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By Sven Appel and Jay Dougherty Jan 30, 2007, 15:19 GMT


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FfoegJan 30th, 2007 - 20:44:07

This is pretty much what I expected. XP did not seem to offer any REAL functionality over 2000 either. I am still using 2000 with SP4 myself. There was no reason to switch to XP to begin with. I have been using Zone Alarm, Spybot S&D and AVG Free for years, so XP or vista will not be offering me enhanced security. As for functionality, there is a problem with trying to update a whole operating system and add functionality when most of the programs people are running were written for compatibility with 98/ME. There is just not any room for real functionality to be added. Sure you can make the windows transparent or add on any number of functions that have been available from third party vendors since the days of Win98, but why? It's all about the money, you say Bill?

I think Microsoft should spend more of their time fixing the bugs in their currently available operating systems than writing new ones. Add-ons like the Windows Firewall and Internet Explorer should be released seperately from the OS and updated regularly as well.

On the upside for Microsoft, I have been given the impression the IE7 is is much more secure and standards-compliant than IE6. Maybe to the point that it can even render XHTML documents served with the mimetype application/xhtml+xml! It would sure be nice to see a Microsoft browser that I don't have to kick into quirks mode to show my pages properly! I will not be downloading IE7 for a while still; I have enough browsers to test on as it is, but I'm happy to see that my friend's computers are prompting them to download IE7 now.

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Windows PC users are like abused wives ...Jan 30th, 2007 - 21:45:44


Windows PC users are like abused wives ... 'It's not so bad. It only beats me up once a day.'

They accept a certain level of dysfunction as normal. They don't even realize it can be much better.

Once you go Mac, you never go back.

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SP4:The thrill is gone...Jan 30th, 2007 - 23:21:20

Microsoft...egghead software designed by eggheads, for eggheads. 12 ways to do something and no way to find out, except 'help'.

Jobs gets his revenge, by innovation. It's called taking care of your customer.

Nonetheless, Gates is the 20th century's most successsful business case study.

His famous line about IBM 'they do not know the taste of defeat'.

Relearn the lesson, guys.

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switchJan 31st, 2007 - 01:57:05

'Once you go Mac, you never go back.'

Here here. Out of the alternatives, Linux, Windows ect, Mac is head and shoulders above the rest.

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jamieJan 31st, 2007 - 04:09:24

here come all the mac fanboys.. oh how you make me laugh

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You are not funnyJan 31st, 2007 - 04:58:29

The comment about abused housewives is not funny. I am an abused housewife and my husband still loves me very much. Just because Microsoft punches you in the face when you make dinner wrong or burns you with cigarettes when you forget to make the bed before he brushes his teeth does not mean it does not care about you.

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gamersJan 31st, 2007 - 08:17:16

something you guys don't seem to realize is that vista will be the first REAL 64 bit operating system running directx10. XP 64 was no more than a 32 bit system ported out to 64 bits. many people like me have been running 64 bit processors for years, and have been waiting for the day that they can fully utilize their hardware potential. as for directx10, if you know anything about the next generation video cards such as the Nvidia 8800 series cards, then you will quickly realize how huge this is for the gaming industry. and whether you like it or not the online community that drives and funds technological advancement is gamers. we spend more money on equipment to get the most enjoyable game play possible so vista means the most to us. and for you mac users out there.... I'm sorry but mac doesn't have the ability for games to speak of. i will say though that macs are the best for music and video editing, but i do neither of those things. i am only interested in performance, and mac doesn't perform compared to my beast. i am optimistic that vista will be at the very least a launching point for better operating systems.
thats my two cents

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gamer, inform yourself a 'bit' (pun intended)Jan 31st, 2007 - 15:41:41


For the above poster ...

Mac OS X Tiger has had 64-bit addressing for some time now.

Once gain, Windows lags behind Apple.

Enjoy your headaches from Microsoft.

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Too all people who post on this article:Feb 1st, 2007 - 08:26:46

Have any of you ever had a girlfriend? I mean, really? Do something else with your lives other than sit in your rooms and beat off to how great your computers are. I hate all of you. Get your pale corpses out of your houses and play catch with the sons you would have if you wouldn't have spent all of your lives in front of a computer screen. All I really need a computer for is pornography, and windows XP ran that stuff just fine. Eat poopy.

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To the above poster,Feb 1st, 2007 - 17:28:20



Don't project the misery of your persoanl life on the rest of us.

We have lives. When you get one, you'll be happier too.

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