__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Wednesday 25 April 2007 22:48 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer
> <spam@xxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:24:32 +0100
> <21q4g4-pc4.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that The Ghost In The Machine spake thusly:
>>
>>> This just in from the "Oh really? How could we tell?" department.
>>>
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/23/gamers.vista.ap/index.html
>>>
>>> Game makers excited about Windows Vista
>>>
>>> (Yeah? How about the users?)
>>
>> [snips]
>>
>> Executive summary:
>>
>> Windows Vista turns your PC into a gaming powerhouse, and it's as easy
>> as spending thousands on new hardware, then rebooting the PC mid-game,
>> due to Microsoft's patented Windows mid-game crash technology. Gameus
>> Interruptus Excelsis!
>>
>> Only Microsoft's superior next generation Vista Operating Systems can
>> deliver the high quality crashes, insecurity, and bloat that customers
>> demand.
>>
>> Windows Vista further improves on the already appealing Teletubbies
>> Windows XP interface, thanks exclusively to the hard work of Microsoft's
>> dedicated team of engineers. While graphics hardware manufacturers try
>> to claim credit for recent advances in graphics technology, it is
>> actually Microsoft's engineers who have devised the most visually
>> stunning crashes the industry has to offer, bringing the best possible
>> mid-game crash experience to the gaming community.
>>
>> [Screenshot]
>>
>> http://www.gdargaud.net/Humor/Pics/BlueScreen.jpg
>>
>
> Mmmmm.....blonde...uh, what were we discussing, again? :-)
>
> Oh yeah.
>
> Gotta love the notion that Vista is somehow modern. Of course,
> Linux isn't all that modern either, but somehow it seems to be
> more modern than Vista, even though it's based on tried and true
> stuff straight out of Unix.
>
> It's enough to make me wonder.
Just watch HardOCP's review.
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