Here's my Linux box.
Posted on 01/23/2009 12:24:39 PM PST by ETL
For an operating system that took five years to create, Windows Vista’s reputation went down in flames amazingly quickly. Not since Microsoft Bob has anything from the software giant drawn so much contempt and derision. Not every company lives to see the day when its customers beg, plead and sign petitions to bring back the previous version of its flagship product.
One thing’s for sure: it won’t take Microsoft five years to produce the next Windows. The company wants to put Vista behind it as soon as possible. In fact, the next version of Windows is almost here already. It’s called Windows 7, and it’s available as a free download, in surprisingly smooth, stable test form, from microsoft.com/springboard (until Saturday).
It looks and works a lot like Vista. In fact, what Microsoft seems to be going for in Windows 7 is “Vista, fixed.”
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Here's my Linux box.
It was XP. And I just had it in ther shop back over Christmas after a previous MS update skewered my video drivers.
I like XP, but my new Dell Laptop came with XP-Pro .. they are NOT the same.
OTOH, I don't know when I'm ever going to try it since I am overjoyed with my Macs (using OS X.4 & OS X.5)
I hope MS gets their act together and stops this nonsense.
But they won’t....and we will continue to purchase their computers. (shaking my head)
I have hard enough time just trying to keep up with the news.
Then this thing goes kabluey! Is that a word? ;-)
My DVD Optical went out in this laptop and they don’t have a replacement. At least I haven’t been able to find it.
So when it crashed, I had VISTA re-installed and the DVD started working again.
Don’t know what that was all about. They didn’t either.
But it probably was one of the updates.
The irony is the people that have overly badmouth Vista have created an enviorment where Microsoft can sell Windows 7 as a new OS, and not provided it free as a Vista service pack 2 upgrade
For what you're running I'm surprised you don't build your own system. There's always better performance for advanced apps with those than the pre-fabs. A call to your local computer club and a 'project' to build the best system for what you can afford should work.
Another thing, they are removing the classic Windows Start Menu. Just another way for Microsoft to screw with a computer.
When in doubt a clean install... it fixes a multitude of sins... Oh yes and BACKUP! your files before you do it
The beta is doing well for me even under a VM on OS X. Quite speedy even compared to XP.
Their attempt to emulate the Dock from OS X is pretty sad.
Microsoft obviously did some good under the hood. Now it’s time for them to get some of their own ideas. Copying (or “getting inspiration”) from others is okay, but at least what you produce should be better than the original, not inferior.
Microsoft ad: Buy Vista, it's not that bad.
I want an OS that's REALLY GOOD.
And I bought one instead of upgrading from XP to Vista.
Amen. VMware Fusion rocks on my Macs.
I'll add to your list... in addition to all the above, I:
Run NetBSD / FreeBSD
Run Win2K
Run Win98
Run MS-DOS
LOL!
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