I think Microsoft should change "The WOW Starts Now" to "The WTF Starts Now". After only one day of using Vista I've come to the realization that it simply wont work for me. All of my hardware is supported, however, most of the applications I require on a day to day basis would not run (or install). I've been doing a lot of reading regarding these type situations and it seems more people...

If you walked into a body shop, no mechanic will condemn or laugh at you for not having adequate knowledge of car engine or ABS or airbags; the same applies to almost all other industries that I have privilege of being associated with. No artist will laugh at you for not knowing how to paint or compose nor would an astronaut do the same, and the list can go on forever. Those professionals...

I've spent the last 3 days attempting to upgrade 4 Windows-XP systems to Vista and have had various problems with software compatability. I've spent countless hours on the phone and technical support websites and finally after 3 days I have everything working. This fiasco has left me with some doubt as to whether or not Microsoft has the ability to maintain it's position as the defacto standard...

there is vista ultimate: costs a load of money and there is ubuntu ultimate 1.4 http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=4323 this version rocks! I downloaded the virtual appliance for vmware and gave it a spin... The thought is.. if you are going to run in 1000's problems with vista, why not take the plunge and use ubuntu instead?...

I have (over the last three weeks) had the opportunity to work at different places that have recently purchased new Dell Computer Equipment. A few small business's and some home users, so it's been a combinations of Vista Business and Home Edition. My experiences have left me extremely cold on what Dell considers to be an acceptable platform for the Vista operating system. All of the...

Justin has once again shown by his actions, that he is exactly the same as the Linux zealots, no better. His original comment was that Vista runs apps much better than XP ever could. He had stated an example program of something that XP can't 'handle' and Vista runs with out any problem. He goes on to state all of the problems he saw with this program on XP, mainly that using it makes the...

Would you really trust a product riddled with so many security vulnerabilities? How many Ubuntu vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered? Beware, not for the faint of heart, this list is huge: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn Marco

to complain about! Wow, do you people love to complain about great products. Go ahead, stop your crying if you don't like Vista. Nobody is forcing you to buy it. Go use a "wonderful" Mac, or use Linux and see where you get. I'm sick of ignorant people bashing a great product. WHY? Because you've 1) probably never used it, and have heard some kid who probably tried to pirate a copy complain...

Really! No freezes, faults, crashes, breakdowns. Everything works perfectly including my old custom stuff from W95 days. Speed is about the same as XP. Vista repairs itself, defrags the drive, protects my work, solves problems on its own. The sidebar has seriously useful gadgets that make life easier. Files and folders are now easier to find, in any of several ways. I came by looking for...

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:34:38 +0200, OK wrote: APRIL'S FOOL!!!!!!!!!! Actually, is DECREASED to 0.61%, down from 0.65% in February: http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=9&qpcustom=Linux The future looks bright :-)

So much for Linux (Ubuntu) being bullet proof. Ubuntu servers hijacked. Used to launch attack. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171318,00.asp People have been saying right along that ***ALL*** operating systems are vulnerable! --

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/070913/#story1 By Scott Dunn Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users' knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates. Many companies require testing of patches before they are widely installed, and businesses in this situation are objecting to the stealth patching.

You can bet your sweet a$$ they do: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9036058&intsrc=hm_list -- Alias To email me, remove shoes

Hi People, I have been a computer engineer for around 7 years professionally with around 7 years prior to that self teaching myself all I could about Windows. I am now MCP qualified and hopefully will soon be MCSA/MCSE/MCDBA/CCNA qualified as well. I have used Vista only a couple of times although getting a very bad feeling about it having read many bad things and experiencing some...

Shall we say that the truth is finally shining? Shall we say "I was telling you so"? Shall we say that I was explaining to the fanboys that everyones Vista out and XP in? Keep reading! http://crn.com/digital-home/201805832?cid=microsoftFeed By Steven Burke, CMP Channel 12:00 AM EDT Mon. Sep. 17, 2007

ok, I was thrilled when I was able to install and use VISTA last year (you know the RC1 version) the OS worked great, I noticed the difference in everything, and to my surprise everything except NERO worked. Then came BLACK JANUARY. The day that the public commercial official release of vista came to being. That was the day that the commercial from MAC joked about the upgrade failing and...

It's slow, it gives no options, it gives no analysis before defrag, it gives no progress bars, it gives no results, it gives no statistics. I'M ****ED!

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm?postversion=2007051405 Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. It wants royalties from distributors and users. Users like you, maybe. Fortune's Roger Parloff reports. quote (Fortune Magazine) -- Free software is great, and...

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/05/30/microsoft-taking-official-petitions-to-keep-xp If you can remember back a few weeks, Steve Ballmer went on record saying that Microsoft would consider extending the life of Windows XP if enough people asked for it. Afterall, many people don't want to upgrade to Windows Vista because they are perfectly content with XP. The problem was there was no way...

Linux is free. Windows is not. Linux has been free for a long time while Microsoft stagnated with Windows XP. Linux is free. Microsoft released a bomb called Windows ME. Linux is free. Microsoft has released a controversial to some (IOW not too good) operating system called Vista. Linux is free,