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Title: Windows Vista
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on July 21, 2005, 10:17:01 pm
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000843051462/ (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000843051462/)
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: timstapels on July 21, 2005, 10:34:56 pm
How many posts have you got that are more than a link?

Anyway, cool stuff, cool stuff.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Snowthrower on July 22, 2005, 07:54:27 am
Its only a rumor. Still not confirmed.

Come on: 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP, Vista?
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: IZ on July 22, 2005, 10:23:09 am
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx)

Confirmed.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: RandomDude18 on July 22, 2005, 11:08:03 am
I won't be getting this, I can say this now.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: timstapels on July 22, 2005, 01:45:17 pm
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I won't be getting this, I can say this now.
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How come Chris?
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Chrono on July 22, 2005, 02:16:05 pm
I might get it. I'm saving up for a computer ever since the hot banking lady asked me what I was saving up for...
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: timstapels on July 22, 2005, 02:25:44 pm
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I might get it. I'm saving up for a computer ever since the hot banking lady asked me what I was saving up for...
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Title: Windows Vista
Post by: RandomDude18 on July 22, 2005, 02:26:50 pm
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I just know it's gonna be alot slower than XP and XP looks more attractive than it anyways.

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I wouldn't bother with this junk. I've tried the beta of this when it was called Longhorn and ran slower than 98 on a 500MHz Intel box on my 2GHz Athlon 64  :dry:
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: VulturEMaN on July 22, 2005, 02:32:51 pm
I 'might' get it. Computer at college supposedly only works with xp pro...not gonna test anything out :P

But really...I coulda came up with a better name...like Windows Butterscotch...or Windows Circa...or Windows Crickets...or Windows Freespace 2... :)
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Chrono on July 22, 2005, 02:58:23 pm
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I wouldn't bother with this junk. I've tried the beta of this when it was called Longhorn and ran slower than 98 on a 500MHz Intel box on my 2GHz Athlon 64  :dry:
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*doesn't know what that means*
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Banana on July 22, 2005, 05:34:57 pm
I like the name longhorn more than vista.

-Banana
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Roger on July 22, 2005, 06:06:43 pm
Yeah.  I agree with Banana.  Longhorn is a much cooler name.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: timstapels on July 22, 2005, 06:07:24 pm
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I wouldn't bother with this junk. I've tried the beta of this when it was called Longhorn and ran slower than 98 on a 500MHz Intel box on my 2GHz Athlon 64  :dry:
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*It means awesome*
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: RandomDude18 on July 22, 2005, 07:30:24 pm
Heh, it means it's worthless garbage.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Compwhiz128 on July 22, 2005, 07:52:30 pm
Hey Chris when it comes out, lets buy a couple of hammers, buy Windows Vista, go to Bill Gates Mansion(sp?) and say "Hey Mr. Gates we bought Windows Vista, we have come here to show you how we like it!" and we will bolth smash it to pieces in front of Bill Gates. :happy:

But seriously folks I think this is uselesss and I shall still use Xp unless i can get Vista for free. But then I may just do what I say above :-)^^^
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Snowthrower on July 23, 2005, 06:20:48 am
I prefer putting anything in his terms

Hasta la Vista, Gates.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: IZ on July 23, 2005, 06:25:55 am
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I won't be getting this, I can say this now.
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How come Chris?
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I just know it's gonna be alot slower than XP and XP looks more attractive than it anyways.

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I might get it. I'm saving up for a computer ever since the hot banking lady asked me what I was saving up for...
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I wouldn't bother with this junk. I've tried the beta of this when it was called Longhorn and ran slower than 98 on a 500MHz Intel box on my 2GHz Athlon 64  :dry:
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Yeah!! Let's judge an Operating System by it's ALPHA release!
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Compwhiz128 on July 23, 2005, 09:55:48 am
Bah! Windows has sucked through out it's life. So basicly Vista really isn't going to get any better.

**edit** Wow I just noticed I have been spelling "basicly" wrong  :blush:
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: IZ on July 23, 2005, 10:03:54 am
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Hey Chris when it comes out, lets buy a couple of hammers, buy Windows Vista, go to Bill Gates Mansion(sp?) and say "Hey Mr. Gates we bought Windows Vista, we have come here to show you how we like it!" and we will bolth smash it to pieces in front of Bill Gates. :happy:

But seriously folks I think this is uselesss and I shall still use Xp unless i can get Vista for free. But then I may just do what I say above :-)^^^
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He won't care. He gets the money either way.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: RandomDude18 on July 23, 2005, 10:15:14 am
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Hey Chris when it comes out, lets buy a couple of hammers, buy Windows Vista, go to Bill Gates Mansion(sp?) and say "Hey Mr. Gates we bought Windows Vista, we have come here to show you how we like it!" and we will bolth smash it to pieces in front of Bill Gates. :happy:

But seriously folks I think this is uselesss and I shall still use Xp unless i can get Vista for free. But then I may just do what I say above :-)^^^
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Yeah, it is useless and even if I get it I'll still use XP probably.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Compwhiz128 on July 23, 2005, 10:31:38 am
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Hey Chris when it comes out, lets buy a couple of hammers, buy Windows Vista, go to Bill Gates Mansion(sp?) and say "Hey Mr. Gates we bought Windows Vista, we have come here to show you how we like it!" and we will bolth smash it to pieces in front of Bill Gates. :happy:

But seriously folks I think this is uselesss and I shall still use Xp unless i can get Vista for free. But then I may just do what I say above :-)^^^
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He won't care. He gets the money either way.
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Dude its called a joke, a LOL, a funny, Whatever you want to call it. But It is true even if we did do it he would still make money.

But once I wrote a complaint letter to him telling him that a whole bunch of bugs in his operating system were making me angry. He wrote back "Thats not a bug thats a feature"

^^^Now that above is a joke, a LOL, a funny, whatever you want to call it^^^.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Roger on July 23, 2005, 11:42:02 am
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Hey Chris when it comes out, lets buy a couple of hammers, buy Windows Vista, go to Bill Gates Mansion(sp?) and say "Hey Mr. Gates we bought Windows Vista, we have come here to show you how we like it!" and we will bolth smash it to pieces in front of Bill Gates. :happy:

But seriously folks I think this is uselesss and I shall still use Xp unless i can get Vista for free. But then I may just do what I say above :-)^^^
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Yeah, it is useless and even if I get it I'll still use XP probably.
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Sure you'll use XP...until nothing supports it any more.  Besides, you're STILL basing your opinion on a pre-release.  Not a good idea.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: SizzlinSean on July 23, 2005, 12:04:11 pm
I still like Windows Monkey Butter, but nobody will listen to me...
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Roger on July 23, 2005, 12:53:50 pm
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I still like Windows Monkey Butter, but nobody will listen to me...
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Mmm...monkey butter.  Sounds good to me.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: IZ on July 23, 2005, 01:04:12 pm
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Hey Chris when it comes out, lets buy a couple of hammers, buy Windows Vista, go to Bill Gates Mansion(sp?) and say "Hey Mr. Gates we bought Windows Vista, we have come here to show you how we like it!" and we will bolth smash it to pieces in front of Bill Gates. :happy:

But seriously folks I think this is uselesss and I shall still use Xp unless i can get Vista for free. But then I may just do what I say above :-)^^^
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He won't care. He gets the money either way.
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Dude its called a joke, a LOL, a funny, Whatever you want to call it. But It is true even if we did do it he would still make money.

But once I wrote a complaint letter to him telling him that a whole bunch of bugs in his operating system were making me angry. He wrote back "Thats not a bug thats a feature"

^^^Now that above is a joke, a LOL, a funny, whatever you want to call it^^^.
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"If this is your idea of a joke, you must write for Leno." :tongue:

Peter Griffin put it best.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Compwhiz128 on July 23, 2005, 08:51:01 pm
Peter Griffin doesn't even exist.  :mf_laughbounce:



But I still wonder if I will be able to get Vista for free. But my dad may retire when it is released
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: ssj4gogita4 on July 23, 2005, 08:53:39 pm
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Bah! Windows has sucked through out it's life. So basicly Vista really isn't going to get any better.

**edit** Wow I just noticed I have been spelling "basicly" wrong  :blush:
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It only sucks if you dont know how to use it.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Compwhiz128 on July 23, 2005, 08:59:18 pm
I aggree. But this is one of the main reasons why i dont like windows, look at the interface!
(http://toastytech.com/guis/bigw101.gif)
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: timstapels on July 23, 2005, 10:45:34 pm
We get the best debates out of other topics than the pinned ones. Heh heh.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Roger on July 24, 2005, 03:39:11 pm
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I aggree. But this is one of the main reasons why i dont like windows, look at the interface!
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Yeah...we get some of the best debates...but we also get some of the dumbest posts ever...like that other quoted one.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: partiallynothing on July 25, 2005, 02:58:24 pm
I use Debian Testing on all my machines, I have even used it on this server before, and it runs fine.  It is not the final build of Debian, but it runs great.

Why are people putting off the utter terrible Alpha release of Longhorn (or, *cough* vista) as "something that will be fixed". Experience shows that this will not be the case with Microsoft.

And IE7 is shaping up to be only SLIGHTLY better than IE6. They are adding tabs. Great, they have finally caught up with the NORM. But so far they are neglecting better standards support (see W3 (http://www.w3.org/)). The BIGGEST complaint about IE6 is that it does not support standards that all other browsers do, but they are neglecting it because it would take time and effort for them.  They have also carved a path where changing it now would cause older sites build for IE6 to break.

Ahh!  *Works on his Linux box, feels better.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: SpongeBrain on July 25, 2005, 05:16:28 pm
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Peter Griffin doesn't even exist.  :mf_laughbounce:



But I still wonder if I will be able to get Vista for free. But my dad may retire when it is released
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Yes he does.
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Title: Windows Vista
Post by: timstapels on July 25, 2005, 09:47:54 pm
^^ :laugh: @ Spongebrain. I think it's ok to believe that Korraxx was wrong, he should have done some more research to back up his point, instead, someone came along and proved him wrong, what an age we live in.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Compwhiz128 on July 26, 2005, 12:54:47 pm
OMG! That looks like a person I know!
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Chrono on July 27, 2005, 07:54:12 am
I don't see why everybody hates Windows. Anybody care to explain to me why they hate it so much or what problems it causes?
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: SpongeBrain on July 27, 2005, 08:19:31 am
People hate it because it is not open source. plus they think its slower and some other things.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: RandomDude18 on July 27, 2005, 10:33:25 am
I just tried XP Pro SP2 on a 500MHz AMD K6 and 128MB and it was too slow to run anything on it with XP.
1.) Each newer version gets slower and slower.
2.) It's made by Microsoft.
3.) It cost money to have and the activation.
4.) You need spyware and virus programs to keep your computer safe.
5.) You don't need to download StyleXP or Windowsblinds like programs to style up your pc on Linux or OS X like you do Windows and those slow down your computer.
6.) Stability is always an issue, and Linux tops all with it's stability.
7.) Linux has the best support.
8.) Linux has file permissions so you can secure your files.
9.) Linux has Live CDs which you can carry out to other computers and it's like carrying your computer.

I'll post more later if needed to.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Chongster on July 27, 2005, 11:28:40 am
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I just tried XP Pro SP2 on a 500MHz AMD K6 and 128MB and it was too slow to run anything on it with XP.
1.) Each newer version gets slower and slower.
2.) It's made by Microsoft.
3.) It cost money to have and the activation.
4.) You need spyware and virus programs to keep your computer safe.
5.) You don't need to download StyleXP or Windowsblinds like programs to style up your pc on Linux or OS X like you do Windows and those slow down your computer.
6.) Stability is always an issue, and Linux tops all with it's stability.
7.) Linux has the best support.
8.) Linux has file permissions so you can secure your files.
9.) Linux has Live CDs which you can carry out to other computers and it's like carrying your computer.

I'll post more later if needed to.
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I'm affraid I have to agree with Chris, Im a little unsure as to how good Longhorn, or the terrible new name it has Vista, will be, BUT, in saying that, im sure that I'm going to end up with it.
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: Starr2k3 on July 27, 2005, 11:40:52 am
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I just tried XP Pro SP2 on a 500MHz AMD K6 and 128MB and it was too slow to run anything on it with XP.
3.) It cost money to have and the activation.
4.) You need spyware and virus programs to keep your computer safe.
5.) You don't need to download StyleXP or Windowsblinds like programs to style up your pc on Linux or OS X like you do Windows and those slow down your computer.
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3) Sorry people need to make a profit for a living.
4) Of course you do, what's the big deal about running a simple virus scanner? Most virus scanners you can set to run at night when your sleeping. Pretty simple...
5) You can download themes...
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: IceFox on July 28, 2005, 08:58:27 pm
You need to have a program for the downloaded theme to work.


That would be cool if Linux and Apple would combine and setroy Microsoft in products!!!!!!!!!!!!Like that'll ever happen.


Oh, and the new name sucks
Title: Windows Vista
Post by: partiallynothing on August 01, 2005, 01:38:58 pm
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I just tried XP Pro SP2 on a 500MHz AMD K6 and 128MB and it was too slow to run anything on it with XP.
3.) It cost money to have and the activation.
4.) You need spyware and virus programs to keep your computer safe.
5.) You don't need to download StyleXP or Windowsblinds like programs to style up your pc on Linux or OS X like you do Windows and those slow down your computer.
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3) Sorry people need to make a profit for a living.
4) Of course you do, what's the big deal about running a simple virus scanner? Most virus scanners you can set to run at night when your sleeping. Pretty simple...
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The point is, Microsoft sells a product that is worse than a free counterpart. I could care less about the cost, I care about the final product, and Linux trumps Windows.

On Linux, no anti-virus software is needed. The only time you would install a anti-virus program under Linux is to check e-mail attachments that will end up on Windows machines (for instance, this server checks all mail for viruses, although the system itself is not suceptable to them, the windows machines that the e-mail will end up on are).

Styling is much easier under Linux and does not require additional apps besides the basic graphical interface, (Gnome or KDE).