Beyond that, I long ago tired of feeding this particular troll.
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Posted on 08/30/2007 6:59:42 AM PDT by ShadowAce
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Wednesday it will release a major package of updates and fixes for the Windows Vista operating system in the first half of 2008.
The company said a "beta" test version of Service Pack 1 will be released "in a few weeks to a moderate sized audience." The SP1 beta includes updates Microsoft has already made to the operating system it started selling to consumers at the end of January.
The service pack fixes some common problems that cause computers to crash or freeze, Microsoft said, including compatibility problems with some newer graphics cards, external monitors and printer drivers. Microsoft said it also fixed some problems users had with putting their PCs to sleep and waking them up again.
The company said SP1 is also expected to improve battery performance, increase the speed of copying files and help Internet Explorer run faster on Vista.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said SP1 also brings several security improvements.
Microsoft said it expects to release Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, Vista's predecessor, in the first half of 2008 as well, but in a statement added that it "should not significantly change the Windows XP experience."
In the past, some of Microsoft's business clients used the release of a service pack as a sign that a new operating system was stable enough to install. Analysts have said Vista seems more reliable out of the box than past versions of Windows, and that businesses need not wait for the service pack.
Because Linux use is dropping according to several web counters out there, Vista installs have already exceeded all versions of Linux combined.
I call BS.
You can change all of those things you complain about. In fact you can make it look and act just like XP if you wish, it will just run your apps several times faster.
You yammer and stammer, but there's nothing worth listening to coming out of your mouth.
HAND troll.
Just trying to catch you up to date on how bad Vista was smoking your Linuz in desktop deployments, Apple is crushing them too of course but you can keep hiding under a rock if you want. Have a nice day!
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Actually looks more like some Lunix pushers I’ve met LOL.
Study the pic above. It's a snapshot of my desktop. I'm currently running
I will grant you that gamers have indeed pushed technology and helped the innovation cycle which benefits all of us.
I also agree that Apple until recently made huge marketing mistakes and has ignored whole sections of the market.
I also don’t think from your description that you are a slouch and your message has changed my perception of gamers.
My point really was just to say that Apple makes a better and more stable product.
Do you have top end hardware? I bought a Vista machine from Dell (Athlon 64X2 4100+,2GB Ram, 7200RPM SATA, 6150LE Nvidia), and it stutters audio on DVD playback, and is generally mush more sluggish than XP SP2.
Also, UAC takes a looooong time to come up sometimes, delaying program starts dramatically in some cases.
I will say it’s only BSOD’d once (despite 100% signed Vista drivers!) compared to XP SP2 having a BSOD every other week (flaky hardware, but impossible to pinpoint which, bad exception handling?).
I worked as a sysadmin on Windows boxes, and for poorly maintained machines that have Internet connections, I'd say that's about right. For well maintained machines on mid to high end hardware, you'll get a much better experience.
However, I always recommend Apple products for people who don't have an IT person handy.
Gamers buy a lot of the cutting edge hardware that represents better profit margins than commodity hardware does. The only reason that Apple can afford to ignore them is because they charge a premium for their good design philosophy and niche monopolies among creative types. If Linux, FreeBSD or Microsoft “catches up” on UI simplicity, Apple will probably have to start catering to the gamer market or disappear as a company.
Plenty of gamers make six figure salaries, but they are the ones that can control their habits, and/or do without sleep.
I used Microsoft’s Driver analysis tool, it says all drivers are signed for Vista. I’m thinking it’s just too bloated to handle on the integrated video and audio. I heard a rumor that there are some computationally expensive checks for copyright infringement built into the media center, but whatever it is, throwing a couple hundred dollars worth of hardware at it is probably the solution (or installing XP SP2 or Ubuntu over the top of it).
I got a lot of BSODs on my XP SP2 comp because the motherboard probably had some issues (it was a “gift” from a friend). From my work machine experience though I have a much higher opinion of XP SP2 than pre-SP Vista. Ideally I’d be able to quadruple boot XP/Vista/Ubuntu/OSX, but I can settle for Vista and maybe Ubuntu for now.
After you pony up for the 512 MB of memory it takes for Vista to run itself alone, and the much higher speed processor and motherboard, etc.
Right ?
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