Guy Fawkes <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
> "Hadron Quark" <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:87slawivj2.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "Guy Fawkes" <spare_the_rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
>>> news:1403755.sq3BhvopCs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Warning! Microsoft's New Power-Grab
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Turns out that a main application did NOT work with Vista. I'm not
>>>> sure
>>>> | about why, but it involved mounting a shared disk. So, I went back to
>>>> | Best Buy to buy a copy of XP (the full version since I would be
>>>> | installing from scratch.) After spending an hour loading XP, I realize
>>>> | that neither the wireless nor ethernet adapters worked, and the
>>>> | graphics card on the laptop was not supported. Groan. It HAD to
>>>> | be the network cards, didn't it!?
>>>> |
>>>> | [...]
>>>> |
>>>> | So, a bit frustrated, but ultimately satisfied with Best Buy, I
>>>> promptly
>>>> | went home and ordered an equivalent Dell laptop (with XP) online.
>>>> |
>>>> | [...]
>>>> |
>>>> | If you purchase a PC, make sure that all your devices & applications
>>>> work
>>>> | with Vista, or that you have the option of retro-grading the OS back
>>>> to
>>>> | XP if you choose.
>>>> `----
>>>
>>> I was afraid this would happen. It wouldn't surprise me that Linux also
>>> will
>>> have trouble installing on a Vista-ready laptop. My guess is that
>>> Microsoft
>>> has engineered the hardware in such a way that only Vista will install on
>>> it
>>> and no other OS, just to throw sand in Linux's engine.
>>>
>>> Has anyone managed to install Linux on a Vista-ready PC?
>>
>> Please tell me you are joking here?
>>
>> How has Microsoft engineered any hardware you buffoon?
>
> By making up the hardware specifications to which PC makers need to abide to
> gain the 'Windows Vista Ready' certification (which they all want).
>
I don't know how much control Microsoft could exert over hardware, but I
think they could look to mess around with the BIOS and boot-loaders to
make things even more difficult. I wonder how long it will be before
the first "Dual-book Linux & Vista" Howto appears. I suppose my first
question would be "why do you want vista?".
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