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Article #42Re: Don't buy Foxcon Mboards being sold with dodgy BIOS
From: 7
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:28
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:28
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Conor wrote: > In article <20080726130222.27f0837e@bluemoon>, Rob Morley says... >> The fact that they seem to think that >> getting MS approval is the same as fully complying with the standard >> really doesn't say much for their skills or attitude, does it? >> > They never claimed such a thing. They claimed MS compatibility and it > is. > > And it's Foxconn so hardly the kind of kit you'd put in a decent built. > To be fair, it just further illustrates that most Linux users are > cheapskates. You don't know what cheap skate is? I run dual core with Ubuntu and VirtualBox. Windummy OSen runs at least twice as fast in emulation in a neat little window as an application and its running on a translucent 3D desktop. Learn and weep you cheap fsck with your pathetic windummy OSen and lack of knowledge about Linux. http://www.ubuntu.com http://www.youtube.com search for compiz and virtualbox
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