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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: but I don't use it much
Dang. I was going to say that!
Marc
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I should be getting mine in the mail in a few weeks. I get a free upgrade with the laptop I bought.
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I watched so many people's systems crash and burn with new MicroSmurf systems - Even awaiting SP1 is somewhat on the early side.
Some of you may not to care, but it takes me a serious amount of time and effort to build up fresh drive to where I like it. The pleasure in this has long since passed - especially when it's due to a crash in a defective operating system. My time is worth more than money or being the first kid on the block.
Jumping on a new MS System thinking it will not give you misery? Let me yet, again, quite Clever Albert (Einstein):
"Insanity is when you do the same thing over and over, and expect different results"
This, with an MSDN subscription, is quite a mouthfull: I already 'own' vista, and can simply download it. But I know better.
Balboos
"We're Microsoft. We don't give a damn - - - we don't have to!"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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And I've seen just as many (actually, more) frustrations on versions of Linux, mainframes with Unix, and swanky new white boxes with MacOS.
All OSs have issues. Some just pretend more than others that they don't.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I will certainly admit that grief and frustration are available from any OS (and other) software.
The difference is in the cavalier attitude with which Microsoft will release unready software upon the users. It would, based upon past experience, an exceptional event, indeed, if major Sevice Packs were not unleashed now that the hordes of the real beta-testers lay down their money and load up their systems.
I don't seem to recall Bill Gates' charming visage on the network news pronouncing a well-earned "mea culpa" in the past.
So, although we may fundamentally agree on the truth to the statement that all of the OS's will dispense grief at one time or another, I maintain that MS has earned a special niche in that reguard.
Keep your hands warm and your feet dry!
Balboos
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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Is this reply translated by a machine? Whatever...
cheers,
</wqw>
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Last night on the news:
Request from Apple to iPod owners not to upgrade to VISTA - it seems to cause some serious problems to the iPods. Some other manufacturers of devices have joined this chorus. And, as usual, the first to install a new MS product are the first to get their 3 R's:
Right Royally Reamed.
"DOH!"
I downloaded Ubuntu 6.06.1 last night.
Keep your hands warm and your feet dry!
(I don't own an iPod).
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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With my home computer, I'll possibly stick with XP forever.
There ist no need to go deeper into the swamp than I'm used to:
Windows is gradually replaced by Linux and/or FreeBSD
At work, we just dropped NT4-Support, and Vista is installed on one Test-Computer. We see to our software working with the new Vista privilege system, but the computers we ship will have XP on them until Microsoft disallows it.
So no need to hurry.
"We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising: and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation."
-- Caius Petronius, Roman Consul, 66 A.D.
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Around 3 days ago I was wondering about suggesting a new question for weekly poll, Guess what it was?
Yes, When will you start using Vista?
People think just the same sometimes
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hardly a surprise considering today is the official launch day  I knew it had to be this question before I scrolled down.
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Me too...
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What I found unbelievable was the amount of free advertising MS got through all of the UK media coverage of the release of Vista. I can't see the 6 o'clock news having a main item about Ford releasing a new model of car, or Dulux releasing a new colour of emulsion. I don't like to see my license fee going on what is essentially advertising for MS. 
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I bought my laptop in July and immediately wiped the drive and installed Vista beta 2, and I've been using various builds ever since.
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You, sir, are a masochist.
Grim (aka Toby) MCDBA, MCSD, MCP+SB
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But my software works on Vista. Hopefully my competition isn't so masochistic.
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Michael Dunn wrote: But my software works on Vista
Works on Vista or Works only on Vista?
YOU wouldn't need to resort to self-mutilation just to have your software running under Vista.
"We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising: and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation."
-- Caius Petronius, Roman Consul, 66 A.D.
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Works on 2K, XP, and Vista.
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Grimolfr wrote: You, sir, are a masochist.
Well, he used to write shell extensions for fun a few years ago - so perhaps you have a point there 
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True. Windows Vista already is a normal desktop OS for him.
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Hah! I'm still running beta 1! Well, not running exactly, I never power up that system, it sits in a closet.
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I beat you, I have been using regularly since the February CTP.
Previously I did install it but did not use it.
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Wow, you're brave 
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I have been using vista ever since beta 1 and I can't live without it anymore 
Although all the software I've created in the last few months runs on w2k/xp/w2k3/vista.
WM.
What about weapons of mass-construction?
"What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson
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