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Windows 7—what's the rush?
Ars Technica ^
| February 3, 2009
| Peter Bright
Posted on 02/03/2009 7:10:52 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: dayglored
Clarification:
> ...Even at $129, full-feature OS-X is less expensive than Win7 Home Basic.
Assuming Win7 is priced about like Vista was.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:34:24 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
Where's the "Not this crap again" graphic? Looks like Microsoft's programming team may have gotten itself in order, but its marketing department remains clueless. To paraphrase a Jobs joke, OS X Snow Leopard will have the following versions:
- Enterprise -- $129
- Ultimate -- $129
- Professional -- $129
- Home Premium -- $129
- Home Basic -- $129
- Starter Edition -- $129
Each version will have the full feature set. We think you'll pick "Enterprise" or "Ultimate."
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:35:55 PM PST
by
antiRepublicrat
("I am a firm believer that there are not two sides to every issue..." -- Arianna Huffington)
To: antiRepublicrat
.... or you know what your doing :)
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:36:27 PM PST
by
TV Dinners
(Hope is not a Strategy)
To: RepublitarianRoger2
>
Pretty much identical to the Vista versions."Windows 7? This isn't Windows 7. This is Windows Vista, with 'Vista' crossed out, and '7' written in crayon!?!?!"
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:36:43 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: antiRepublicrat
I've been PCing since Windows 3.1.
Vista is a-okay with me. I run it at home and work. Very stable. Nice features. It just works.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:38:40 PM PST
by
PackerBoy
(Just my opinion ....)
To: antiRepublicrat
>
Where's the "Not this crap again" graphic? 
> To paraphrase a Jobs joke,...
Yes, I'll have "Ultimate OS-X", please...
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:39:57 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: TV Dinners
Vista works fine, at least for me.Same here, but it is quite bloated compared to XP.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:41:54 PM PST
by
meyer
(We are all John Galt)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Is Vista really bad or good? I plan on buying a new computer within 2 weeks and I'm seriously debating whether to buy one with no-OS (I have a bootleg copy of XP Pro) or buy one with Vista Home Premium 64-bit. I'll ignore the bootleg aspect. Believe it or not, I say get Vista.
If you get Vista Whatever with the system you will pay less than half the price of buying retail. Then when 7 comes out you will probably pay 1/3 for an upgrade, less if Microsoft has some promotion to win back customers it lost with Vista. Basically, you'll probably end up paying a bit less for Vista and the 7 upgrade than you would buying 7 at full retail.
This doesn't apply if you get your hands on a legit Windows 7 OEM copy in the first place. Local computer stores are often nice enough to sell them.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:42:18 PM PST
by
antiRepublicrat
("I am a firm believer that there are not two sides to every issue..." -- Arianna Huffington)
To: dayglored
lol... the OSX comparision...
I can buy a 299.99 laptop (from multiple hardware vendors mind you) with windows.... by the time windows7 is ready, same laptop will be 249.99...
find me a Mac notebook that is 299.99 and I’ll by another copy of OSX just for back up...
fwiw.. I have OSX 10.5 running on a 4 year old dell d600... works pretty well, nice OS... seems rediculous to pay such a premium for the hardware... what’s Apple scared of, supporting more than 2 chipset configs?
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:42:46 PM PST
by
TV Dinners
(Hope is not a Strategy)
To: antiRepublicrat
They’re still selling a lot of XP O/Ss.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:42:47 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: PackerBoy
DOS 3.x.
Of course you were actually using some version of DOS too if you were using Windows 3.x.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:47:05 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: donaldo
“Not one single problem, zero, zilch, nada, the best ever.”
Yeah, but everyone loves the first OS they ever have on their first new computer......
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:47:23 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
To: exist
“Vista has been the absolute best.”
Bill would have like to know that before they shelled out the money for the Mojave commercials.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:49:11 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
To: TV Dinners
>
...seems rediculous to pay such a premium for the hardware... what’s Apple scared of, supporting more than 2 chipset configs? Not scared; it's just not their business model.
Apple sells SYSTEMS, not software. The hardware and software are designed by Apple to work together. The result is a great experience for most users.
Apple would lose bigtime if they tried to sell OS-X for J-Random hardware-du-jour machines. Their business model is based on being a smaller player, for folks who want their particular feature mix.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:49:42 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: JSteff
Vista works ok, it’s just pathetically slow.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:50:36 PM PST
by
mamelukesabre
(Give me Liberty or give me something to aim at)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Don’t listen to them... they are paid by the Vista team. XP is still the best. That is why MS had to rush with 7.
7 will perform like XP in many ways, but have visual capabilities like Vista.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:52:07 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
“to downloading porn “
That is why it worked so well for him. He was busy to notice it’s short comings....
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:53:55 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
To: Secret Agent Man
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:54:31 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: dayglored
“the one-and-only SKU, full-featured version of OS-X sells for $129”
Yeah but that is the license for one year and only after you send Steve pictures of you wife with an iPod in the bath tub.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:57:57 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
To: dayglored
OSX is just flavor of linux...
Business Model or not, OSX runs fine on the SAME intel hardware they charge 1.5X for.
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posted on
02/03/2009 7:58:05 PM PST
by
TV Dinners
(Hope is not a Strategy)
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