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Dummies Want Microsoft Vista...The Rest Want Ubuntu Desktop
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| Winston Smith, American Patriot 2007-01-30, 10:09 pm |
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Microsoft Vista for dummies
Everything you need to know about the new operating system, including
whether you should buy it now.
January 30 2007: 4:05 PM EST
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Six years and $6 billion later, Microsoft's
Vista finally hit store shelves Tuesday - the software company's first
upgrade to its dominant computer operating system since Windows XP in
2001.
Also new from Microsoft (Charts): overhauled versions of its popular
Office software that includes Word, e-mail and other applications used by
hundreds of millions of people around the world every day.
The software giant has a lot riding on the new products as it battles a
resurgent Apple in the entertainment software business and Google (Charts)
and Yahoo (Charts), which are dominant on the Internet.
Microsoft Vista: Should you buy now?
Here's a look at how Microsoft's new products will affect the computer
industry, and you.
Microsoft (Charts) released the new products through retailers in 70
countries Tuesday, backed by a $500 million marketing campaign with the
corporate catch phrase "Wow." It's the first update to Windows since the
2001 release of Windows XP. (Full story.)
What will it set you back? Microsoft is offering four versions of Vista
for consumers, starting at $199 ($100 if you're upgrading) to $399 for
what it calls Windows Vista Ultimate (which is $259 for the upgrade). The
cost for the business version of Vista made available in November varies.
After waiting this long, is it worth it?
In an interview with CNN, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Vista would
make the personal computer the "place where it all comes together" for
multimedia applications like photos, music and videos. (Full story.)
And some experts say that Vista, which boasts a 3-D look and the ability
to edit digital photos and videos, has the potential to take over
consumers' living rooms.(Full story.)
But while Vista's gotten some good reviews, some independent experts
wonder whether consumers should rush out and buy a copy now. (Full story.)
Tech's 2006 winners and losers
Others in the technology industry have gone even further, saying that for
all the time and money, Microsoft's come up with a ho-hum product - and a
big marketing splash that's essentially throwing good money after bad.
(Full story.)
The Vista update also includes a dramatic facelift to its most popular
software programs such as Microsoft Word. (Full story.)
So far sales of the new operating system, which Microsoft spent $6 billion
developing, are going "very well," said company CEO Steve Ballmer. (Full
story.)
And computer makers such as Dell (Charts), are hoping to benefit from the
launch of Vista, announcing last Friday it would begin taking orders for
its computers loaded with the new operating system. (Full story.)
But Vista has faced plenty of criticism leading up to its release.
Computer security researchers and hackers charged that they found a number
of flaws in the new operating system (Full story).
Meanwhile Bill Gates himself has rejected claims that Vista has some
similarities with Apple's (Charts) OS operating system for Macs.
And in Europe, a coalition of tech firms including IBM (Charts), Nokia
(Charts) and Oracle (Charts) all spoke out last w , contending that
Microsoft is attempting to thwart its competition through Vista. (Full
story.)
And in case you were wondering, Wiley Publishing Inc., known for its "For
Dummies" series of publications, released "Windows Vista For Dummies" in
December of last year.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/30/tec...icrosoft_vista/
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| Winston Smith, American Patriot wrote:
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Vista has FLOPPED already.
BWAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAAA!!!
So you can get Ubuntu and other Linuxes free.
http://www.livecdlist.com
http://www.distrowatch.com
The LiveCDs are best when it comes evaluation.
Just boot off of the livecd and it completely
auto detects and auto configures everything
ready to surf the internet.
You can install many of these. They run many times
faster than vista crap - like play 6 videos at the same
time on a 800MHz slow machine without jerking.
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| Peter B. P. 2007-02-05, 10:07 pm |
| Winston Smith, American Patriot <FranzKafka@Oceania.WhiteHouse.GOV>
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> In an interview with CNN, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Vista would
> make the personal computer the "place where it all comes together" for
> multimedia applications like photos, music and videos. (Full story.)
Gee... only, what, 5 years behind Apple's "digital hub" strategy?
Billy must really be pleased with himself this year.
--
regards , Peter B. P. - http://titancity.com/blog , http://macplanet.dk
If guns kill, do pencils cause spelling errors?
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| Linonut 2007-02-05, 10:07 pm |
| After takin' a swig o' grog, Peter B. P. belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Winston Smith, American Patriot <FranzKafka@Oceania.WhiteHouse.GOV>
> wrote:
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> Gee... only, what, 5 years behind Apple's "digital hub" strategy?
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> Billy must really be pleased with himself this year.
Bill Gates is actually a wise man, which is why he is leaving Microsoft
(or stepping down as CSA, anyway) in 2008.
--
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for ws.
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| Peter B. P. 2007-02-05, 10:07 pm |
| Linonut <linonut@bone.com> wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Peter B. P. belched out this bit o' wisdom:
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> Bill Gates is actually a wise man, which is why he is leaving Microsoft
> (or stepping down as CSA, anyway) in 2008.
....laughing all the way to the bank, I'm sure.
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regards , Peter B. P. - http://titancity.com/blog , http://macplanet.dk
If guns kill, do pencils cause spelling errors?
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| Morton Davis 2007-02-05, 10:07 pm |
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"Linonut" <linonut@bone.com> wrote in message
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> After takin' a swig o' grog, Peter B. P. belched out this bit o' wisdom:
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> Bill Gates is actually a wise man, which is why he is leaving Microsoft
> (or stepping down as CSA, anyway) in 2008.
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Bill Gates already have more money tan he can spend.
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| Linonut 2007-02-06, 8:07 am |
| After takin' a swig o' grog, Peter B. P. belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Linonut <linonut@bone.com> wrote:
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> ...laughing all the way to the bank, I'm sure.
He's already done that, many times over.
At least now he's more interested in killing off disease rather than
business competitors.
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Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
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| Roland Hutchinson 2007-02-07, 7:09 pm |
| Linonut wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Peter B. P. belched out this bit o' wisdom:
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> He's already done that, many times over.
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> At least now he's more interested in killing off disease rather than
> business competitors.
I sincerely hope that he will have better luck hunting viruses in the real
world than he has had in the world of software.
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