Comments on: Virtual Vista Stuff-Up http://buffered.io/2006/10/17/virtual-vista-stuff-up/ What would OJ do? Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:33:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gav http://buffered.io/2006/10/17/virtual-vista-stuff-up/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Gav Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:27:35 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/10/17/virtual-vista-stuff-up/#comment-109 <a href="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/10/26/Microsoft_clarifies_Vista_activation_to_bit-tech/" rel="nofollow">MS clarify the re-activation issue</a>. MS clarify the re-activation issue.

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2006/10/17/virtual-vista-stuff-up/comment-page-1/#comment-108 OJ Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:54:29 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/10/17/virtual-vista-stuff-up/#comment-108 You're dead right, I can't and I won't complain about XP. It does everything I need it to, just like it does for you. I'll continue to use my XP licence long after Vista has been released - and I'll probably continue to use it long after support for it is pulled. Top comment Rob! :) You’re dead right, I can’t and I won’t complain about XP. It does everything I need it to, just like it does for you. I’ll continue to use my XP licence long after Vista has been released – and I’ll probably continue to use it long after support for it is pulled.

Top comment Rob! :)

]]> By: Rob G http://buffered.io/2006/10/17/virtual-vista-stuff-up/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Rob G Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:14:14 +0000 http://buffered.io/2006/10/17/virtual-vista-stuff-up/#comment-107 I dunno, I'm not sure this can't be handled in other ways too. If there's not enough software on Mac (or Linux) for you, then you can hardly complain about Windows XP. I personally think it's been quite a big success as an OS in the last few years, which, incidentally I think is the reason MS are (over)hyping Vista with their infamous marketing machine. I've been actively using Vista since the early betas and they were terribly unstable (as expected), but I'm very happy with the stability of RC1 so far (except it keeps deactivating my video card after sleepmode) - but - in my opinion, it still doesn't do the fantastic job that I think XP does in all areas. Call it new, call it whatever, but the fact remains, regardless of it's shiny exterior and spiffy tranparency I still can't rely on it as my 24/7 OS. XP can do this - even if it is just plain Blue. Anyway, after all that, I'll end the way I started...vote with your dollars. Don't buy the frickin' thing until they've sorted their sh*t out! Boycott Vista and use XP until they realise that these "baby steps" towards big corporate bullying (and make no mistake that is what their EULA is heading towards) will not be tollerated because regardless of their financial status, we hold the bucks that put bread on their tables... I dunno, I’m not sure this can’t be handled in other ways too. If there’s not enough software on Mac (or Linux) for you, then you can hardly complain about Windows XP. I personally think it’s been quite a big success as an OS in the last few years, which, incidentally I think is the reason MS are (over)hyping Vista with their infamous marketing machine. I’ve been actively using Vista since the early betas and they were terribly unstable (as expected), but I’m very happy with the stability of RC1 so far (except it keeps deactivating my video card after sleepmode) – but – in my opinion, it still doesn’t do the fantastic job that I think XP does in all areas. Call it new, call it whatever, but the fact remains, regardless of it’s shiny exterior and spiffy tranparency I still can’t rely on it as my 24/7 OS. XP can do this – even if it is just plain Blue.

Anyway, after all that, I’ll end the way I started…vote with your dollars. Don’t buy the frickin’ thing until they’ve sorted their sh*t out! Boycott Vista and use XP until they realise that these “baby steps” towards big corporate bullying (and make no mistake that is what their EULA is heading towards) will not be tollerated because regardless of their financial status, we hold the bucks that put bread on their tables…

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