Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 22nd Dec 2008 22:26 UTC, submitted by rexstuff
Windows Vista has been out and about for a while now, and it has already been updated with a service pack, with a second service pack on its way. Vista's successor, Windows 7, is also getting closer and closer to release, but despite all that, Windows XP is still going strong, and demand for the operating system remains high. Because of that, Microsoft has yet again extended Windows XP's lifetime for OEMs and resellers.
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Member since:2007-02-17
So, you're just going to ignore all the reports online that clearly state that Windows Vista-current is by no means a "performance dog".
Oh, Vista is a performance dog alright. One just has to read the endless vapor-ware promises about how Windows 7 will be so fantastic as to improve on Vista performance to realise that fact. Even Microsoft realises it. Heck, even Microsoft marketing droids (posing as IT journalists) realise it.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22279/1103/
You see ... instead of the intended marketing message "Windows 7 will be real fast ... we promise, honest injun" ... one can easily read between the lines and realise the actual truth here ... "Windows Vista is dog slow".
Apparently Thom is the only person on the planet who hasn't been clued in yet. Very strange thing that for an editor on a site that purports to convey "OS news".
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=java_vm_performa...
PS: I gave you all of the facts that I have about my nephew's Vista laptop. He is competent enough to have burnt many things on to CDs quite successfully on the same machine ... but multimedia files (of unspecified origin) are apparently a no go.
Edited 2008-12-24 04:38 UTC
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2005-06-29
So, you're just going to ignore all the reports online that clearly state that Windows Vista-current is by no means a "performance dog". In addition, you mindlessly blame it on something of which you have no proof whatsoever.
Clever.
A vague statement about a "nephew". Right. You didn't ask him where he got the mp3 files from... Could be from a source that sells them with DRM, in which case, Microsoft has little to do with it. Your "nephew" should've just looked at the store he bought the mp3s from.
Then again, it could be any other type of cause, from not having an CD-R in the drive to him not pressing the "start burn" button. Your description is so vague, there's little sane to be said about it.
You see, I've never had ANY issues with burning/transferring ANY multimedia file from Vista to ANY medium, be it DVD, CD-R, or an external hard disk. Nor have any of my friends or relatives.
If you rip any CD you just bought in a store, or mp3s downloaded without store-added DRM, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from burning them to a CD in Vista.
In fact, I actually have. I have transferred my two Vista licenses around computers for round and about 5-6 times now, without any hassle, you just call MS and a few minutes later, all is well. A few of the machines I own received total motherboard/proc/mem upgrades while XP was on them, and I didn't see any problems either.
If you experience activation issues, you call Microsoft, and a few minutes later, you are in the clear. Like I said, it's a nuisance, but they have a right to do so. If you don't like it - which you apparently don't - just stick to Linux and be happy, there's no need to come barging in in every damn Windows story and hijack all the threads about how much you hate Windows.
WE GET THE FRIGGIN' IDEA ALREADY. The more you hijack threads with zealous misinformation and exaggerations, the more damage you do to Free software. Please bear that in mind.