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If you run XP then you can enable automatic updates and as soon as you boot and XP runs then it will start to download the updates (you'll see a little yellow icon in the bottom toolbar usually on the right hand side).
The posts in this thread are almost surreal.
It really beggars belief that Microsoft can make what is IMO such a godawful operating system and people just keep buying it.
I'm running XP Pro and until earlier this year when a Microsoft patch clobbered all my ATI drivers I used automatic updates. After that fiasco I backed off that option so that I'm notified whenever updates are available. Now I research every one before allowing the download/install. Also, FWIW, I have my weekly backup setup to run on Monday night because their updates usually filter in on Tuesday.
The posts in this thread are almost surreal.
It really beggars belief that Microsoft can make what is IMO such a godawful operating system and people just keep buying it.
Get a Mac.
Experience is the only way to find out which is really better. Firefox still renders pages better, and it can be more secure than IE if you know a little about how web design works (hint: disable all Javascript except trusted sites and set Java AND Flash as blocked until selected). So ... yeah, they all have their ups and downs, but FF still is better for most people and IE6 (the one they use for comparison) is not HTML4 compatible, so many sites will render wrong now.
The posts in this thread are almost surreal.
It really beggars belief that Microsoft can make what is IMO such a godawful operating system and people just keep buying it.
Chrome has quickly become my browser of choice. I also like Opera, FF, and Maxthon 2.
*pouts* I am mad at Google, they use Ubuntu but they aren't making Chrome for Linux. But then Firefox just rules in Linux and the OS has no issues with it at all. I just want to try Chrome. I don't like Opera for one reason, I can't get it configured right for Java. It just won't run Java applets with remote resources well.
I downloaded a Chrome for linux. It isn't very stable though - not sure who got it running. I wonder if it works in WINE?
So in response to the possibility of losing out they release Vista (even worse than XP). Vista is written to have appeal for all the graphic lovers, but is over-integrated (thus why IE actually uses less resources because it's using widgets built in). The biggest flaw with this is that many software companies that have been making games for a long time will stop making two versions (now that Mac will be able to run more *nix code) and will eventually just choose *nix compatible libraries to avoid the costly copyrights for Vista (and future versions) of Windoze.
You probably are running it through WINE. The WINE scripts are capable of running as programs so some people have made actual installs that setup through WINE (a nifty little thing). All I have found are the WINE installs though, I prefer not to use it if I don't have to (and I don't have to yet). Chrome is unstable through WINE. Google has said they will release a true Linux version some day just for us who want to play with it, but since they are not in competition with Firefox and Firefox is a release navigator for Linux they aren't in a hurry. But it looks so pretty and may be fun for quick trips to the web.
Oh, if not WINE then a Crossover code, which is just as unstable.