Posted 09/04/2009 at 10:46:58am

Sure, hardware DRM will be present in Win 7 but there will be hackers providing patches and overrides. Smart people do not want to be sheep! So we turn to the dark side of the net to get our freedom.

Want to know why people pirate and break the law? Poverty and selfishness...lol But also they want freedom.I buy a $60 pc video game and according to the license, I am only leasing it! I can only install it so many times! I can't go to the bathroom without these freakin' software companies giving me permission! F YOU!!!!!!! I use NODVD patches and cracks just to maintain my privacy!What a monoploy of manipulation.

And speaking of monoply and manipulation...look at APPLE! Talk about serious customer abuses, proprietary control, price fixing. Microsoft may not be a saint, but Apple is the absolute Vito Corleone of the tech world folks! Get a clue, do your research. They try to act like they are the friendly "hippies" of technology but they really are mobster thugs. I compliment the work, the OSes, the Ipod, etc. Good stuff absolutely...the talent is there...but the corporate nuts running it are rotten to the Apple's core. 

Back to Microsoft. Windows 7 is a true OS this time. XP was great but weak. Vista was a nice try but lame. I have been running 7 on 5 of my PCs and my main laptop that I use for consulting. Currently, my only problem has been with the software not being ready for Win 7. This is my fault though. I am diving in waaaaaay early. 

Personally, I don't care about hardware DRM because Linux lets me do what I need easily!!!!!!! And once any and all DRM is stripped out, I can use it on any machine I please! As soon as someone creates a hack to kill that feature in 7 I WILL USE IT and install it on every client pc if that client wants me to out of principle! 

This desire for freedom leads us to Linux. Now, I love Linux, however, it needs to get with the real world and stop being so complicated and confusing. I have been using Linux for 10 years and I still have headaches with it. Once you learn what you are doing with Windows...it is easy and consistent!  Until a consitent, unified Linux effort is created and comes forward...Windows 7 is going to dominate just as XP did.

Yeah, I have been around PCs since the mid 80s. I have heard these stupid rantings since back then. That list of 7 reasons by Wired is food for thought, yet pretty weak. When Windows ME failed, people said they would give up Windows 98se when it was pried from their cold dead hands. 99.99% all bowed before XP. DO I think you should dive in to Win 7 right away? No. I would give it till after spring of 2010. But it will dominate.

Posted 01/09/2008 at 07:25:11pm

And as soon as it is available in my area, GOODBYE to Comcast. Not that I like or trust Verizon but competition is needed. I plan on writing letters to Comcast letting them know why they got dropped...because of the filtering nonsense. I do online gaming, my son does WOW, and sometimes we LAN with private servers and our friends connect with Hamachi. For 3 years, we never had problems, then suddenly...weeks and weeks we had trouble. Comcast said it was us, not them. Then the news broke and it all added up. FIOS is happening in 2 towns to the east and west of us. Our population is about the same and it is an upscale town too. I know FIOS is maybe 12 months away. I CANNOT WAIT TO GET SOME REVENGE!

Posted 07/26/2007 at 01:40:52pm

I have toyed and played with Linux over the past few years. Mostly in the safe confines of a virtual machine under VMWARE. Now I am dual booting Kubuntu on my Compaq laptop and loving it. Unfortunately I need to IE 7 due to career specific websites that demand it and do not support other browsers. It is killing me! Linux is more friendly than ever, more and more books are published on it, the internet is an awesome resource. Now is the time! I know I am deeply annoyed at Apple's proprietary attitude and Microsoft's crush, kill, destroy idealogy. No more drinking the Kool-Aid for me. I hope to be completely free of Windoze within 2 years.

Posted 07/26/2007 at 01:33:36pm

Love the Linux contributions here. I hope for a PDF or print magazine called Maximum Linux one day. My checkbook is open and ready. Keep up the great articles like this.

Posted 07/26/2007 at 01:23:18pm

I loved this article and want to see more Penguin material in the future. I think it would be awesome if Max PC would dedicate just 2 or 3 pages toward the back each month. May I share an idea? I think you have a market here waiting to be dominated by your company. All the decent Linux magazines out there (Linux Format and Linux Pro being the 2 best IMO)are way too expensive! They cost about $150 to $200 US dollars per year. Ironic huh? The gospel is free and open source but the education is $$$! lol They do not offer cheaper subscriptions without DVDs stuck to them. I think MAX PC could either do a print edition with or without DVDs more cheaply (I know I would pay $30-40 per year without DVDs) and grab the US market. It is waiting for you. Here is an even better idea... Why not do a completely downloadable .PDF version on a monthly basis. Maybe charge $10 per year for existing MAX subscribers and $15 per year for non-subscribers. Please, PLEASE consider this. Thanks and keep up the great work. I keep renewing every year.