orinoco 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 OK a thread about it because I am interested and will eventually no doubt be using it. I'm finding lots of the news reports and issues more than a little confusing though. Already. How is Joe Public supposed to make a decision about this?? Whats all this about http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6286245.stm "Microsoft has defended the digital rights management systems integrated into its new Vista operating system. It follows reports that Vista would "downgrade" the quality of all video and audio, if they were not output via approved connections on the PC." Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 If you buy a new pc after around March you will probably get it by default. Resistance is futile! Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I'm actually quite looking forward to it. My company is getting me a nice new powerful notebook when Vista is out. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I'm looking forward to it being released and watching the news and hearing about all the issues. I'll only take the plunge when things have settled down. Link to post Share on other sites
slimeypete 0 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I recently bought a new notebook and paid 3000 yen each for a Vista upgrade and Office 07 upgrade. I am told I should get them mid-February, so looking forward to that. Seems that the dvd for vista will have ALL versions of it on there. What you install depends on the product key you have. So in my case I will have Vista Business. If I want to upgrade to Ultimate at any time I can simply buy a new key online and install it from the disc. Link to post Share on other sites
minus 1 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 It's on sale now! Where's all the Vista excitement? I'll let you know how it goes. Link to post Share on other sites
orinoco 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 I've got it and I'll let you know how it goes hopefully tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites
charlotte 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Tell us what the new opening and closing Vista jingles are like! Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Bill (Gates) with Jon (Steward) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4suTsIIBWo Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Saw it in Yamada denki last night - a whopping 70000 yen for the Office upgrade (well, the fanciest version anyway). I gave it a miss! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 you could prolly download it for free, not that I know bout that Seems to be called Mac OS X lite...so its kinda cool and has an interface like a Mac?? Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Nah... Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Our legal guy is a snowboarder - he told me that the codename for windows vista "Longhorn" comes from a famous pub near Whistler...that makes me almost want to upgrade - but not for at least a year.... Link to post Share on other sites
I_HATE_CHEESE 0 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Vista? please!, dont be so eagre to rush out and buy copy just yet. 5 years 8000 people and 6 billion dollars and Microsoft and they churn out a much anticipated and already heavily criticized piece of software. Quote: Peter Gutmann, a computer science lecturer at Auckland University, set off a storm of debate on the Internet a few weeks ago with a paper claiming Microsoft's content protection features of Windows Vista made it "the longest suicide note in history". He claimed it could be used to degrade performance in the playback of next-generation HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs if they were not output through approved connections on a computer. He said Vista was "broken by design" and intentionally crippled the way it displayed video. "The sheer obnoxiousness of Vista's content protection may end up being the biggest incentive to piracy yet created," he wrote. slow, faulty, over protective, resource hogging, glitchy video playback, incedibly annoying pop ups, drivers missing, it goes on and on. Stick with XP for at least a year, they have ironed out most of the bugs wth their SP2 edition and it works well enough Wait until vista gets modified and they release a SP edition with the glitches get sorted out. Link to post Share on other sites
orinoco 0 Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 Well I am on Vista now. It took a fair while to get it going but everything went fine. No install problems and no incompatabilities with the software I use (apart from one but I could download an update for that). It looks much better than XP, I like it so far. My PC seems to be slightly faster now than it was with XP. Certainly not slower. Quote: slow, faulty, over protective, resource hogging, glitchy video playback, incedibly annoying pop ups, drivers missing, it goes on and on. Nope, don't see any of that lot. I'll be installing Office 2007 by the end of the weekend Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 So come on what are the jingles like? Link to post Share on other sites
orinoco 0 Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 Ever so lovely. Actually I am so glad I did this upgrade (esp. as it cost so little). Vista is a much nicer experience. I'm still finding things out about it, but I have had no bad experiences so far at all. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 you should try a mac then.. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Now why would he do that? He has just said he likes it. Some of you Mac loyalists really do make me laugh sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 to quote orinoco, Big Will, "Vista is a much nicer experience" I thought that it must be because it so dman like OSX that it's not funny! As for the loyaltie factor, PC made me do it Link to post Share on other sites
orinoco 0 Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 I just don't really understand why you care so much Indosnm. But hey it's good to care about things Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 I don't care as long as I'm happy that's all that counts. Bit of tongue n cheek, maybe I should have put a wink wink or a little smiley above to indicate that. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Have you got Office 2007 up and running yet orinoco. I'm interested to know how that is. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 About the "jingle" - it's the same as what you hear when you go to the Vista website. My Japanese otaku friend bought Vista on the first day and showed me. The only problem he had was with some Soundblaster application. Link to post Share on other sites
orinoco 0 Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 1 thing I noticed is that IE7 hasn't given me 1 problem yet. (The download last year did). It seems much improved. Link to post Share on other sites
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