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Old 07-17-2013, 10:19 AM   #368
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I still miss MS-DOS. There was so many things that I could do with it that takes much more work with Windows.
You are suffering needlessly. DOSBox, if you will excuse the cliche, is a better DOS than DOS. It includes sound card emulation and support for classic video configurations with modern video cards. Enjoy!

http://www.dosbox.com/

I didn't really want to jump on this thread. Where I stand is common knowledge...

1) Only the shape of computing is changing -- the Surface is a small computer.
2) Windows is fine. Eight is great! (sorry)

This morning, I am building a Vista machine. Vista is the most versatile version of Windows ever and runs on modest hardware while supporting modern hardware. I thought you might find my use cases interesting.

1) Media server: I have Rokus in my home and stream media to them from a Plex server. My primary source of programming is OTA and I have a HDHR3 on the network to capture files for my whole house DVR. WMC is ideal for this because it's free and includes a free program guide. WMC also looks nice on a television and supports remote controls. I could go Linux, but that would be harder and there is no Linux version of Playon.

2) Virtualization: I do some work with XP computers and my VPCs stopped working with Windows 8.

3) MovieMaker: The version that came with Vista is the best version of MM.

This machine will run XBMC or nPVR or Plex and output to the television in my bedroom while serving files and streams and encoding videos in the background. It will also be connected to a keyboard, mouse, and monitor on my desk for use as a computer.

You may think this is unusual and not typical, but a company called Sookbox is betting you are wrong. They are trying to do about half of this with a new product...

http://sookbox.com/

Anecdotally, both my kids want new desktops and my wife is thinking about abandoning Windows altogether for a 10" fire with a keyboard. A friend has asked me to help choose a desktop replacement laptop. Some people will always need/want computers. Others only used one because there were no alternatives. Now there are lots of alternatives and that is great. Pundits and Pontificaters manipulate data to support their positions, but the personal computer is here for the foreseeable future.

So is Microsoft.
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