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> <Quote>
> Vista is awful. Everyone knows it, including Microsoft, and now
> Microsoft's actions have made it clear that Vista is on its way to the
> Microsoft junkyard with such similar failures as Windows ME and
> Microsoft Bob....
>
> Microsoft won't sell XP Pro to you, the end-user, but it will sell it
> to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and system builders. They,
> in turn, will sell you systems with XP. The deal is, if you buy a PC
> "with" Windows Vista Ultimate and Business editions, you can have it
> 'downgraded' to XP Pro until July 31, 2009....
>
> Microsoft has been telling us for months that even they thought Vista
> was heading for the trash. Back in April, Steve Ballmer himself told
> Microsoft's MVPs that Vista was "a work in progress" and needed
> improvements in system performance, software and hardware
> compatibility and battery life. Wow, Vista is a work in progress after
> having shipped for over a year and after more than five-years of
> development. Boy, that's the kind of operating system I want to spend
> my money on. Oh yeah. You betcha.
>
> Why not, instead of waiting for 7, which may or may not be any good,
> try desktop Linux or Mac OS X? After all, they're actually available
> today and works as advertised unlike, oh, say, Vista.
> </Quote>
>
> http://blogs.computerworld.com/vista_r_i_p
I finally saw some Vista for real a couple of weeks ago. It was on display
units at a shop, next to a Linux laptop and 2 Macs (with Leopard). One of
the 'Vistas' (among 2) was not responsive. The shop also had many Linux
gadgets like Archos media players and photo frames.
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~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | "I feed my 3 penguins with electricity and love"
http://Schestowitz.com | GNU is Not UNIX | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
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