Microsoft will release just one more build of Windows Vista for testing before the code goes gold, said Brad Goldberg, the general manager for the Windows client business group. That build will be made available to a limited group of between 50000 and 100000 testers in October, and follows the interim Vista build that Microsoft released on Sept. 22. Elsewhere, people noticed that Java applications use the standard (effect-less) Aero interface, instead of the finacy shiny bling-bling Aero Glass.
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Member since:2005-11-10
Member since:2005-07-06
'eh, Windows isn't *that* broken 
I run various version of windows AS WELL as Mac OSX, debian, other OSes. I left my family with windows 2k pro and xp pro because it works fine for them. Specially once I spend 3 hours 'fixing' it. They run perfectly stable, fast and have absolutely NO issues. But I'll admit that it shouldn't take 3-4 hours of work to get the system that way.
I let my sister try out ubuntu with crossover office and it was just too much of a hassle. She does a lot of graphics work and the programs she likes using for various things either have no *linux alternative or simply suck if they do.
I have BeOS, debian and XP Pro loaded on my tower and I generally boot into XP. It works and runs fine.
I hate it when people just blindly bash something (not you) and call its users stupid. It really makes you wonder who is actually 'stupid'...
ok, I'm done.
Edited 2006-09-30 14:51
Member since:2005-06-29
yeah right. and if microsoft (in your dreams) switches to some xml based system configuration you and your online friends will scream "look!!! look!!! they are copying apple again!!!1". oh well... imho registry is perfect. it just shouldn't be so abused by 3rd party developers.
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2005-06-29
once again: what's so bad about registry and why is file system layout broken?