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    frieng geek says thats previous builds that flow around net was better than current public beta 7000

    he try 2 prev builds and says beta 7000 sucks. they remove some features and so...
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    That's the Microsoft way, set the bar high, tell us it will be in the next version, and then include it two OSes later. They removed a lot of things from Vista that were supposedly going to be. New file system?

    That being said, Microsoft is a monopoly and you can't get around the compatibility issues with business software, and obviously gaming.

    That also being said, I don't think the fudge up with Vista has created any problems for them. It's not like anyone can run anywhere. ALOT of people didn't upgrade to Vista. They are waiting on Windows 7.

    Me, I built two rigs + one laptop. The first desktop with Vista x86, and the desktop and laptop with x64. I noticed driver issues etc, but after the SP1 patch, no such problems. Much more stable than my XP system. I game occasional, strategy games, C&C, that's about it. I don't find Vista any slower, but I do find that all the graphical blab makes it seem slower. My philosophy here is, Vista is great when you baby it and give it everything it wants. (quad core, 4 gigs ram, etc etc.) You put it on a economy level system, it works like shit. Less than 1 gig of ram you can laugh at. And until you get two gigs you can't get optimal performance.

    All in all. Vista is a resource hog, but works fine for me. Micro$hit is a monopoly, and I've come to accept that.

    On a sidenote- Anyone tried ReactOS?
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    Well that was so much fun
    Got it all installed, only to find out it doesn't provide the Shuttle Marvell 64bit NIC drivers, so can't do anything with it.
    Overwriting the install with Windows Server 2003, bet that works right out of the box.

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    Six new annoyances introduced in Windows 7

    http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3261

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    Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7
    http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=632

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    Give me XP Pro 64 anytime.

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    I don't think I'll be "upgrading" anytime soon to Windows 7. I refuse to put anymore cash into MS. I am currently dual booting Vista 64 and Ubuntu 8.1 64. I pretty much use Ubuntu for everything but my partner is in the middle of completing a Masters in Forensics and is using Vista alot for some of the software she needs. Once she's finished, Vista is history lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IronBits View Post
    Six new annoyances introduced in Windows 7

    http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3261
    Quote Originally Posted by IronBits
    Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7
    http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=632
    Seems about par for the course. Solve x number of problems, cause x number of problems. Just be glad they didn't increase the total number of prooblems.

    As for not throwing good money after bad, some have suggested that Windows 7 will simply be a service pack for those who already own Vista. I don't know for sure, just regurgitating Internet rumors.

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    Looks like I'll be giving the beta a try after all. I've heard it will fly on my netbook in comparison with XP, and I'm interested to see what this thing is capable of whilst I'm waiting for FreeBSD to fully support the hardware anyway.

    I'll be installing from an 8GB SDHC card, so that should be interesting in itself.

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    That's what VISTA was delivered for - to force users to buy new hardware so everyone could make more money off the end-user suckers.

    You'll hear a lot of things about Windows 7 - but the fact remains, it is still VISTA, make no mistake about that.
    If you didn't like VISTA, if your programs didn't run under VISTA, if your devices wouldn't work under VISTA, it will be that way in Windows 7.

    Older printers, scanners, network cards, and other peripherals simply didn't work with Vista.
    Here's the bad news: They won't work in Windows 7, either, because Windows 7 uses the same driver model as Windows Vista.
    So XP users will be out of luck and Linux will gain a few more fans.

    http://blogs.computerworld.com/why_x...love_windows_7

    Windows 7 won't flop quite as bad as Vista, but it will flop, and big companies, corporations in the know, will not swallow the crap...



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