Originally posted by theindependentjournal
I have been running Vista on my laptop for over a year and not one crash or problem. I don't know what those people are doing to crash theirs but they should stop...

As I said earlier on page 1, its all that porn site and trojan/virus tagged mp3's and videos ppl keep downloading thinking their anti-virus program is going to protect them...obviously they dont. A new OS isnt going to change anything..these folks will still end up reloading the OS and have lock ups and problems as they are with Vista.

Originally posted by theindependentjournal
I do not understand why Microsoft would put out a new OS so soon after Vista release though, they do not want to recoup costs of Vista? Doesn't make sense to me.

I love my Vista/XP home network and it all runs great!

Ive got 2 Vista Premium machines that run 24/7 and one runs automation software and MySQL server and 2 mp3 encoders for my online station, never had any problems with them since day one. Ive also got older machines from Win95b, Win98SE, WinXP Pro and they too run flawlessly.

Of course I dont visit porn sites or download p2p crap and leave my machine open for file sharing so that they get infected.

I dont think a new OS is going to change the habbits of users that obviously is the cause of system failures and unstability.



Cheers!!!!

BTW does anybody here tech geniuses know how to get rid of the evil ADVAPI.DLL I want that crap off my computer since Microsoft decided to keep track of malicious software install in my computer.

Or that is what they call it, in reality is nothing but spying on what you download.

Well then, here we go again.

Another useless OS from Microsoft that is designed to rip you off with the software that you have to buy to make it all work properly, and yet again, one that you can't modify without being #ed over with patent rights to make your own better version.

And the bright spark that somehow thinks it a good idea to touch a plasma screen with greasy fingers in order for it to display one's relevant files definitely needs their balls feeling.

Microsoft will loose.

Linux will win.

Free, innovative, cutting edge, freebase, software development will beat windows because windows is a greedy business model that only wants to make money.

They will forever be bereft of the best talent that is available.



#THEMALL

MS is making service pack 2 for Vista which pretty much changes Vista to Windows 7. We have windows 7 here and frankly I don't see any difference from Vista. I think maybe it is more stable. Windows 7 will be 64bit only. If you have a 32bit machine you will have to stick to Vista.

I disagree.

You can't beat a Linux distro for compatibility. It can do everything a PC can do and more.

And what's better ... you don't pay for anything. It is all free. Everything.

And it's mostly 64bit, the new ones anyway.

There is nothing that a windows PC can do that a Linux distro can't do better. Nothing. Period.

... and there are no virus or trojans. Linux doesn't recognize malicious code as regular instructions ... it sees it as useless #e and erases it from operations before it can begin to work.

It isn't hard to use and it is better than any windows system.

... but if I where a Windows tech, I would spend every waking hour slagging Linux because I would know that my job was going to hit the #pan faster than I would care it to be the case.

And I would be on the dole because I thought that Microsoft was unbeatable.

But it ain't.

... so ... #Microsoft. They will never win.

Originally posted by damwel
MS is making service pack 2 for Vista which pretty much changes Vista to Windows 7. We have windows 7 here and frankly I don't see any difference from Vista. I think maybe it is more stable. Windows 7 will be 64bit only. If you have a 32bit machine you will have to stick to Vista.

Wow just wow, the abundance of speculation being flung in this thread is hilarious. Windows 7 will be 32 and 64 bit and no you wont have to stay with vista. And no SP2 for Vista will not make it Win7. It will make it Server2008 cored.

I have been running build 7000 of the Beta of windows 7 for 2 weeks now and have shifted my machines exclusively to it. I started running it in a virtual machine and was impressed. Loaded it on an empty raptor for dual boot and was even more impressed. Now i have removed vista and fresh loaded 7 on my main rig. Removed xp from my 3yr old laptop and loaded it on there also.

It is a very excellent OS. Very smooth, fast and stable. Faster than xp, stabler than vista. I have to deal with vista since we have over 300 pc's around this plant running it. We have already decided, if the marketing guys dont screw up win7 from this point forward too much, we will shift the whole plant over to win7 come July.

Ive noticed alot less memory leaks running the same programs. More Core seperation on dual core and quad core processing. Some very needed changes from the gimped up crap of vista. And an all around pleasant experience.

There is a reason Vista was dubbed ME2. It was a filler to make some cash in the interim between Good Os'es. Just like windows ME was. Bloated, buggy and a flaming piece of crap.

Alot of the vendors are supporting this from the get go. Vista was still waiting for drivers(and still is) for alot of devices a year after its launch. Win7 has vendors chomping at the bit writing drivers and supporting it, even before its out.

So before you go believing everything that is typed on the web. Do some real world testing for yourself and develop your own opinion please. Not everything is for everyone.

Silver

Have had Vista for about Year no big problems. It was lot better than when ordered Gateway with windows 95 and the thing was empty when I got it. Had to go into DOS mode to reload everything, and all I had done before was key punch with mainframe. Another thing I ordered 4 gig hard drive and everyone said you'll never use all that

I've not had a single problem with Vista. Those who did were just too LAZY to learn the handful of differences between it and XP. The MacNuts were just lying. Embarrassed about paying more for less I guess Macs lost almost all of the Graphics market for a reason. When money is involved the silly myths go out the window.

4gigs huh. No one should ever make assumptions about an industry that has grown exponentially since inception.

Bad statements like these.

"640K ought to be enough for anybody. - "Bill Gates, 1981

That statement was made when computers didnt have hard drives. Just 2x 11.5" floppies. (Yes i owned one. Good ole Tandy TRS-80)

and

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - President and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

oh how wrong they were, but yet both made billions from their own contradictions. Wish i could still cash in on my mistakes like that, lolol.

Silver

Windows, Mac... What difference does it really make anymore? They're both essentially owned by the same people. A Mac is just a very high-end PC that runs on another variation of Linux. So it's going to be a little more stable. If you have a good PC, you shouldn't have any operating problems, whether you're using Mac software, Windows, or Ubuntu.