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Story: Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008
Posted by: towsonu2003 (Monday 21 November 2005, 8:06 PM)
have you ever try to install Windows xp from scratch? I did. Everytime, it was hell. The last time, it did not recognize sound+modem+video card+wireless card. I had to pop in the driver cd from the manufacturer to make the thing workable. So, (to repeat many of the messages posted earlier) it is not that windows supports hardware, but hardware (manufacturers) support windows, bc. it has far more consumers, who usually are illiterate when it comes to computers. If manufacturers did not support the hardware, then the retailers (dell, hp and whatnot) would not use them, which means no significant sales at all for those manufacturers.
In the same machine, pop in the ubuntu cd, and almost everything works. Trow in the ndiswraper + linmodem support, then everything really works (minus 3D, because of the manufacturer who is not releasing specifications to anyone else). No driver Cd, no support AT ALL from the manufacturers, thus linux supports the hardware, not the other way around as it is with windows.
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Story: Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008
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Ignore Vista completly. Thats my advice. Vista req... Magnus Grander -
Couldn't agree more. Vista is yet another NT... Bob Robertson -
Yeah, because in all offices, the software th... Kurt Christ
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Any half trained office monkey can be tr... spk037 -
"Don't give me any arguments about how f... Elisabeth Friis
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Vista is a good work. kholk
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Vista Anonymous
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From those who have watched Windows users twist in... Mac User - X-Windows Drone
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I think that Vista will be to XP what ME was... Dilbert
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abandon one tyrannical company for another, v... bah
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One thing is for sure. Vista will look a lot prett... gorbel
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Ignorance is bliss Windows Fan Boy!
I'm sitti... Ben Der
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"Your stuck sucking on viruses, worms, s... Anonymous
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"One thing is for sure. Vista will look a lot... Don B
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Windows does not support most of the hardware... Mirza Borogovac
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have you ever try to install Windows xp... towsonu2003 -
Yes I am always amazed when reinsta... Anonymous
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"Install XP from sratch...Everytime... Anonymous
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Here's what's funny. Win NT was originally design... tm2b
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Vista isn't simply a super-patched version of... Joe S.
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Has Gartner used the beta for VIsta? the... Chris Ashtear
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Joe S. -- you DO realize that NONE of t... PatriotB
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Dump Windows ?? kidding right ? umair
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I heard about Vista requiring a mon... sb
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What inspired the new GUI for... Anonymous
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The HDMI requirement, AFAIK, i... David Wright
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DRM Monitor?? huh? kholk
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On the other hand Dave Cutler wanted a comman... Drew
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Make that 2010. Given Vista 1,2 and 3. Excluding t... Arthur B.
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Get SUSE instead of "upgrading" to Vista. Anonymous
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Patriot: You DO realize that Vista is built from s... Harijs G.
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Harijs G. - show us ONE piece of evidence tha... PatriotB
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The only OS built from scratch from MS i... Dilbert
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Vista is indeed based on WindowsNT Server 5.2. The... David Goodwin
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I've read all your posts with great interest.... Anonymous
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No programmer should ever be let near th... Jon
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You guys are barking at the wrong tree.
Gartner is... C-Fu
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People that want to wait for Vista because of some... Arthur B.
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Isn't the next version of Mac OS going to be... Caped Crusader
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There is only one reason to use Linux: F... Anonymous
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Freedom to pick up and SDK and try... Anonymous
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couldn't agree more... Heck I tell clients this A... William Wheeler
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