__/ [ nrballardco@xxxxxxxxx ] on Monday 01 January 2007 09:30 \__
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> RonB wrote:
>> On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 07:52:33 +0100, High Plains Thumper wrote:
>>
>> > According to Erik, a 500 MHz Celeron with 256 MB should run
>> > Vista fine with all enhancements turned off.
>>
>> Now the question is, why would you want Vista with all the enhancements
>> turned off? Aren't the enhancements the main point of Vista?
>
> I was thinking the same thing. It seems like Aero and Sidebar are
> their main selling points. Plus, I took another look at that
> screenshot and there wasn't so much as an antivirus running in the
> taskbar. I wonder what will happen when all the zero-day exploits are
> deployed...
FUD for thought...
http://www.istartedsomething.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/start4.jpg
>> We'll have Vista in our office soon enough. At this point I have
>> specialty programs that won't work with XP, so I'm "stuck" at Windows
>> 2000 -- that means I won't be able to "enjoy" Vista either. Damn, damn,
>> damn. :~]
>
> ...I'm sure it's a real tragedy. :-/
>
>> Will DOS programs work at all in Vista, BTW?
>>
>
> That's doubtful. VMWare and FreeDOS might be a good combo if you need
> MS-DOS functionality...
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