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Tony Raven
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Mike Causer wrote:
>
> Lapdogs are a special case; the manufacturers modify even the Windoze
> hardware drivers to get them to operate, so that trying to install
> Windows from Microsoft's own CDs won't work. You must install everything
> that drives hardware from the lapdog creator's own CDs. No course in
> computer science (ain't science, it's still magic and requires sacrifice
> of chickens & goats) will fix the proprietary hardware / proprietary
> software problem.
>
Well that wipes out 35% of the PC market. I run Microsoft Windows on
laptops just fine - the generic drivers work most of the time and its
pretty easy to add the drivers for any proprietary stuff from the
manufacturer's CDs or website. Maybe its inexperience but I was no
closer doing that with just one driver after a day on Linux than I was
at the start.
Tony
>
> Lapdogs are a special case; the manufacturers modify even the Windoze
> hardware drivers to get them to operate, so that trying to install
> Windows from Microsoft's own CDs won't work. You must install everything
> that drives hardware from the lapdog creator's own CDs. No course in
> computer science (ain't science, it's still magic and requires sacrifice
> of chickens & goats) will fix the proprietary hardware / proprietary
> software problem.
>
Well that wipes out 35% of the PC market. I run Microsoft Windows on
laptops just fine - the generic drivers work most of the time and its
pretty easy to add the drivers for any proprietary stuff from the
manufacturer's CDs or website. Maybe its inexperience but I was no
closer doing that with just one driver after a day on Linux than I was
at the start.
Tony