Microsoft VISTA

Atrocities · #1 September 12th, 2005, 07:14 AM

"Windows Vista is a huge leap forward in personal computing. Advances in reliability, security, ease of deployment, performance."

If reading is believing then believe it or not.

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I don't know whether I should laugh or cry at the ubsurd promises that this new OS offers. I seem to recall something very simular being stated about Windows 98, 2000, Me, and Xp and we all know how those turned out.

I base no faith in what MS is selling but will buy it any ways once it goes to market, not because I am desprate for a solid OS, I am, but because its something MS is selling. And we all know what MS sells people buy. Why I simply cannot say, its like I am being commanded to by some sort of back door torjan virus in my mind which is telling me to.

"Buy Vista. Vista is good. Buy Vista"

I wonder how bug infest, virus friendly, user not so friendly, and fiendishly lacking in common sense this new OS will be. Any takers?

Raging Deadstar · #2 September 12th, 2005, 07:34 AM

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Atrocities said:
I wonder how bug infest, virus friendly, user not so friendly, and fiendishly lacking in common sense this new OS will be. Any takers?

It will obviously take all of those "features" to unprecedented heights

Xrati · #3 September 12th, 2005, 10:43 AM

It sounds like an extremely LARGE patch for XP!

Atrocities · #4 September 12th, 2005, 10:56 AM

Oh, but you MUST buy it.... so its not a patch, its a rip off.

General Woundwort · #5 September 12th, 2005, 12:09 PM

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Windows Vista: A clear breakthrough

Windows Vista is a huge leap forward in personal computing. Advances in reliability, security, ease of deployment, performance, and manageability make it easy to:

� Confidently do what you want, when you want, and where you want
� Clearly organize your work and play in powerful new ways
� Connect seamlessly with other people, devices, and computers

Are they talking to us, or the hackers?

Oh, wait, there's more...

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Windows Vista is the most secure and trustworthy Windows operating system ever,

Talk about setting the bar high...

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and it helps organizations achieve their business and computing goals with confidence. Windows Vista security features protect against the latest generation of threats, such as worms, viruses, and malware.

Ah, THAT'S the problem! Microsoft has only NOW realized that there are such things as worms and viruses! That explains a lot, doesn't it?

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If an attacker manages to compromise a computer, Windows Vista limits the damage.

By committing seppuku, I suppose...

El_Phil · #6 September 12th, 2005, 12:14 PM

I think maybe, just maybe, this time people wont get trapped on the upgrade bandwagon. New features are running out, or at least the useful ones.

I forget how many but there still a huge chunk of people on Win2K and using Office '97 because they still work. Why upgrade?

Enter stage left Thermodyne ranting about new and better and lots of obscure features no non-admin would ever use.

Arkcon · #7 September 12th, 2005, 11:23 PM

When I heard months ago that the new more efficient hard drive allocation format was removed from Vista because it wouldn't be ready in time, I lost the last scrap of faith I had in Microslime. They don't want to innovate, they just want to slap a new GUI on peoples desktops every couple of years so people will be envious and want to buy it themselves. If I have to upgrade from Win-2K, I'll try Linux again.

Thermodyne · #8 September 12th, 2005, 11:32 PM

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Arkcon said:
When I heard months ago that the new more efficient hard drive allocation format was removed from Vista because it wouldn't be ready in time, I lost the last scrap of faith I had in Microslime. They don't want to innovate, they just want to slap a new GUI on peoples desktops every couple of years so people will be envious and want to buy it themselves. If I have to upgrade from Win-2K, I'll try Linux again.

The file system is ready to test. The delay is do to legal not signing off on it. With the issuance of patents on IT ideas, it is becoming unprofitable to innovate and bring new products to market.

narf poit chez BOOM · #9 September 13th, 2005, 01:09 AM

...And one truely atrocious pun...

Renegade 13 · #10 September 13th, 2005, 10:49 PM

ME was, for me, a piece of trash. Crashed constantly. Now XP...works great for me, has never (that I can remember) crashed on me, and I've never had a security breach that I know of. Then again, I keep the antivirus up to date, don't open emails and/or attachments that I dont' know who they're from, have firewalls installed, etc. Which, as other's have said, is plenty used in conjunction with XP.

People hate MS because people hate success. That's just how the human psyche works it seems. He's successful, and we want to be as successful as he is, but can't be, so we'll hate him instead.