Just got home and found a Meyer catalogue in the mailbox - frontpage is
Windows Vista Launching 30 Jan.
"The 'WOW' Starts Now" - more likely that "the 'WOW" " stands for "WOn't
Work" from what Ive been reading online lately.
This, together with the Hardly Normal TV adverts re "Midnight" opening
for Vista purchases, meansn that we'll be inundated with more B'S ad's
that don't mention unsupported hardware and DRM.
Same goes for the next couple of months issues of PC mags. Thankfully
there's still Linux Format, Linux Mag. Linux Gazette etc.
Besides, why would you want Vista, better to spend the money on a Wii or
even an XBox 360.
I haven't used Windows (XP Pro) since last April and haven't missed it (
well, except for the Trojans, Virii etc.).
Bill
I've just watched a preview of Vista on the Seven Sunrise program and
all I can say is: Wow!!
I get a new looking desktop with pretty, scrolling preview panes of
the processes that are running.
I can organise my photos - wasn't I able to do that before?
I can organise my music and I can download the CD covers so that it
all looks like a record store. Didn't anyone think to ask about DRM?
...and it's all available at Hardly Normal's at midnight.
One question was whether it's reliable - well it has been out there
with 5M users in test - I'm one who downloaded a pre-RC1 and found
that it wouldn't load in VMware.
So, get to Hardly Normal at midnight and shell out your $199 for the
upgrade - what version upgrade is that? ...and keep a spare grand or
so handy when you find it won't run on your current hardware.
OK, Seven Sunrise is light on anyway, but this is ridiculous...
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