Vista Ultimate Extended Trial

[Gidgidonihah]

I'm here to drag up old threads.

For the record, windows 7 will not, i repeat not, have the minwin kernal.

[Jedakiah]

I think we can all agree that's retarded.  Optimizing Vista? 

[Latro]

Microsoft has become wonderful at telling you they are working on great technology..... That they'll never sell.

[Jedakiah]

Namely winfs.  Though I'm sure that will not be half as great as it could be.  Honestly I'm surprised Linux doesn't have something like that already. 

[Jedakiah]

Intel & Microsoft's one way affair.

[logicaL!]

Intel & Microsoft's one way affair.

I know a few people at Intel, and some of them do work with Vista for various testing purposes. But it makes no sense really to upgrade most work/school computers because they are slow usually to begin with (although I know a few at Intel with kickass rigs).

Personally I've tried the leaked build of 7, and its like Vista but better.

[Jedakiah]

I know a few at Intel with kickass rigs

So do I, but even they are not fast enough to run Vista. 

That is a sad truth you bring out though.  You'd hope that each new version of an operating system would either offer a performance increase or much desired features that are worth the money.  But Vista clearly failed in this area (IMO I guess). 

Speaking of which.  I have read from numerous people that Vista is somehow designed to prevent pirating.  And that it expends a great deal of system resources fighting piracy.  How?  What does it do?

[Labyrinthine]

But Vista clearly failed in this area (IMO I guess). 

Agreed, Vista is much worse than XP but not quite as bad as ME.

If windows ever manages to release another OS as crappy as ME... Yowza.

[Jedakiah]

Agreed, Vista is much worse than XP but not quite as bad as ME.

If windows ever manages to release another OS as crappy as ME... Yowza.

Lolz.  I know everyone thinks that way but I never had a lick of trouble with ME.  I'm weird.