Related topics

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
Well ... a "newish" machine would be something like a 64 bit 2+Ghz CPU with 2 gigs of RAM and a 250+gig drive, so Vista will run nicely on something you bought within the last month. Which would be around 0.0001% of the computers out there, probably. Fits right in with my Why Vista thread.

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
... has told the Windows Featured Communities that the demand for Windows Vista Beta 2 has been overwhelming. It is, in fact, the largest downloaded software in history. out of a window "largest software download in history" will it go in the record books right next to largest bowl of crickets eaten in one sitting?

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
Al Klein ruk...@pern.invalid alt comp freeware On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:38:37 +0100, hummingbird <OPRBMDQMZ...@spammotel.com> wrote: However, I do have a concern that some later hardware - processors etc or even some misc drivers might actually require Vista to run. eg - I don't want to find myself in a situation

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
Al Klein ruk...@pern.invalid alt comp freeware On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:55:03 +0200, "Luis Cobian" <cob...@nospam.educ.umu.se> wrote: Funny enough, people complain about thos changes in Vista but the same people cheer about bells and whistles in Unbuntu or Osx tiger. And the newest release of Ubuntu requires WHAT

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
There's no method to roll the installation back. Fortunately, I only change op/sys when I build myself a new PC, so that particular problem won't arise. But I think there's enough restrictions in Vista to encourage me to stay with XP for quite some while. When I saw a pic of Vista the other day with MS's continued

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
meow2...@care2.com alt comp freeware John Jay Smith wrote: http://bink.nu/Article7370.bink In an instant message chat, Microsoft has told the Windows Featured Communities that the demand for Windows Vista Beta 2 has been overwhelming. It is, in fact, the largest downloaded software in history.

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
... to inflict pain upon themselves and wreck their computers is amazing ;-) And when you consider that most computers still in use today can't run Vista (this from a customer support viewpoint - people don't spend money to replace computers that work unless the software they MUST use won't run on their computer) .

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:55:03 +0200, "Luis Cobian" <cob...@nospam.educ.umu.se> wrote: Funny enough, people complain about thos changes in Vista but the same people cheer about bells and whistles in Unbuntu or Osx tiger. And the newest release of Ubuntu requires WHAT upgrade in hardware? Well, it is a little bit slow

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
Al Klein ruk...@pern.invalid alt comp freeware On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:55:43 +0200, "Luis Cobian" <cob...@nospam.educ.umu.se> wrote: Well, Apple has been doing the same from day 1. Checking your machine BIOS before booting. It is not even possible to run intel based MacOS in some other not-Macintosh machine.

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
The advantages of Vista are much more that it's possibly negative sides. I've been using Vista Beta for some time now, and while it's a Beta with TONS of debug information, it has been very stable, and from an usability point of view there are a LOT of welcome changes. Sometimes the things that people call bells

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
http://www.otezz.net/windows-vista-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-linux/ Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft ,----[ Quote ] | Despite the heightened competition ...... The two companies have a long history of tension over who controls | the hardware and software direction of the "Wintel standard.

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
Al Klein ruk...@pern.invalid alt comp freeware On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:50:06 +0100, hummingbird <OPRBMDQMZ...@spammotel.com> wrote: If MS were honest and decent to their client base, they would publish conspicuously the limitations of Vista which are significant to some. One of which being that if you don't like it,

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
... Klein' posted this onto alt.comp.freeware: "They're not bugs, they're 'hidden constraints'." I'll have to remember that one. :) Lol :-) ...how about "functionally challenged software". Nah, that's too transparent - everyone will understand it. We're going for <warning: word creation in progress> obfuscurity here.

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
... the Windows Featured Communities that the demand for Windows Vista Beta 2 has been overwhelming. It is, in fact, the largest downloaded software in history. World Cup viewing, etc" People who have recieved Vista Beta 2 product keys, but are unable to download, may need to wait a few days, up to one week.

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
But I think there's enough restrictions in Vista to encourage me to stay with XP for quite some while. When I saw a pic of Vista the other day with MS's continued use of 'My this' folder and 'My that' folder - that was enough for me! I come at it from the other side - XP does what I need, so there's no reason to

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
Al Klein ruk...@pern.invalid alt comp freeware On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:18:02 GMT, L...@its.invalid wrote: Fits right in with my Why Vista thread. Why Vista ... Why .net ... Same reason in both cases - no reason at all.

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
I popped in Opera and presto! It was done. I gave it a good once over. Both the hardware and the software were solid. It was an old Packard Bell. <G> A freak of nature, sort of. As consumers, collectively, we cannot be led anywhere that we do not want to go. I still see quite a few 98 and 98SE machines too.

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
L...@its.invalid alt comp freeware hummingbird wrote: If MS were honest and decent to their client base, they would publish conspicuously the limitations of Vista which are significant to some. When pigs fly. MS is in business to make money, period end of statement. Many think Bill and Melinda Gates have set up a

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
Father Merrin f...@provider.com alt comp freeware I interpret it like this, people are interested in what OS they are going to be forced into using for the next 5+ years. And given the fact that Microsoft deprecates older releases and cuts support, It never hurts to see what lays ahead. FM.

(OT) but interesting= Windows Vista Beta 2: Largest software ...
I build my own computers and I'm currently very happy to continue running XP-Pro-SP2 for the next few years. The next time I install it on a new machine, I plan to use XPlite to strip it down; I can do w/o all the new bells and whistles in Vista - and some of the hidden constraints which surely exist...but we're