Dale I run a MacBookPro with an intel core duo 1g that I run Windows through Parrallels at the same time as my mac OS or just boot into Windows if I want to run a graphics intensive game like GuildWars. It actually runs Vista very well however running Vista in a window next to MacOSX is a sad thing to see. XP is the way I intend to go for the forseeable future.
John On Apr 13, 2007, at 2:46 PM, Dale wrote: > > >Given the direction Vista is taking, an open O/S may be the way to > go. > > Otherwise I can foresee a dark future where Cyberboard gameboxes > will > >become DRM'd ... > >(Besides people just saying Vista is crap and no one wants it.) > > Not if *I* have anything to say about it. :) > > I have a Vista Ultimate DVD (courtesy of MSDN) sitting right here. > I won't > upgrade to it. I don't really see any benefit (except for the > corporations > who want everything locked down--and I'm certainly not paying for > that!). > > My neighbor bought a cheapo laptop with 512MB running Vista Home > Basic. > VERY slow! I can't believe they could sell that. (Then it dawned on > me.... > When people return to Best Buy to complain they just sell them Geek > Squad's > RAM upgrade. Hmmm... not so dumb after all.) Then he added 1GB to > it and > now it performs pretty well. > > I was helping him install some software, copy some files, etc. .... > Sheesh. > Constant accept or deny prompts. Then I saw the Apple commercial about > this. They were spot on! What a PITA. > > I just upgraded the moterboard on my daughter's system. It's LEGAL > full > retail copy of WinXP wanted activation (this I expected). It then > denied > activation due to too many activations. This was the third activation. > Ticked me off. I used VMWare Converter (very cool tool) and cloned the > system into a virtual machine. Then I slapped Ubuntu Feisty Fawn > onto the > machine (hey look... no activation prompt!). I now run her WinXP > system > inside a VMWare session from within Ubuntu. That'll show 'em! :) > > Her friends (she's 23) think she's cool because she's running > Linux. Linux > apparently gives you street cred. If young adults are feeling this way > about Linux that can't be good news for M$oft. > > The thing is... Linux has gotten pretty damn nice over the last > couple of > years. Also the installs (the early bane of Linux) for major > distros are > getting very easy and smooth. > > Dale > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
