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Windows Vista

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:04 am
by MonteLDS

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:01 pm
by hoxlund
awesome, we finally have an official name

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:36 pm
by dolphinius_rex
wow.... that name sucks something fierce! :o

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:53 pm
by Alektron
It will have lots of bugs and security holes just like all the previous windows releases. So, we shall wait for 2007 or 2008 to buy it. Before then, everyone can use XP.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:26 pm
by burninfool
You can beta test it here:
www.deanliou.com/WinRG/

I think I'll wait until Vista SP2 comes out before I buy it.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:22 pm
by dolphinius_rex
Alektron wrote:It will have lots of bugs and security holes just like all the previous windows releases. So, we shall wait for 2007 or 2008 to buy it. Before then, everyone can use XP.


I'll stick with Win2k if you don't mind :wink:

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:38 pm
by MonteLDS
burninfool wrote:You can beta test it here:
www.deanliou.com/WinRG/

I think I'll wait until Vista SP2 comes out before I buy it.


wow, can we say retarted

PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:00 am
by burninfool
MonteLDS wrote: wow, can we say retarted


Somebody doesn't have a sense of humor.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:41 am
by hoxlund
this is the same question i ask all my agents at work

WHATS THE DEAL... I MEAN WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH BUYING SOFTWARE?

sorry that was my best seinfeld impression

everyone's planning on maybe buying this a year after its released

i'll get a few free retail copies from microsoft for retail training

and then never use em or open em, sell em, then dl vista

PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:10 am
by aviationwiz
Vista stands for:
Viruses
Infections
Spyware
Trojans
Adware

PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:24 am
by hoxlund
wow that probably will fit it a few weeks after its launch, gotta give the malicous code creators some time to make malicous code

PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:14 am
by dodecahedron
aviationwiz wrote:Vista stands for:
Viruses
Infections
Spyware
Trojans
Adware
LOL

PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:50 pm
by ItalianJob
dodecahedron wrote:
aviationwiz wrote:Vista stands for:
Viruses
Infections
Spyware
Trojans
Adware
LOL


:P :lol:

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:47 pm
by Ian
It looks like they might have to change the name:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21402 ... soft-vista

I'm sure MS could just buy out that company. :roll:

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:01 pm
by dolphinius_rex
Ian wrote:It looks like they might have to change the name:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21402 ... soft-vista

I'm sure MS could just buy out that company. :roll:


If Vista hasn't stood up and complained as quickly as they did... in another 1-2 years MS probably would have tried to sue THEM for stealing their name :lol:

PostPosted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:50 pm
by aviationwiz
dolphinius_rex wrote:
Ian wrote:It looks like they might have to change the name:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21402 ... soft-vista

I'm sure MS could just buy out that company. :roll:


If Vista hasn't stood up and complained as quickly as they did... in another 1-2 years MS probably would have tried to sue THEM for stealing their name :lol:


:lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:29 pm
by LoneWolf
Personally, I think it'll be called "Windows Vista Cruiser Edition".

Bloated in size, with massive resource usage, and a lot of chrome plating to cover that all up. ;).

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:13 pm
by dodecahedron
however lame "Vista" is, it's still better than XP.
should just call it windows 2K6 and be done with it.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:49 pm
by dolphinius_rex
dodecahedron wrote:however lame "Vista" is, it's still better than XP.
should just call it windows 2K6 and be done with it.


I agree.... I hate these version name things. I like a nice version NUMBER.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:14 pm
by aviationwiz
I guess it's out of Alpha and a Beta will be availible for some people tomorrow, I heard like 15,000 people, so it will be leaked soon!

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:46 pm
by dolphinius_rex
aviationwiz wrote:I guess it's out of Alpha and a Beta will be availible for some people tomorrow, I heard like 15,000 people, so it will be leaked soon!


But it has authentication protection this time... so it probably won't be as copyable (or usable if you do copy it).

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:00 pm
by aviationwiz
There are always crack for this authentication crap. Give it 20 minutes.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:49 pm
by dolphinius_rex
aviationwiz wrote:There are always crack for this authentication crap. Give it 20 minutes.


If microsoft tried for more then 20min to come up with a protection scheme, they'd probably have much less piracy. I think mostly the piracy has been caused by MS showing little to no interest in protecting their software.

Of course, the other reason for such rampant piracy of their software is the fact that they charge about 30x more then what it's worth as an OS.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:25 pm
by aviationwiz
Looks like it has indeed been leaked already, :lol: