Good point. That guy from the New York Times, David Pogue, is a douche. Paul Thurrott writes some good stuff, however.
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Good point. That guy from the New York Times, David Pogue, is a douche. Paul Thurrott writes some good stuff, however.
tlarkin
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No, you are right there are some good ones out there, but for every good one there is a plethora of bad ones. I was interviewed for some articles in CIO magazine about how I admin my Macs and integrate them into a PC environment. The author was nice, but she called boot camp an emulator....
I used to love reading Maximum PC (back when it was called boot magazine) but after like their third year of print they started writing crap and they give out too many kick ass awards. I think that no body stands by a set of standards these days. I mean they gave Windows XP a perfect 10, and they never hand out 10s, not to mention no OS on release deserves a 10 they are filled with bugs.
Oh well, one of these days I will have to finish building my website/blog so I can at least attempt to give out proper information.
tlarkin
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does your wife know this?
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Oh I just think Vista is the best! Best OS windows ever! I would rather run vista than make love to my wife! It's so pretty!
well how ugly is ur wife?
Oh she knows, besides I want to divorce her since she still runs XP, and you know that anyone that runs XP is a total idiot, just ask all of vista lovers!
Prettier than your mom!
You guys do Know that I am being [SIZE=-1]faceasious [/SIZE]right?
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This is going in a bad direction. I'm gonna make some popcorn.
Same here. Flame wars coming up
Sooo... how bout getting back on topic?
Vista - I have to try.
XP - Good so far
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Same here. Flame wars coming up
Sooo... how bout getting back on topic?
Vista - I have to try.
XP - Good so far
aw we can't keep on going
of course I kno that u hate vistaOh she knows, besides I want to divorce her since she still runs XP, and you know that anyone that runs XP is a total idiot, just ask all of vista lovers!
Prettier than your mom!
You guys do Know that I am being [SIZE=-1]faceasious [/SIZE]right?
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Vienna is the code name for Windows Server 2008 like Long Horn was for Vista. Since you work with networks/networking that would be right up your alley there.
For desktops the next Windows planned seems to be for 2010. Blackcomb or simply Windows 7 is due then.
Windows Vienna that started as Blackcomb, now name changed to Windows 7 and will probably change again is going to replace Vista.
http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.asp
http://www.windowsitpro.com/windows...rticleID/95159/windowspaulthurrott_95159.html
http://www.windows-vista-update.com/Microsoft-Windows-Vienna.html
Theres already a Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 is built from the same code base as Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and was called Longhorn
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/evaluation/overview.mspx
http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.asp
http://www.windowsitpro.com/windows...rticleID/95159/windowspaulthurrott_95159.html
http://www.windows-vista-update.com/Microsoft-Windows-Vienna.html
Theres already a Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 is built from the same code base as Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and was called Longhorn
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/evaluation/overview.mspx
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funkysnair
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i go for vista...
thing is im using twice as much ram and faster than what i was using in my xp pooter so i knew i wouldnt have problems with vist.
2gig 800mhz (vista) 1gig 667mhz (xp)
just a bit of a wait for aol to send me suitable drivers to get online with vista.
never hardly use more than %50 ram think it would be a different story with the 1gig 667mhz ram running vist as i do alot of burning, surfing and playing music at the same time.
no problems here
thing is im using twice as much ram and faster than what i was using in my xp pooter so i knew i wouldnt have problems with vist.
2gig 800mhz (vista) 1gig 667mhz (xp)
just a bit of a wait for aol to send me suitable drivers to get online with vista.
never hardly use more than %50 ram think it would be a different story with the 1gig 667mhz ram running vist as i do alot of burning, surfing and playing music at the same time.
no problems here
patrickv
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you didn't just say "easier to use" ?
sorry it's not. no really, it's NOT, capital N-O-T.
do you know how much time it takes to configure a Lan with vista or network for that matter ? more than XP, am speaking out of experience.
I also have vista and when i take my lappy home to connect to my wireless router, i wanna go crazy
,lolanyways for now am with XP, so far vista for has shown it's improving but some stuff don't work so am just waiting for the SP.
cheers
do you know how much time it takes to configure a Lan with vista or network for that matter ? more than XP, am speaking out of experience.
I also have vista and when i take my lappy home to connect to my wireless router, i wanna go crazy
I've had similar problems w/ networking in Vista. Still haven't figured out how to share files w/ my two PCs. I know it's easy, but not really worth the hassle. I hate troubleshooting.
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Vista more quick and effiectent
ThatGuy16
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you didn't just say "easier to use" ?
sorry it's not. no really, it's NOT, capital N-O-T.
do you know how much time it takes to configure a Lan with vista or network for that matter ? more than XP, am speaking out of experience.
I also have vista and when i take my lappy home to connect to my wireless router, i wanna go crazy
anyways for now am with XP, so far vista for has shown it's improving but some stuff don't work so am just waiting for the SP.
cheers
I've had similar problems w/ networking in Vista. Still haven't figured out how to share files w/ my two PCs. I know it's easy, but not really worth the hassle. I hate troubleshooting.
My god, i had a hard time figuring this out on XP, on Vista all you have to do is make two clicks, boom. done.
control panel / networking and sharing center. all you have to do is turn it on, and you can access the shared folders on all the other pc's connected.
I love this, if you need something on another computer, all you have to do is put it in a shared folder and it can be accessed from any computer connected to the network
The two main grievances here while still running XP on a separate drive was the lack of the add/remove Windows components option seen as far back as 95/98 no longer seen in the new version. The other main thing was denied access to the new form of DocumentsandSettings folder with the users folder now seem. I hate not having full access to anything as the admin to what files are where.
Suprisingly all the "bugs" that everyone was expected while not uncommon with any new version when it first comes out is with the drivers/softwares for hardwares themselves not with Windows on it's own. Plus updates are being seen at a much faster rate for Vista over XP with the shutdown/install updates message seen more often. MS is trying to make a big impression lately.
Suprisingly all the "bugs" that everyone was expected while not uncommon with any new version when it first comes out is with the drivers/softwares for hardwares themselves not with Windows on it's own. Plus updates are being seen at a much faster rate for Vista over XP with the shutdown/install updates message seen more often. MS is trying to make a big impression lately.
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