All this lockdown paranoia is unfounded. Look at what has happened to every console, every phone, everything worth cracking... they all run linux. Every DRM, every software, everything is crackable and everything gets cracked. Half of Russia, Asia and South America can't even buy legit copies, they only have access to pirated versions.
A couple of american engineers aren't going to stop anyone (though they can be dicks about it and slow everything down).
>>48
There shouldn`t be anything to crack in a freedom-respecting software world.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 15:03
>>48 Half of Russia, Asia and South America can't even buy legit copies, they only have access to pirated versions.
Actually Micro$oft has special planning for these countries: it sells reduced versions. I.e. you can't openly buy pirated software in Russia anymore.
>>51
To download Windows 7, one needs Windows 7. And you can't purchase PC without pre-installed Windows.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 15:14
Microsoft® Secure Poot™: The only way to fart™
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Anonymous2012-04-12 15:34
>>52 To download Windows 7, one needs Windows 7.
To download Windows 7 off bittorrent, one needs a copy of Ubuntu (free CD) and a torrent client (I think it comes with one).
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Anonymous2012-04-12 16:01
>>50
That's good. Instead of using a crippled Windows version those people might switch to Linux or some other free OS.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 16:04
>>55
It won't be bootable, haven't you read >>1 you little freetard?
>>56
Microsoft itself requires a way to turn it off on x86, and the lack of that functionality on ARM will not outlast Microsoft's appeals in the inevitable anti-trust suit.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 16:14
What exactly do OEMs gain by ``Windows sticker compliance''?
It's not like anyone will assume they don't run Windows otherwise.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 17:16
>>59 Microsoft itself requires a way to turn it off on x86,
Right, you actually believe that.
and the lack of that functionality on ARM will not outlast Microsoft's appeals in the inevitable anti-trust suit.
haha naive idealist
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Anonymous2012-04-12 17:24
A victory for Loongson. ¡Viva la MIPS revolución!
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Anonymous2012-04-12 21:06
>>62
450$ for a piece of junk with a 3-cell battery that doesn't last over 2h? Please.
Nobody at all should be using Windows on a home computer.
If you're smart enough to install Linux you should use it or Mac OS to get the advantages of a mediocre modern UNIX.
If you're not smart enough to install Linux then you're stupid enough to click hot-girl-strips.free-MSN-smilies.jpg.mp3.zip.exe and should get a Mac to save you from yourself.
Windows is only suitable for secretaries in Big Corporate environments with a large IT team to lock it down and to nuke it after it gets spl0it3d.
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Anonymous2012-04-13 1:07
Money are dopamine of the hive mind, while central banks, like IMF, are the dopamine emitters, which are controlled mostly by the Jews. Kill all the Jews and you'll kill the globalization Hydra. There should be no mercy to the Jews, because they are the neurons of our Enemy.
Remember: it's these dollars, the Jews print, make your life bad, so every Jew you kill will make your country better. Help your nation's economic and culture - kill Jewish internationalists.
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Anonymous2012-04-13 16:28
>>67 Mac OS to get the advantages of a mediocre modern UNIX.
And all the disadvantages of an OS designed by Apple, including a brain-dead user interface and, well, closed-sourcedness.
True, but it would be just as bad if you stayed with Windows.
My respect for Mac OS went way way up when I learned that all the native text widgets support Emacs keys by default.
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Anonymous2012-04-13 16:58
Mac OS to get the advantages of a mediocre modern UNIX.
Mac OS isn't UNIX you dipshit. It doesn't even do multitasking properly, as programs have to VOLUNTARILY give up the CPU. Might as well stick with Windows 3.11. Only a true Apple fanboy would advocate using such a shitty, outdated OS.
The security difference between Windows, Linux and OSX is miniscule. Their codebases all controlled from centralized source and can include any backdoor, ZOG wants. The only viable way to keep your system secure is custom hardware and software.
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Anonymous2012-04-13 20:02
>>73
Fail. Try again you no talent, homosexual mental midget.