It seems Microsoft has released the long awaited Windows Vista to a selection of its larger customers. If you're a Microsoft Volume License customer, you can now download Vista from the MVLS Volume Licensing site. Since around 10am (GMT) this morning, Vista has been properly released into the wild via MVLS - but no news yet as to when it will be available to the developer-centric MSDN community. The Inq also gives a rundown of what Aero-capable video cards you can buy if you have a machine that lacks AGP or PCIe slots. Meanwhile, the EU is threatening to fine Microsoft again.
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Member since:2006-05-28
"On the other hand, I wouldn't run Linux as my (home) desktop OS, even if I was getting paid to do it.
(This is not to start a flamewar, it is just how I evaluate those (desktop) systems). "
If you are going to make such comments then you should at least explain how you have evaluated those systems to arrive at such a conclusion. I so hate it when people are out to start a flame war, but think it is acceptable to add "(This is not to start a flame war)" at the end of their posting, when it so obviously is!
Edited 2006-11-16 11:32
Member since:2006-08-01
I personally don't care what OS anybody uses. I have six computers at home, I know thats probably too many, but I have different uses for all of them. On those six machines I am running 1 Linux, 2 Windows, 3 Mac OS X. The reason that I think Vista is too expensive, is because it would cost me $399 for Ultimate. Or I could go buy the new version of OSX when it comes out which doesn't come in multiple flavors. Apple doesn't sell a crippled version of OSX. A single copy of OSX is $129 and five licenses is $199. Regardless of which has more features, OSX or Vista, you can't honestly tell me that its right that I can buy licenes to install OSX on 10 machines for same price it would cost me to install Vista on one. I'm not trying to say that OSX is better than Vista, I really don't care, as long as they do they're job (which is whatever I want them to do), but I do care about how much money I have to shell out.
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2005-11-10
It's getting kinda sad when a new low-end Dell is cheaper to buy than a full-featured copy of Vista to run on it.
If you don't think it's worth the price, simply don't buy it. I'll pay for Vista (and I'd pay for (new) MacOS X if I was Mac user), I think those systems are worth the money.
On the other hand, I wouldn't run Linux as my (home) desktop OS, even if I was getting paid to do it.
(This is not to start a flamewar, it is just how I evaluate those (desktop) systems).
Edited 2006-11-16 04:24