A new storage subsystem has been radically trimmed while the Indigo web services communications layer and Avalon interface will be back-ported to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, making it even harder to justify Windows Vista. "With Windows Vista, Microsoft has a real challenge," Helm said, looking ahead to the next 12 months for Microsoft. "It has to make the case to corporates this is an important upgrade that they need to make before they buy new hardware, or sales will continue to erode."® http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/12/21/windows_vista_business_users/
OK. it's official, there is NO reason to get VISTA !!! Unless you want M$ to control what you do with your PC - aka - DigitalMicrosoft Rights Management
quote:M$ reminds me of the American car companies building their bloated overly chromed cars while ignoring what their customers wanted and the Japanese cars slowly taking over. One of these days M$ will get a wake up call and people just wont pay big bucks for DRM hobbled bloatware. I suspect M$ is really making different versions so they can HAMMER DRM into the Home Versions and make sure they control your PC content. | Post Points: 5
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Why Vista adds nothing but Microsoft's abilty to control you.
Windows Vista doesnt add meaningful features over XP as all the key stuff you want is already available for XP.
Vista's main goal is to add Digital Rights Management to Windows PCs around the world so Microsoft can assure content providers that they should be the technology to allow Copyright holders to deliver protected content to content purchasers.
Alleged Microsoft Fanboy Paul admits Vista adds nothing: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_xp_apps.asp
Windows Vista is much more apt to fouling up your EMR than help it. I can't imagine any good reason to even consider upgrading to Vista before say, 2008 or beyond.
DrMurdoch: Why Vista adds nothing but Microsoft's abilty to control you. Windows Vista doesnt add meaningful features over XP as all the key stuff you want is already available for XP.Vista's main goal is to add Digital Rights Management to Windows PCs around the world so Microsoft can assure content providers that they should be the technology to allow Copyright holders to deliver protected content to content purchasers.Alleged Microsoft Fanboy Paul admits Vista adds nothing: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_xp_apps.aspWindows Vista is much more apt to fouling up your EMR than help it. I can't imagine any good reason to even consider upgrading to Vista before say, 2008 or beyond.
>>Windows Vista is much more apt to fouling up your EMR than help it. I can't imagine any good reason to even consider upgrading to Vista before say, 2008 or beyond.<<
I'm using Vista Ultimate on a Scribbler Tabletpc with Writepad EMR. I did a clean install. I have to agree, there is no compelling reason to upgrade for most. Having said that, Hand Writing is better and this OS claims it actually, "learns how you write," as opposed to the user conforming to the HW rules. As Thurott notes on his supersite, the search feature in Vista is better. Reminds me of Apple's Spotlight which technically is no better than Windows desktop search. Data Execution Prevention is in high gear with Vista. I had to allow the executable on my EMR in order to remove a .dll corruption failure that originally prohibited the installation.
Better handwriting is a significant improvement. I wonder how much better it will be. I will likely install Vista on my Tablet to test this question. Or maybe more likely will get a new tablet with Vista sometime in the new year.
But with Vista being the bloatware that it is ... It'll probably be a battery hog.
I am 75% finished my Windows 2000 to XP migration. I notice no difference between the two.
I am only migrating to XP to support Office 2007. I will likely want to use OneNote 2007. Hardly a good reason to go to XP but I am doing it anyway.