Posted on 07/24/2007 11:46:55 PM PDT by HAL9000
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The tip, incredible. The source, ironclad. Microsoft has apparently told executives at one of the world's largest PC makers not to expect a formal release of Windows Vista SP1 -- the first major set of upgrades and bug fixes to its Vista operating system -- until 2009 at the earliest. That explains why Microsoft was so desperate to correct erroneous reports, spread by a careless team of developers at Microsoft, that a beta version of SP1 would be out last week. Microsoft now says it "currently anticipates" a beta of SP1 later this year. Anticipations, of course, are not always met. Especially if you're a sluggish beast like Microsoft, with thousands of developers to keep in train on a release. And this delay would have wide aftershocks.The rumored delay in SP1, of course, means that it would be impossible for Microsoft to deliver its next version of Windows by 2010, as Windows watcher Mary Jo Foley believes. At ZDNet, David Berlind asks the smart question: Will any future version of Windows matter, as developers and users shift to the Web? Any delays in SP1, of course, make subsequent releases less and less relevant.
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Enjoy the ECS etc motherboards you get in those pre-builts.
If your time is worth anything you'll lose the savings in lost time.
OS/X doesn’t work on anything but Macs right?
Any suggestions?
Most people capable of using Linux as their primary O/S have already given it a spin, and the result is Linux use is dropping according to both w3schools and net applications web stats.
Get a Mac, it’s real UNIX not some foreign clone attempt.
You can still buy a Dell with Windows XP.
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