormed his way into my heart instead.

              • Danbala says:

                People don’t want black cats? What is wrong with them? I’d only want black cats. :p

                • the_original_shortright says:

                  my first dog was about 65lbs and ALL black. scared the hell out of a lot of people but she was a total baby.

                  • Danbala says:

                    Sounds like the dog our family had when I grew up. Oh, and other dogs didn’t much like him, except for other black dogs. Someone said dogs have a harder time reading the facial expression and such off black dogs, so they avoid them, or something. :p

                • Because some people are very stupidly superstitious about black cats I imagine. Isn’t that ridiculous? We told Joey (the black cat) that it’s his holiday today. Happy Halloween, everyone!

                  • mabsba says:

                    It is partly superstition (and definitely stupid, although I tend to think that’s redundant), but I read that darker colored dogs also have a harder time getting adopted. One shelter worker interviewed for the attributed it partially to how much harder it is to photograph darker animals since most places list on petfinders.com or their own website.

                    You have to go look…but I can’t stand the regular city shelter. OVER half the kitties were black. :(
                    I want to take them all home because you know the black kitties are doomed.

                    Sorry, very depressing. Happy Halloween and apple crisp for everyone, even Charlie if he promises to behave. :)

                  • Nebton says:

                    I’m not superstitious, but I’m prejudiced … against calicoes. I’ve heard just far too many stories (and witnessed a couple of very crazy cats) to risk adopting one of them.

                    Calicoes:cats::redheads:women. ;)

                    • PortlandMark says:

                      “Calicoes:cats::redheads:women”

                      I was thinking of making the same observation when I read your post. Also, women named “Angela” and all variations on it.

                      OTOH, both those groups are inherently attractive to me. Gods help me if I ever meet a ginger named Angela…

                      • viking gal says:

                        A ginger kitty or a ginger human female? 8)

                      • HelOnWheels says:

                        Portland – Soo true about calicoes. I’ve never met a calico cat that was sane/normal. They’re frickin’ psychos.

                        • mabsba says:

                          I don’t know about calicos from personal experience, but I do know that it’s a recessive x-linked trait, so you can’t breed for calicos in a ‘normal’ (ie calico-calico to get more calicos). I suspect there’s a lot of inbreeding to get the trait. And we know from royalty what inbreeding does to people. :)

                        • I actually used to work for a WOMAN named Calico about 10 years ago. Following HelOnWheels post here, I can say she was aptly named.

                  • Danbala says:

                    Ridiculous for sure, if that is the reason! :/

                  • n00bs says:

                    Happy Halloween to you too Rando! We have 3 black cats, all siblings. The two boys are actually tuxedo cats but they are mostly black. One of the boys picks on his sister all the time, he was staring at her today and her ears went flat and with her big round yellow eyes I’ve never seen a better halloween cat face in my life! It was perfect.

                    • Thanks to ICHC, which my kids are huge fans of, we often call Joey our Basement Cat. LOL
                      And tonight my wife and kids were eying one of the other rescue kittens my mom has. *sigh* We don’t need anymore cats.

                • Does gray count as close to black? I had a russian blue that was just the most awesome cat!

              • I never thought about black cats being less adoptable, that’s crazy! I have three, sisters Penny (black) and Frances (grey), both long haired, and Hamish (big fat orange). Love them to pieces.

                • charro says:

                  I first read that without the comma and was like “Whoa.. SB is a cat?! COOL!”

                  Then I saw the comma and realised.. You’re not a cat.

      • FamilySly says:

        I have jealous evil new kitty … knocked over the external 2 TB for Mac and lost pics/vid of deceased older kitty. Hmmmm … basement antics afoot. Anyway, be careful what you say Rando. I’m an old school BBS’er, life long PC geek. Got a Mac last year and am in Heaven. Sometimes it’s good to give up some control and go with the flow …

      • Rando the Randoist says:

        I’m sorry. That really does suck.
        You know, I said that comment earlier in the day before my wife got a new laptop and gave me her old one. My old computer had XP. This one has Vista. I already hate Vista. My wife’s computer has Windows 7. Damn her.
        I also stupidly bought a game for my “new” laptop before I found out that this POS doesn’t meet any of the specifications necessary for it. I’m out $20 now. *sigh*

      • the_original_shortright says:

        i know this is after the fact and not too helpful, but an external harddrive is the best invention ever. i have all my photos, important documents, music, videos etc backed up on one that’s smaller than your average blackberry phone.

        you can walk into office max and buy a 1 terrabyte HDD for under $200.

        going forward you might want to get one.

        also, major *hugs* about the kitty. i still get upset about my first dog who died. and that was 6 years ago.

        • n00bs says:

          Those usb flash drives are great too, I got one with 8 Gig for $12.

        • It’s even better when you set it up as a network device. Then all of your computers can share the data (I have 5 in my house).

        • Oh, those things are awesome. We’ve been wanting to get one and probably will since my PC is slowly dying. Backing up to CD or DVD just doesn’t pay anymore with all the things that can go wrong (one scratch and your pictures can be toast).

        • mabsba says:

          *sigh* We have one. My husband was going to show me how to make Windows do the backup, but somehow that never happened. (I learned computers when they were MUCH larger and backed up onto tapes. Yeah, yeah, go look in a museum.)

          Thanks to all for kitty condolences. My husband has been cat shopping every weekend since and we now have Sid, who makes our fourth black kitty.

          Yes, we have returned to being a segregated household!

          Although hubby is eyeing a very nice gray kitty….

          Every time we have to put a cat down, he gets two. We started with one, then two, then three, then four, now back to four but he’s lobbying for a fifth.

          • the_original_shortright says:

            we have 2 dogs and a kitty. when our first dog was ill i said we needed to bring a puppy (who is now big dog #2) in so that big dog #1 could train her for us. about 3 years later big dog #1 was REALLY not doing well so i said we needed a critter for big dog #2 to play with. i brought home a teeny tiny 5lb black kitty. after big dog #1 died, big dog #2 got seriously depressed and wouldn’t even play with the kitty so i conned everyone into letting me bring home puppy #2.

            i still get dirty looks whenever any of the animals act up. it’s my fault we have all of them…

            • mabsba says:

              Hah! My boys (the teenager and the husband) blame everything on the cats. “Who ate the ice cream?” “Must have been Blackie.”

              Apparently we have the world’s most talented cats. Pretty soon they’ll be forgetting to put gas in the cars….

              • the_original_shortright says:

                puppy #2 is a border collie… it’s entirely possible she’s learned how to open the fridge. she figured out the back door in about 3 days. she’s too smart for her own good!

      • Scythelord says:

        If you lost your hard drive and blame that on windows, then I’m sorry, you fail. That is a hard drive failure, windows tells you about it using /gasp a blue screen. Has nothing to do with a failure of windows in any way.

        • the_original_shortright says:

          you just earned yourself the “insensitive jackass” sticker on your forehead. way to go!

          • Nah, he’s not being insensitive. He’s being very sensitive towards his best friend, the operating system. Silly people with their attachments to people or pets. The soulless, mindless computer is where real friendships are formed.

        • mabsba says:

          You should learn to read better. The blue screen “REQUIRED a hard drive wipe.” It was CAUSED by a virus. Which we got because windows internet security sucks. So you apparently are dumb as well as insensitive.

          Never had a hardware failure that prevented data recovery.

          Now, I will acknowledge that I should have expected to get yet another virus and done more frequent backups. However, I am not much of a surfer. My browser history probably has fewer than a dozen new entries per month.

          And if I had a Mac…no viruses.

    • PortlandMark says:

      Apple has many fine qualities, and I would never argue against them. However, Microsoft products allow all developers access to their tools, and for that alone, I like them better than Apple.

      • Justacarolinaian says:

        Wow, something you and I agree on. We better start looking for 4 guys on horses.

        • PortlandMark says:

          I suspect that if we had met somewhere in person, we would have gotten along quite well… until the subjects of religion and politics came up :)

          • Justacarolinaian says:

            Actually, as long as we didn’t hit too hard on certain aspects of religion or politics. Remember, I’m not a hard core right winger. *gasp* I don’t believe in the death penalty, and few other neo con ideals. I also don’t do the organized religion thing. I respect my fellow people of faith, but disagree with them bitterly. And still love them, btw.
            Now, if you happen to show up at Brew, Blues, and Barbeque next year in Charlotte, I’ll buy you a plate.

        • bitter charro the Floydist says:

          ZOMG 4 guys on horses just showed up at my house! They were mumbling about inferior OS and something about Pestilence..

          Pestilence is an asshole by the way. Of all of Death’s henchmen, he’s the dooshiest.

    • Andrew says:

      mac is the shit

  9. Koolboy says:

    SHOULD I CHANGE MY XP OS to Windows 7 ? i know VISTA sucks and i need a good Gaming OS for my computer

    • chocktaw says:

      This is a good place to ask that question. I’m sure you’ll not get many snarky answers.

    • Rando the Randoist says:

      Thank GOD you came here! How did you know the Pundit Kitchen political website is just a clever disguise for our IT support center?
      Seriously, though, my uncle did the beta for it and said he had no issues and planned to buy it. I, on the other hand, don’t trust anything from MS as soon as it comes out.

      • Justacarolinaian says:

        Yeah, we all know a Carolina gentleman that made THAT mistake with Vista, and has been grumbling about a certain laptop ever since.

        • After messing around with my wife’s old laptop last night (she got a new one for school, I got the hand me down LOL), I’m currently back on my PC. Vista BLOWS. Worst Windows ever. I actually missed XP. I want to play with my wife’s laptop because it has Windows 7, but I’m not allowed to touch it. Something about me destroying everything I touch.

        • Oh, I bloody HATE Vista! My wife wanted it on the last computer I build for her and she even hates it. Her laptop has it was well and I plan on upgrading both to Win7 asap.

          • Ivan The Shortrightist says:

            I just bought a laptop that has Vista on it, so this is my taste of it, and I HATE it! This is a pretty powerful machine, and it hangs and stutters! Luckily it comes with a free Windows 7 upgrade. I just have to wait for them to send it.

            I HATE VISTA!!

            • Rando the Randoist says:

              The last couple days have been a very frustrating experiment in trying to install a new game, and Games For Windows Live. I’ve installed it no fewer than 10 times, and as soon as I try to start it up, it insists that Games For Windows Live is missing. And I try to start the game on its own, I get a separate error. And trying to update stuff just freezes the entire system. So, in closing, I despise Vista. If I thought this laptop was gonna live very long, I’d totally upgrade to 7. As it is, the screen is dying on it, so it’s not worth the upgrade price to me. I’ll use this for internet purposes, but I’ll have to use my old PC with XP for games, which sucks if I want to play a Vista only game. :-\ Hopefully next year I’ll be able to afford a new laptop or desktop.

              • They have Vista only games? I wasn’t aware of that..

                • Against my better nature I was going to try the PC version of Halo 2, even though I heard bad things about it. Because of the version of Direct X it uses (which isn’t compatible with Windows XP, which they did on purpose), it is a Vista/Windows 7 only release. It’s their little way of trying to force XP users into Vista. There are a few other games like that, I can’t think of any off the top of my head. As it is, I still ended up wasting $20 on a game that won’t play on the laptop anyway.

    • Nebton says:

      If you’re committed to Windows, then you should upgrade to Windows 7. Or, if you’ve been committed. Either way.

  10. chocktaw says:

    The release of Windows 7 seems to be spawning a lot of WTF marketing from Microsoft.

  11. ethana2 says:

    Ubuntu release parties > Windows 7 release parties

  12. Dexaan says:

    Genesis does what Nintendon’t.

  13. Andrew says:

    spandex robots, and thats about it

  14. Really, I think it comes down to the user more than the operating system. Like myself, I’ve had the Beta/RC/RTM of Windows 7 for a long while and upgraded to the actual OS of Windows 7, I still don’t have a single problem. I’ve never had an downfalls or any crashes. I’ve never had problems with any Windows I’ve ever owned. Though, I own a Mac and It’s really up to personal like. Both of them I love and I really don’t see much difference besides the make, work, and appearance of it. A working computer is a working computer, am I right?

  15. PortlandMark says:

    I love the new ad Mac is running to celebrate Windows 7. [link]

  16. Aaron Hong says:

    Technically the Ultraman are aliens and not robots, but hey.

    And for those who think Ultraman has nothing to do with computers I got four words for you – Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad.

  17. lowly grunt says:

    !

  18. Mihai says:

    Ha… ha… very funny!

  19. -Redsands- says:

    Maybe because windows is the ONLY OS supporting games properly ?

    • Classicist the Zappaist says:

      Which has nothing to do with Microsoft requiring it that way, nosirree. Or video card makers not making drivers to work with other OSes. Or DirectX-dominated graphics libraries.

  20. Lai-Lai says:

    I thought it was “Windows Seven,” not “Windows Sentai.”

  21. Classicist the Zappaist says:

    Windows Seven
    Ultra Seven

    Ahaha, I get it.

    …What’s sad, though, is that I do actually find this slightly clever.

  22. true says:

    Just for the record.. these characters are part of the “Ultra Family” that started back in 1969. I dont know right off.. but the one on the left looks like Ultra Seven.. and the on the right looks like Ultraman Gaia.. Im sure there is a way you can look them up.. just do a search for Ultraman or Ultra Family Japan and there should be a list with pix. Ultraman is the longest running show on television and in Japan, Ultraman is like our DC Comics Superman. I would love to see some of the new shows.. but since they dont export them to the USA anymore.. its hard to get them.. although i think Netflix has the orginal series on DVD now.. Ultraman from the 1960’s..

    uses beta capsule… Hiii Yaaaaaaa wo wo wo wo wo

  23. armorhide says:

    am i the only one who know they arnt robots there aliens


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