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By the way, Acer Aspire 5593 with 2 GB Memory and SATA 2 120 GB, bootup time Vista Ultimate 32 Bit 1 1/2 minute.

Cheers.

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Not that it will change anyone's mindset about Vista either way, but I can't resist sharing the following report with you all [best laugh I've had this week]:

"New Vista compatibility site launched... and pulled again

11:43AM, Wednesday 9th July 2008

Microsoft has launched a new online tool designed to test whether customers' existing hardware and software will work with Vista - although the site is already experiencing compatibility issues of its own.

A full 18 months after the commercial release of Vista, Microsoft is clearly still battling the perception that Vista is incompatible with various hardware and software packages.

The launch of the operating system was marred by reports of missing drivers for graphics cards, peripherals and various software packages.

In what seems a rather belated effort to address such problems, Microsoft yesterday launched the Microsoft Vista Compatibility Center. The site would theoretically allow users to check the Vista friendliness of various devices, including MP3 players, cameras, graphics cards and routers.

However, the site appears to be experiencing its own performance problems, with the site now showing a blank page with the simple message: "The Windows Vista Compatibility Center will be launching soon, please check back!"

That appears to be a rather creative spin on the site's woes, as yesterday evening the site was showing a message claiming "The Windows Vista Compatibility Center is currently unavailable."

It's not the first time in recent weeks that Microsoft's had problems launching a website.

The company started selling software directly from a new online store last month, but buyers were blocked from accessing it in Microsoft's own Internet Explorer because the site had an invalid security certificate.

Barry Collins"

Source: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/211311/new-vis...led-again.html#

Another one to file under "You couldn't make it up"............ :o

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Vista is an albatross that MS is going to throw under the bus, sooner rather than later.

From www.theregister.co.uk

Microsoft believes Apple is winning the battle on the desktop using "lies" and "myths" against Windows Vista, and has promised to fight back.

Evoking the spirit of his apple-cheeked little daughter, Microsoft's vice president for Windows consumer product marketing Brad Brooks promised partners that by telling the "truth" about Windows Vista, they can overcome lies of a "highly vocal minority".

As I said before, who is supposed to buy it? What gains does the average Windows user see from upgrading?

When Apple or a Linux Distro release a new version there are generally major improvements or changes that a dumb user like me will see and use and appreciate.

I have yet to see anybody post any compelling reason for a user to move to Vista except that it is because support for XP will finish soon.

I would love to see some reasons for somebody to "upgrade" to Vista on a business machine that is used for word processing, spreadsheets and email etc or a home machine that is used for YouTube videos, email and whatever. So far the defenders of Vista always seem to post attacks against the detractors without actually providing any good reason to upgrade.

Anyway, I'll posit a question:

I have a Lenovo R60 ThinkPad, 1.66 Ghz cpu and 1 GB RAM and on board graphics. It is around 1.5 years old but it feels a bit rusty. Currently it runs Slackware 11 well, everything (WiFi, an old version of Office under WINE, etc) works fine. I would like to know what version of Vista will give me an improved experience using it?

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Vista is an albatross that MS is going to throw under the bus, sooner rather than later.

From www.theregister.co.uk

Microsoft believes Apple is winning the battle on the desktop using "lies" and "myths" against Windows Vista, and has promised to fight back.

Evoking the spirit of his apple-cheeked little daughter, Microsoft's vice president for Windows consumer product marketing Brad Brooks promised partners that by telling the "truth" about Windows Vista, they can overcome lies of a "highly vocal minority".

As I said before, who is supposed to buy it? What gains does the average Windows user see from upgrading?

When Apple or a Linux Distro release a new version there are generally major improvements or changes that a dumb user like me will see and use and appreciate.

I have yet to see anybody post any compelling reason for a user to move to Vista except that it is because support for XP will finish soon.

There is a lot additional functionality inside Vista, not any less then Leopard offers users as opposed to Tiger. I just posted some of the new features of Vista in another thread

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/-t199514.htm...t&p=2083455

And take it from me, there is NO way Microsoft is going to ditch Vista, and why would they have to, it's by far their best and most secure OS currently.

I would love to see some reasons for somebody to "upgrade" to Vista on a business machine that is used for word processing, spreadsheets and email etc or a home machine that is used for YouTube videos, email and whatever. So far the defenders of Vista always seem to post attacks against the detractors without actually providing any good reason to upgrade.

It gets better and better :o

For businesses, vista not only offers a more secure OS, it also offers better tools for deployment (installing the operating system). But of course in a business, nobody is going to upgrade from XP to Vista on existing machines, rather they would wait and install it on new machines, in many businesses this is a three year cycle.

Anyway, I'll posit a question:

I have a Lenovo R60 ThinkPad, 1.66 Ghz cpu and 1 GB RAM and on board graphics. It is around 1.5 years old but it feels a bit rusty. Currently it runs Slackware 11 well, everything (WiFi, an old version of Office under WINE, etc) works fine. I would like to know what version of Vista will give me an improved experience using it?

Vista Ultimate would run fine on your machine, even though I would stick in 1 GB more memory, not something that would break the bank in any case.

Actually Any Vista will do, but Ultimate is of course the most loaded version of Vista, and I myself like features. It will surely beat running office under Wine :D

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