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Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« on: February 18, 2006, 12:30:45 pm »
http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot?m=3780

Some of those reasons suck. The only one I'm interested in is the last one. 15 minute setup time? I call bullshit.
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2006, 12:59:34 pm »
Hahaha.  That's complete bullshit.  I really doubt ANYTHING Windows installed in 15 minutes.
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2006, 01:10:41 pm »
Saw that, what went through my mind was... should those features be put in OS already? Security? IE7? Seem silly that one must upgrade to Vista
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2006, 01:52:10 pm »
I read the section of Microsoft's site called "features", and I honestly couldn't find anything worthwhile.  Everything there was done by Apple, Google, and others a long time ago. 

Security?  Apple/BSD. 
Sidebar? Google/Apple. 
File indexing? Google/Apple/Linux (to some extent). 
Annoying 3d gui?  Apple/Linux. 
IE7?  Firefox. 
DRM stuff so you lose control of your computer/freedom?  No thanks. 
Updates integrated into Internet Explorer?  Dumbest idea I've heard. 
Parental Controls?  No thanks. 

I really don't see a good reason even for Windows users to upgrade.  I am hoping that Vista flops so I can laugh. 
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2006, 01:59:29 pm »
My windows xp install takes 9 minutes, from after formatting the partitions -- So around 20 minutes till it's up and running...

I'm wondering what Warrior will say..
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2006, 02:00:01 pm »
Quote from: Blaze on February 18, 2006, 01:59:29 pm
My windows xp install takes 9 minutes, from after formatting the partitions -- So around 20 minutes till it's up and running...

Your computer is a machine, considering the reboots probably take a minute/minute and a half...
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Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2006, 03:58:01 pm »
I think FreeBSD took about 10 minutes for a minimal install.. of course, compiling everything else is a little annoying :)
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2006, 04:31:56 pm »
I once installed my Windows 98 in less than one minute.  It went from my truck to the trash.  It was fun.
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2006, 04:40:01 pm »
What happend to Windows Longhorn?
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2006, 04:51:36 pm »
Quote from: GameSnake on February 18, 2006, 04:40:01 pm
What happend to Windows Longhorn?
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Longhorn was long ago renamed Vista.
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2006, 04:54:42 pm »
Aww, and Longhorn was such a redneck type of name, too.
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2006, 05:57:08 pm »
Kinda like Windows Whistler.
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2006, 06:32:34 pm »
I probably won't buy Vista until the cheap Student Version comes out (I can buy XP legally at school for $30, full non-upgrade version).

Most of the features I was most interested in for Vista have been scrapped or delayed.  However, I am very happy that Microsoft is learning from Linux.  While iago is correct in saying that very little of Vista is ingenuitive, Its a considerable improvement and if they can speed up their development process, the postponed features will probably make it a very nice OS.
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2006, 01:02:34 pm »
Quote from: Newby on February 18, 2006, 02:00:01 pm
Quote from: Blaze on February 18, 2006, 01:59:29 pm
My windows xp install takes 9 minutes, from after formatting the partitions -- So around 20 minutes till it's up and running...

Your computer is a machine, considering the reboots probably take a minute/minute and a half...

Ugh.. 30 seconds?  That isn't normal..?  :-\
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Re: Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2006, 01:08:37 pm »
...I can't believe people don't want Windows to upgrade security because "Done by BSD/Linux". I don't care, Linux stole enough from Windows. Go get your own damn drivers/software and stop using ndis wrappers and Wine before you start crying about who did what.

15 Minute install is possible. Done by Apple.
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