Microsoft VISTA

[Raging Deadstar]

Atrocities said:
I wonder how bug infest, virus friendly, user not so friendly, and fiendishly lacking in common sense this new OS will be. Any takers?

It will obviously take all of those "features" to unprecedented heights

[Xrati]

It sounds like an extremely LARGE patch for XP!

[Atrocities]

Oh, but you MUST buy it.... so its not a patch, its a rip off.

[General Woundwort]

Windows Vista: A clear breakthrough

Windows Vista is a huge leap forward in personal computing. Advances in reliability, security, ease of deployment, performance, and manageability make it easy to:


• Confidently do what you want, when you want, and where you want
• Clearly organize your work and play in powerful new ways
• Connect seamlessly with other people, devices, and computers

Are they talking to us, or the hackers? Oh, wait, there's more...

Windows Vista is the most secure and trustworthy Windows operating system ever,

Talk about setting the bar high...

and it helps organizations achieve their business and computing goals with confidence. Windows Vista security features protect against the latest generation of threats, such as worms, viruses, and malware.

Ah, THAT'S the problem! Microsoft has only NOW realized that there are such things as worms and viruses! That explains a lot, doesn't it?

If an attacker manages to compromise a computer, Windows Vista limits the damage.

By committing seppuku, I suppose...

[El_Phil]

I think maybe, just maybe, this time people wont get trapped on the upgrade bandwagon. New features are running out, or at least the useful ones.

I forget how many but there still a huge chunk of people on Win2K and using Office '97 because they still work. Why upgrade?

Enter stage left Thermodyne ranting about new and better and lots of obscure features no non-admin would ever use.

[Atrocities]

VISTA Is =

Virus
Inviting
Shitty
Tech
Assiantance

[Q]

And if the system breaks down you will get the final message:

HASTA LA VISTA BABY

[bearclaw]

A study was done a few years ago in the US that found that 84% of people were 'followers'. The ones the 'do what they are told'.

13.5% were found to be 'inovators' who will do what seems logical rather than what they are told.

2.5% are concidered 'Pioneers'. They are the ones that will find their own way of doing something.

Based on this, I expect that 84% of people will be out there buying WinVista immidiatly. 13.5% will wait until the bugs have been found and fixed (the major ones anyway) and 2.5% will use something other than Windows completely.

Just my 2 cents.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

El_Phil said:
I forget how many but there still a huge chunk of people on Win2K and using Office '97 because they still work. Why upgrade?

/me uses Win98SE and no Micro-horror Office at all, instead /me uses OpenOffice

[Suicide Junkie]

Go Win98!

Go DOS 5.1!