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Vista-incapable PCs Become GNU/Linux PCs, Given to ...
Roy Schestowitz newsgro...@schestowitz.com comp os linux advocacy High-quality DVDs will not operate on some Vista PCs ,----[ Quote ] Microsoft has been forced to acknowledge that a substantial number of PCs running the new version of its Windows operating system will not be able to play high-quality DVDs.

Tell me why PCs are better than Macs
The operating system itself will determine which level a PC fits into by sensing its graphics capabilities, and PCs will either be deemed capable of running Aero or not. Those that are not will present a classic Windows interface, the software giant has said." more in the article. -- Regards, JP "The measure of a

Vista Disaster Shaded by Vapourware (Windows 7), Gamers ...
TheLetterK n...@none.net comp sys mac advocacy Donald L McDaniel wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:54:21 -0800, TheLetterK wrote (in article ..... Do keep in mind that Xorg is actually quite a capable 'graphics subsystem'. It's certainly on par with the garbage pawned off on Windows users, and some of the more recent

MS: "We really botched this."
*Related Articles* *10 Tips For a Healthy PC* It can be an angering experience to press your PC's power button and nothing happens. *What is a Windows Vista Capable PC?* A PC that carries the Windows Vista Capable PC logo or meets the Windows Vista Capable requirements below can be upgraded from Windows XP to

Microsoft: Vista Has "High Impact" Problems
OEMs are still unable to get required approvals for advertising that lets Linux users know that a PC is capable of running Linux, or even which Apple's Mac with OS/X has been acknowledged as far superior to Windows XP or Vista by numerous reviewers. Most reviewers of Vista, even those with relatively positive

Top Ten Reasons to Not Wait for Vista
Microsoft and PC makers used "Windows Vista Capable" stickers in an attempt to maintain sales of Windows XP machines during the 2006 holiday shopping season .... I am not really an expert in this but when I read all the negative headlines and articles I ask myself if Microsoft really will survive the next 10 years.

XP Pro Support Ends April 2008
Donald L McDaniel orthocross2...@yahoo.com comp sys mac advocacy On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:54:21 -0800, TheLetterK wrote (in article <_epLf.39355$bW.29511@bignews8. bellsouth.net>): Donald L ..... It's also reasonably well integrated with certain functions in OS X. None of these programs are lacking for a Windows PC.

Why some of us are concerned about Vista
Sparky Spartacus Spa...@universalexports.org alt sys pc-clone dell Steer Clear of Windows Vista Basic ARTICLE DATE: 02.14.07 By Lance Ulanoff Windows Vista I do notice that it's about $60 cheaper than the more multimedia-capable Premium Edition. And that's the answer, isn't it? This is for OEMs who want to trim

Mac OS and Vista File Sharing
The Windows Vista Capable logo is designed to assure customers that the PCs they buy today will be ready for an upgrade to Windows Vista and can run the core to “A new PC running Windows XP that carries the Windows Vista Capable PC logo can run Windows Vista. All editions of Windows Vista will deliver core

Seeing VERSIONINFO under Vista?
It's not JUST the price of the OS software, it's all about junking your perfectly good hardware because it's not vista/drm capable/compliant. That's five or six times what the OS costs Microsoft Vista Deployment Vista-ready computer $600 Windows Vista Business $300 Office 2007 Professional ~$500 License mgmt $?

Microsoft Acknowledges that Windows Vista Has DVD Issues
explained in the article, so there's really no /need/ for guessing. I wasn't guessing: [...] The employee is right ---- Windows Vista Capable PCs really are junk. They can't, for example, run Aero Glass, which Microsoft touts as one of the most important features of Vista. They also can't run Windows Media Center

Firefox 2 for RISC OS
NOync.net> wrote: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129163-c,vistalonghorn/article. html' Vista Capable' Barely Hits the Mark Microsoft's minimum RAM requirement for Vista Capable PCs isn't realistic, say analysts. Configuring a PC around the minimum hardware requirements of an application or operating system is lot

Security firm suggests Windows users switch to Macs
The "Hz7220 HD-DVD/Blu-Ray" features a built-in Linux-capable applications processor, and is touted as the first DVD player/recorder SoC to enable true Even Bill Gates doesn't like this situation: http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/storage/news/article.php/3556866 He stated that "the key issue here is that the

Third Party Software Vendors Locked Out of Windows
XP is superior to Vista on all three fronts. But don't take my word for this. Read the article published by the benchmarking gurus at Toms Hardware. Most of the products were met with the same negative attitude as Windows Vista. Do I think Windows Vista will turn out to be like many of the previous products in

Microsoft Caught Offering 'Free Lunch' to Shut up Critics
Remember PC users are a touchy and insecure bunch. They have to be constantly reassured that the PC is the best and most capable or they will whine and stomp their yesterday (I can't repost the article here due to copyright restrictions) but a new product press release for a Windows product had been posted.

Linux now on AppleTV
... future of Dimdows <http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/26/HNvistamsfuture_1. html>: Michael Silver, analyst for Gartner, said most PCs sold now are capable of However, by the time the next version of Windows client OS is available in 2009 or 2010, "the device vendors should be caught up in terms of 64-bit

Vista Minimum requirements not realistic?
http://www.wcmessenger.com/news/news/EEZlAlVkEpEFmkSpXI.php Vista sales could boost PC recycling ,----[ Quote ] As customers line up to buy new PCs capable of running Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows Vista OS, vendors like Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) are preparing to process a surge of discarded,

MSFT Redefines Vista Capable
Ben Myers On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:48:44 -0400, Sparky Spartacus <Spa...@universalexports.org> wrote: Steer Clear of Windows Vista Basic ARTICLE DATE: I do notice that it's about $60 cheaper than the more multimedia-capable Premium Edition. And that's the answer, isn't it? This is for OEMs who want to trim a few

How can Vista be speeded up for use on an old computer?
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36111 Windows Vista's Firewall offers false sense of security ,----[ Quote ] Knowing that Windows Vista's firewall is capable of outbound blocking, but that it wrongfully defaults to let all programs access the Internet when it should let none, we were looking for an

Oracle and Red Hat Have a 'Patching Contest'; Vista Needs ...
Don't see a link in that "article" to the description of the class action suit. Could be that no one has yet transcribed it but it opens the distinct possible of misrepresentation. "Windows Vista Capable" PCs, which can run only the most basic version of Vista, are "junk," with Jim Allchin, then co-president of