Ten Reasons to buy Windows Vista

[Newby]

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Some of those reasons suck. The only one I'm interested in is the last one. 15 minute setup time? I call bullshit.

[deadly7]

Hahaha.  That's complete bullshit.  I really doubt ANYTHING Windows installed in 15 minutes.

[Ergot]

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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[iago]

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. 

[Blaze]

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..

[Newby]

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...

[iago]

I think FreeBSD took about 10 minutes for a minimal install.. of course, compiling everything else is a little annoying :)

[CrAz3D]

I once installed my Windows 98 in less than one minute.  It went from my truck to the trash.  It was fun.

[GameSnake]

What happend to Windows Longhorn?

[deadly7]

What happend to Windows Longhorn?

...
Longhorn was long ago renamed Vista.

[GameSnake]

Aww, and Longhorn was such a redneck type of name, too.

[Joe]

Kinda like Windows Whistler.

[Chavo]

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.

[Blaze]

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..?  :-\

[Warrior]

...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.