Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th Jan 2007 16:58 UTC, submitted by various
While the BBC features reviews of Vista by ordinary folk, someone dove into Vista's EULA [.pdf] only to find that when you upgrade from a previous version of Windows, the license of that product becomes invalid. What this means, basically, is that after you've upgraded your XP install to Vista, you cannot use the license of your old XP install on another computer. Tom's Hardware, in the meantime, published an in-depth benchmark comparing Windows XP to Vista, concluding that "Vista is the better Windows, because it behaves better, because it looks better and because it feels better. But it cannot perform better than Windows XP." APCMag, lastly, wonders what can be learnt from the Vista launch.
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2005-07-09
One of the goals of such copy protection and licensing schemes is always to force people to abandon their investment in the prior versions. The cash cow will never be milked if you give people the freedom to choose some alternate path. So STFU, bend over, hand Bill your wallet and be happy in the warmth of knowing it looks better and may or may not prove more or less secure.
Maybe even a few less zombie bots out there when the dust clears if we're lucky.