I have always had a habit of "missing out" every other client OS from MS. I went straight from NT4 workstation to XP, and now I'm looking at moving from XP to Windows 7. Although superstitious, I feel this approach has served me well :-)
2009/6/5 Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> > what it is, is BS if Im paying full OS price for a dot upgrade. > > -- > ME2 > > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Aren’t product renames versus dot upgrades really all just arbitrary >> anymore, regardless of the vendor in question. It’s all about marketing…and >> there is nothing wrong with that. >> >> TVK >> >> >> >> *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, June 05, 2009 2:16 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: My OS is better than your OS >> >> >> >> +1 >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Rob Bonfiglio <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I haven't messed around with Windows 7 yet, but I'm pretty sure the UAC >> isn't going away. And I don't think you can blame the application >> compatibility completely on Microsoft. And certainly not the lack of >> drivers. Why is that not the vendors' fault for getting them out within a >> reasonable time frame? >> >> It seems to me that all we're really getting with Windows 7 is Vista SP3 >> or R2. You're getting a renamed OS due to bad press and agressive marketing >> by Mac. But, like I said, I haven't messed around with it much. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> More than ¾ of my applications aren’t supported with Vista by there >> vendors, on top of UAC and all the prompting, major reason why we sticking >> to XP. >> >> >> >> Honestly, I used Vista at home, and hated it, lack of drivers, application >> incompabilities, had to relax a boatload of permissions and security levels >> just to make some things work ok, or at all. It isn’t worth the pain. >> >> >> >> Z >> >> >> >> Edward Ziots >> >> Network Engineer >> >> Lifespan Organization >> >> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + >> >> [email protected] >> >> Phone:401-639-3505 >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, June 05, 2009 2:27 PM >> >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: My OS is better than your OS >> >> >> >> I've never had any problems with Vista. I'm curious, what specifically is >> Windows 7 addressing for you that was a bust in Vista? >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Waiting for Windows 7 honestly, because Vista was a BUST... >> >> Z >> >> Edward Ziots >> Network Engineer >> Lifespan Organization >> MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + >> [email protected] >> Phone:401-639-3505 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 11:48 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: My OS is better than your OS >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Phil Brutsche<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I'm sorry, but I don't think you've used Vista enough. >> >> I'm sorry, but I don't think you read my message carefully enough. :) >> >> > If you set up separate admin and non-admin accounts - with passwords - >> > the UAC prompts will *require* the user enter a password for the >> > elevation to succeed. >> >> That part was in the paragraph immediately following the one you >> quoted. :) >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
