Windows vista!!!

[[527]phil]

windows vista

Can't wait untill it comes out, hopefully it won't be another Windows me .

[Anthony]

It is still a year away from being available to the public though, so don't get too excited yet.

[Timothy D. Ginn]

It's bound to change a fair bit from the current state of the Beta builds (which from what I've read aren't particularly impressive); but, I wouldn't expect to see too many new features since many of the good ones (WinFS for example) were cut out in order to keep with their time line and will apparently be introduced within service packs, later.

[Mike]

So far I know of WinFS being cut and just lately Mono (the new command line interface, supposedly was gonna rival bash) was cut. All I expect is an XP with new themes.

[miketwalker]

I have to agree with Mike, out've everything I was reading... WinFS is the only thing that I was eager to see, it's ashame its been cut from the initial release.

[Joe Matt]

Windows Vista- wanna know when it comes out? Look way way out into the vista....

[Adam Richards]

And like all other Windows releases, it will probably be leaked during the alpha stages.

Why are you all so supportive of a corporate virus release?

[Timothy D. Ginn]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

Why are you all so supportive of a corporate virus release?

I'm not so sure I would call the previous posts particularly supportive... but that said; let's try not to turn this into a flame war against MS.

[spears312]

Sounds like there will be some additional features optimized for laptops, which will be cool, especially since I'll probably end up with a new laptop with Vista on it by the time I get to college. I just hope it has better security, good local search, and good multimedia features.

[JoeXIII'007]

From what I've heard and seen so far of Longhorn, now 'vista', it should be pretty cool.

This may be a bit off-topic, but does anyone besides me think Microsoft could've come up with a better name? I mean, think about it. Vista? lol Every time Apple comes out with a new OS release, it always puts a good name to it (jaguar, tiger, etc. [cat names]). Why not Windows Hound, or bulldog, or Wolf, or some vicious wild dog name for the OS? "Vista" just seems too weak.

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-Joe

[scitobor 617]

Originally Posted by JoeXIII'007

From what I've heard and seen so far of Longhorn, now 'vista', it should be pretty cool.

This may be a bit off-topic, but does anyone besides me think Microsoft could've come up with a better name? I mean, think about it. Vista? lol Every time Apple comes out with a new OS release, it always puts a good name to it (jaguar, tiger, etc. [cat names]). Why not Windows Hound, or bulldog, or Wolf, or some vicious wild dog name for the OS? "Vista" just seems too weak.

$.02
-Joe

I agree and your post reminds me of something else.... OS X on PCs and Windows XP. I believe that Vista will have a very hard time selling to the general public. For once M$ has very stiff competition which it created. I believe that Windows XP is stable enough that everyday PC users are not looking forward to their next Windows upgrade they way that most people longened for something better than Win95/98/Me. Not only will Vista have to compete with the stablity of XP it will have to compete against Apple's OS X. I believe that Apple will be releasing cheaper PC versions of their current Mac lineup faster than M$ could dream of releasing Vista(I'm counting on more delays on M$'s part).

As far as I am concerned Vista is a poor copy of what is already avaliable on Linux and OS X. Further more, I see the release of Vista as the beginning of Microsoft's decline. Their paranoia of Linux(which is a great OS but will not be taking over the world any time soon) shows that they could be anticipating their decline.

I know this was a rather pesamistic post however I believe that the next few years in the PC market could become very interesting for Microsoft.

Originally Posted by scitobor 617

I know this was a rather pesamistic post however I believe that the next few years in the PC market could become very interesting for Microsoft.

A little pointer on this....
Anyone else notice that recently Microsoft has recently been advertising their products? They used to not do this, yet, suddenly, they are putting advertisements for their products (namely office) into every available magazine. Could this perhaps be a sign that they are nto confident with the competition that they are feeling?

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

A little pointer on this....
Anyone else notice that recently Microsoft has recently been advertising their products? They used to not do this, yet, suddenly, they are putting advertisements for their products (namely office) into every available magazine. Could this perhaps be a sign that they are nto confident with the competition that they are feeling?

I've seen those awful Windows ads on TV a lot, but yes, I agree. Remember, Apple spends very little on advertising too, yet they get lots of money.

My main problem with Vista is that most of the major features of the OS have been dropped, scaled down, or will be released on XP too. It seems like we'll be paying for new graphics....

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by scitobor 617

OS X on PCs and Windows XP

That pretty much sums up my feelings. I'll try to get in on the beta, (and try to get it to dual boot) but I probably won't upgrade until I get a new computer.

On the other hand, even if the official Apple version doesn't work directly on my PC, hacks to make it work will probably follow shortly after OS X's PC version's release.