Don't mind me. I know you all will get pretty tired of me writing about Linux all of the time, but I just can't help it.
Today at the office I was asked to burn a CD of a bunch of files off of the corporate network. This is the first time I've burned a CD under Microsoft XP... Ever!
As I got started, I was very surprised to see XP tell me that I should close all other applications that may be running before proceeding with my burning. It warned me that having other apps running could interfere with the burning process, causing my CD to be unusable.
What? Is it serious or is XP just playing with me? I thought Microsoft Windows was suppose to be able to handle multi-tasking.
I'm at home right now, working on my Linux desktop. At this very moment, I'm writing this message, burning a CD and downloading some MP3s. I can guarantee that my message will be posted, my CD will finish burning, and my MP3s will download without any problems what-so-ever. I don't get any such warnings (and there's no need for them either) from my Linux OS.
Do you know that I can watch an MPEG file and/or listen to an MP3 AS it's being downloaded?! That's pretty remarkable to me, coming from a MS-Windows background. I still could never pull something like that off with my top of the line XP computer at the office.
Oh well, just goes to show you that you don't always get what you pay for. Well, I guess you would if you expected nothing but crappy software from ol' Billy G. and Co.
Today at the office I was asked to burn a CD of a bunch of files off of the corporate network. This is the first time I've burned a CD under Microsoft XP... Ever!
As I got started, I was very surprised to see XP tell me that I should close all other applications that may be running before proceeding with my burning. It warned me that having other apps running could interfere with the burning process, causing my CD to be unusable.
What? Is it serious or is XP just playing with me? I thought Microsoft Windows was suppose to be able to handle multi-tasking.
I'm at home right now, working on my Linux desktop. At this very moment, I'm writing this message, burning a CD and downloading some MP3s. I can guarantee that my message will be posted, my CD will finish burning, and my MP3s will download without any problems what-so-ever. I don't get any such warnings (and there's no need for them either) from my Linux OS.
Do you know that I can watch an MPEG file and/or listen to an MP3 AS it's being downloaded?! That's pretty remarkable to me, coming from a MS-Windows background. I still could never pull something like that off with my top of the line XP computer at the office.
Oh well, just goes to show you that you don't always get what you pay for. Well, I guess you would if you expected nothing but crappy software from ol' Billy G. and Co.