Author Topic: And so it begins... Microsoft Vista released for sale (Read 1148 times)

Squire · « **Reply #15 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:03:23 PM »

Its available here, but only at one store...

http://www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net/DeathStar.gif

Viking · « **Reply #16 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:08:16 PM »

Vista is an OS X rip-off.

Irwink! · « **Reply #17 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:13:25 PM »

I've had Vista RC1 running for awhile on a "test" machine. For the first time I'm going to stay away from a new MS OS for awhile. At some point I'll be sort of forced to get it because of the need for intimate knowledge for my work but will probably be using it in a dual boot configuration with XP for quite a while. Its a resource hog. Unknowing consumers who install it on yesterday's hardware are destined for a big shock. I can hear the howling now. And I really don't see business users instantly flocking to it either. Even if it had no problems large businesses are not going to drop a mass of $$$ just to have the latest OS, especially considering that in alot of cases to do so would necessitate a much larger expenditure to upgrade their hardware too.

I'm gonna sit this one out for home use for a while. It'll be interesting to just sit back and watch.

Rolex · « **Reply #18 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:24:16 PM »

Unbelieveable. What will Microsoft do when Apple runs out of ideas? It's OSX five years ago with less features at 3 to 4 times the price.

Even the Zune is a failed Toshiba MP3 player that has been recycled and rebranded.

Microsoft has achieved critical mass - it looks and acts like a government bureaucracy.

JB88 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:30:03 PM »

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Originally posted by Viking
My XP already looks like Vista with the dock and everything, so why would I want Vista? No, general rule #1 regarding Microsoft products: Wait 2 years after launch before you buy their fancy new bug ridden OS.

what sort of shell you usin there viking?

tedrbr · « **Reply #20 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:37:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Roscoroo
vista home basic is nothing more then a renamed verson of XP , you are not getting the Aero pack (the eye candy cpu hogging bells) in the basic versons.

the 32 bit versons work ok with only a few headaches .... the 64 /dual verson is a nitemare ... alot of the hardware still doesnt work due to drivers ect .

No kidding Roscoroo.... I'm running the 64-bit XP on my game machine, but driver issues and lack of support for it becomes a problem at times. Best security I found for it comes through Avast. Nothing main stream seems to like 64-bit in the Windows world. Hopefully Vista will have better support than Win-XP64, but I would not count on it for a year or more. No reason to hurry an upgrade.

But, I've got mine pretty stable over the last year. Only 1 reinstall so far (knock on wood), and otherwise does 95% of what I want it to do.

Now.... time to find a job in a Mac or Linux shop......

Vulcan · « **Reply #21 on:** November 30, 2006, 06:43:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Debonair
that looks like OS X

Looks like Amiga Workbench 3 to me

(OS X is an X-Windows ripoff)

Debonair · « **Reply #22 on:** November 30, 2006, 07:02:48 PM »

i wish someone would rip off sun's old open look window manager

moot · « **Reply #23 on:** December 01, 2006, 01:19:57 AM »

Viking, why's your interface in French?

Billy Joe Bob · « **Reply #24 on:** December 01, 2006, 01:26:10 AM »

mabye he is french?

Rolex · « **Reply #25 on:** December 01, 2006, 07:53:22 AM »

Do you guys have a license to use the internet?

Hint: Check out the site hosting the photo for the answers to your questions.

Viking · « **Reply #26 on:** December 01, 2006, 11:15:45 AM »

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Originally posted by JB88
what sort of shell you usin there viking?

Crystal XP

http://www.crystalxp.net/en.htm

Viking · « **Reply #27 on:** December 01, 2006, 11:17:50 AM »

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Originally posted by moot
Viking, why's your interface in French?

It's not actually my desktop, just an example from Crystal XP.net, but my desktop looks similar. The developers are French.

dmf · « **Reply #28 on:** December 01, 2006, 11:26:28 AM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Figure the OEM version of XP will disappear in the next couple of months, or sooner. Might want to purchase a copy now, if you can.

And a few months after that you will find an old copy of xp in a thrift store, after that you'll be searching the internet for the ill eagle copy's of it LOL

I already got my copy

Roscoroo · « **Reply #29 on:** December 01, 2006, 01:04:55 PM »

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Originally posted by Viking
Crystal XP

http://www.crystalxp.net/en.htm

the crystalxp vista looking shell has been out for about a year now it was on u.s. sites until M$ found out about it and tryed to sue everyone over it .. they cant touch the offshore sites though .. (in other words ..whats really going on )