Portal 2 Update Released - Polidicks

Jesus Christ, How come every time someone says they're using XP suddenly there's a huge XP vs 7 war?

Windows 7 is more secure then XP.

[QUOTE=Zackin5;29768738]Jesus Christ, How come every time someone says they're using XP suddenly there's a huge XP vs 7 war?[/QUOTE] because the more fortunate people like to assume everyone has the same amount of money and living expenses that they do when actually they do not

[QUOTE=Macktastic;29768613]first of all it's $100 second it has a much better-looking, cleaner GUI than XP's, and it's much easier to navigate/search through and that alone makes it worth the upgrade also DX10+ support but what I just said above probably falls into your 'I don't need it' list, but personally coming from XP myself, and I'm sure many others agree, I found 7 monumentally better to just simply [i]use[/i] on a day-to-day basis[/QUOTE] $100 for the lowest version, and I'd probably get Professional so I can run XP programs, which it says the Home Premium version can't do. I checked some websites that say why you should upgrade from XP to 7, and the majority of it is just these little features like shaking Windows around like a fool instead of going in like a man and closing them manually. There's also that it looks better (well, I'll just download a Windows 7 theme for XP if I ever get tired of the Royale theme, which I fucking love. Then there's easy navigation, which I don't really think I'll need...because on XP there's nothing I need help finding... I mean Windows 7 would be nice and all, but Windows XP does EVERYTHING I want it to do. Besides, lately I haven't found video games as fun as they used to be. I have a huge selection of games, and I even bought Portal 2, but it just doesn't entertain me like it used to, so the video game reason for Windows 7 isn't all that great to me. I hear Windows 8 comes out soon, guess you guys will all throw away Windows 7 when that happens. [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Leather Belt;29768648][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/bEo0O.png[/img_thumb] What a well thought out response, you win.[/QUOTE] It's a rating, why do you make such a big deal out of it? I found your misquoting of me quite dumb, so I used the rating in hopes of someone not having to waste their time taking a screenshot of it, upload it, then make a new post starting something stupid.

So how did this go from Portal 2 to a XP vs 7 flamewar? You people are idiots.

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;29768774]$100 for the lowest version, and I'd probably get Professional so I can run XP programs, which it says the Home Premium version can't do. I checked some websites that say why you should upgrade from XP to 7, and the majority of it is just these little features like shaking Windows around like a fool instead of going in like a man and closing them manually. There's also that it looks better (well, I'll just download a Windows 7 theme for XP if I ever get tired of the Royale theme, which I fucking love. Then there's easy navigation, which I don't really think I'll need...because on XP there's nothing I need help finding... I mean Windows 7 would be nice and all, but Windows XP does EVERYTHING I want it to do. Besides, lately I haven't found video games as fun as they used to be. I have a huge selection of games, and I even bought Portal 2, but it just doesn't entertain me like it used to, so the video game reason for Windows 7 isn't all that great to me. I hear Windows 8 comes out soon, guess you guys will all throw away Windows 7 when that happens.[/QUOTE] assuming you have a genuine disk of XP, you can have XP mode on Home Premium anyways most of us upgraded to 7 because it offered the same jump that Office 2007 did over 2003, and no, we won't 'throw away' our copies of 7; we'll upgrade when Microsoft releases another operating system that offers the same jump that 7 did over XP.

[QUOTE=Lyoko774;29768800]So how did this go from Portal 2 to a XP vs 7 flamewar? You people are idiots.[/QUOTE] It all started when I said that there was a problem with the XP version. Then the Windows 7 related replies started rolling in, then I replied that I don't need it, then it went downhill. [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Macktastic;29768807]assuming you have a genuine disk of XP, you can have XP mode on Home Premium anyways most of us upgraded to 7 because it offered the same jump that Office 2007 did over 2003, and no, we won't 'throw away' our copies of 7; we'll upgrade when Microsoft releases another operating system that offers the same jump that 7 did over XP.[/QUOTE] Once I get some money to upgrade my hardware so I'm not dealing with 320GB HDD, 2GB ram, and generally old hardware, I'll get Windows 7 along with it, but before that happens, XP is doing what I need done. I had a Newegg cart a couple months ago, with parts to build a new PC, with Windows 7, the price was about $800, and even had NVidia's newest graphics card, but then a combo ended, things became out of stock, and the Intel Sandy Bridge got recalled, so I got frustrated and said to myself, 'this is BS, I'm sticking with XP'.

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;29768832]It all started when I said that there was a problem with the XP version.[/QUOTE] Now that you say it... Is that the reason I can't use Garry's Mod on Windows XP anymore?

Fucking hell just stop clogging up this NEWS THREAD with XP vs Windows 7 posts. The Portal 2 authoring tools not working on XP is a BUG that Valve WILL fix. Both XP and 7 are supported by MS for quite a while so who cares.

Hey XP users! You can use a shovel to dig a ditch. You can also, however, use a tea spoon. Now what can the shovel do that the spoon can't?! I'm sticking with the spoon! :downs:

that's a horrible analogy

[QUOTE=Meatpuppet;29769059]that's a horrible analogy[/QUOTE] Good point, I didn't think of that. How about this: You can use an old, rusty, heavy shovel to dig a ditch, or a shiny new one.

OK, Windows 7 > Windows XP I'll settle for less than until I get a better rig. The end.

[QUOTE=ilolled;29769073]Good point, I didn't think of that. How about this: You can use an old, rusty, heavy shovel to dig a ditch, or a shiny new one.[/QUOTE] That's also a horrible analogy. Computers are not the same as hard labor, only an idiot would agree with either side of that.

If you can't afford it, fair enough. But stop trying to pretend it's better when it's not!

People try to make smartass "witty" analogies all the time, and they fail miserably, because they always compare two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS and pretend they are the same, and then people argue about that instead of the original subject. [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=ilolled;29769141]If you can't afford it, fair enough. But stop trying to pretend it's better when it's not![/QUOTE] who's pretending it's better

I don't think you know what an analogy is

[QUOTE=Doomish;29769130]That's also a horrible analogy. Computers are not the same as hard labor, only an idiot would agree with either side of that.[/QUOTE] The shovel wasn't meant to represent just labor, it was to represent a [i]way[/i] of doing things.

That's like saying dolphins always eat different things than humans and that that is bad [editline]12th May 2011[/editline] automerge [editline]12th May 2011[/editline] that was a joke by the way

[QUOTE=ilolled;29769167]The shovel wasn't meant to represent just labor, it was to represent a [i]way[/i] of doing things.[/QUOTE] It doesn't matter. To make an analogy, you have to take two things that are alike, and compare them to two other things that are alike. A PC is not like a shovel by any standard. A PC cannot represent a shovel. It does not take an extraneous amount of effort to build a PC. You don't even have to stand up to build a PC. You cannot compare a PC and a shovel because, unlike Windows 7 and Windows XP, there are no similarities. To have your analogy make sense, there needs to be at least something comprable between the object that represents the part of your argument and not just "I don't like this game therefore it will take the place of shit in my witty analogy, and the person being given the game will have shit given to them on a platter, which happens in real life all the time! It makes perfect sense! Winners all around please!". It just doesn't work. [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] This is neither here nor there on either side of the argument, however, and it isn't relevant. I suppose a better analogy would be: "Comparing Windows XP to Windows 7 is like comparing 2 gigabytes of ram to 6 gigabytes of ram, one is just far superior."

[QUOTE=Doomish;29769258]It doesn't matter. To make an analogy, you have to take two things that are alike, and compare them to two other things that are alike. A PC is not like a shovel by any standard. A PC cannot represent a shovel. It does not take an extraneous amount of effort to build a PC. You don't even have to stand up to build a PC. You cannot compare a PC and a shovel because, unlike Windows 7 and Windows XP, there are no similarities. To have your analogy make sense, there needs to be at least something comprable between the object that represents the part of your argument and not just "I don't like this game therefore it will take the place of shit in my witty analogy, and the person being given the game will have shit given to them on a platter, which happens in real life all the time! It makes perfect sense! Winners all around please!". It just doesn't work. [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] This is neither here nor there on either side of the argument, however, and it isn't relevant. I suppose a better analogy would be: "Comparing Windows XP to Windows 7 is like comparing 2 gigabytes of ram to 6 gigabytes of ram, one is just far superior."[/QUOTE] Maybe "analogy" wasn't really the right word, but I was trying to convey that while yes, they CAN do mostly the same things, one of them gets it done a lot quicker and more efficiently. That's all. Nothing about price.

[QUOTE=Doomish;29769258]It doesn't matter. To make an analogy, you have to take two things that are alike, and compare them to two other things that are alike.[/QUOTE] nope [editline]12th May 2011[/editline] that's a simile

My Model-T works just fine! Hell, it might not have all the modern amenities and safety features, but it gets the job done!

Windows 7 is like a tractor while XP is like a lawnmower.

[QUOTE=Meatpuppet;29769389]nope [editline]12th May 2011[/editline] that's a simile[/QUOTE] Whoops. Doesn't matter, his simile still wasn't a good one. [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Wootman;29769446]Windows 7 is like a tractor while XP is like a lawnmower.[/QUOTE] One is a mostly gas-powered machine that mows grass while the other is more human-powered but still requires gas and hauls plowing tools and assists in the act of farming? That doesn't work either.

hey buddy an analogy is meant to compare things in a metaphoric sense

[QUOTE=Macktastic;29769611]hey buddy an analogy is meant to compare things in a metaphoric sense[/QUOTE] okay where did anyone do that properly

This thread started out about a Portal 2 update that affected Macs, and it turned into a debate about Windows Operating Systems. Only on Facepunch.

[QUOTE=Doomish;29769649]okay where did anyone do that properly[/QUOTE] last page, I'm not going to comment on whether they were good or not, but they were analogies regardless I'm just calling you out on that because you've been saying stuff like "no that's not an analogy because a shovel is not a computer" [editline]wef[/editline] [QUOTE=TheWhiteFox1;29769678]This thread started out about a Portal 2 update that affected Macs, and it turned into a debate about Windows Operating Systems. Only on Facepunch.[/QUOTE] don't forget analogies

[QUOTE=Macktastic;29769698]last page, I'm not going to comment on whether they were good or not, but they were analogies regardless I'm just calling you out on that because you've been saying stuff like "no that's not an analogy because a shovel is not a computer"[/QUOTE] They aren't even similar in a metaphorical sense. He was literally saying [I]nothing[/I]. [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] only on facepunch(tm)