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Question: Will you be switching to Microsoft's Vista?
Option 1: Yes votes: 0
Option 2: No votes: 4
Option 3: Maybe - if I have to votes: 2
Option 4: Undecided votes: 3
Title: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Lise on Jan 30 07 02:33
Well, it's out. Will you switch to Microsoft's new program?

   [H3][FONT size=6]Microsoft catches up with Vista... but will it sell?(//vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/haushalt/d062.gif)[/FONT][/H3] [P class=timeStamp]Updated Mon. Jan. 29 2007 6:54 AM ET

 [P class=storyAttributes]Philip Stavrou, CTV.ca News

 It took five years, $6 billion and 8,000 workers for Microsoft to develop their new 'Vista' operating system, but if you're smart you won't buy it -- right away that is.

  That's because, as most security experts will confirm, the giant that is Microsoft has become a favourite target of hackers. And, despite the emphasis placed on making Vista secure, online troublemakers will be working furiously to find holes.

  In fact, only 10 per cent of the market is expected to adopt the new operating system immediately -- meaning 90 per cent won't even touch the product until it has been tested on the open market.

  "Most security experts, myself included, would advise people to wait to see the impact of Vista launching," Digital Journal Editor-in-Chief Chris Hogg told CTV.ca.

  "Microsoft owns 90 per cent of the operating system market and when you're big, you're a target... just by installing it you are going to be putting yourself in front of the firing squad that's going to be going after Microsoft."

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Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: purelife on Jan 30 07 02:34
Defintely NO!
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: TehBorken on Jan 30 07 02:39
Vista is teh puke. I'll never upgrade to it, period.

I'm trying out [a href="vny!://www.ubuntu.com/"]Ubuntu[/a] and so far I like it a lot. Combined with [a href="vny!://www.codeweavers.com/"]Crossover Office[/a], it seems to be "The Final Solution" for me.
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 07 02:41
I'm buying the 2007 Office later today more or less because I have to lol.  Hope there's no bugs in it.  
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: tenkani on Jan 30 07 02:46
I will wait until someone comes out with a hacked version and then give it a spin on an alternate boot setup. If Microshaft wants my money they can come take it from my cold dead paw     >:(

  I'm through with paying for their shitty betas.
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: TehBorken on Jan 30 07 03:42
 Sportsdude wrote:
Hope there's no bugs in it.  

Lol, now [span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"]that's[/span] funny!! Good one, SD!
 
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 07 04:05
well I bought office 2007 so the instant I install it I'm expecting massive shutdown. lol  
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 07 04:06
funny I can't seem to get the box open....  
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 07 05:40
Its been an hour and a half and still can't get the box open....  
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: kingy on Jan 30 07 05:42
not being able to open the box might be a good thing.
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 07 05:43
ugh FINALLY!!!

Stupid box
 
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 07 05:50
ugh I put in the product code wrong and it froze  
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 07 06:13
its installing now, finally.
why does bill gates sound like a kid in a candy store just gushing over this thing?
 
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 07 06:24
well it works, its different but I hate the text. Its blurry like IE 7.0 text. ugh.  
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: kingy on Jan 30 07 08:49
im still using office 2000. works fine for what i need it for.
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: TehBorken on Jan 30 07 09:07
 kingy wrote:
im still using office 2000. works fine for what i need it for.

Same here. I think MS Word topped out about version 6, everything since then has been feature-bloat. 98% of the stuff it does is never used. Same with Excel for that matter...how many people really use pivot tables or goal-seeking formulas?

 
Title: Re: Microsoft's Vista
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 30 07 09:41
Well its now colour coded background in Office.  Everything is blue in Word, I bet everything is Green in Excel and Orange in Power Point.  I got the student version because I don't need all those extra gizmos.