A $2000 computer isn't coming with Vista Basic though. Unless the
upgrade coupon that came with PC's that shipped with XP Home only
entitles you to Vista Home Basic... then I'd see why people are pissed.
Brian Weeden wrote:
I agree with you. But you'd still be pretty pissed if you spent $2,000 on a
new PC in November 2007 and find out that you have to buy a new one in two
months later to run the full windows Vista when the salesmen assured you
that it was "Vista Capable". It was all about driving Christmas sales of
PCs even though Vista wasn't shipping until after the holidays.
Like I said, when the judge said the lawsuit has to argue whether Vista
Basic is still Vista, that's a win for Microsoft.
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Brian Weeden
Technical Consultant
Secure World Foundation
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't agree. It's still the Vista code base. It has more "features"
and changes from XP.
A BMW 3 series is still a BMW, despite it not having all of the features
of the 7 series.
Vista Basic is designed for cheap/low-end PC's, so it's not like they'd
be able to run Aero. Is a cheap home PC going to back up to a network
share? It's likely to be the only PC in the house. I'm not sure about
DX10, but again, is it going to be a gaming PC with a crap video card?
Games? Oh no, no Chess Titans! And Vista Meeting? What's that - the
replacement for Netmeeting? Is the target demographic going to care
about it?
If any version of Vista will boot and run on the thing, it's "Vista
Capable" in my book.
Brian Weeden wrote:
To repeat what was posted before, Basic has:
* No Aero (the cool glassy GUI for Vista)
* No backup to anything but local
* No DirectX10
* Doesn't come with new Vista games and themes
* Windows Vista Meeting not present
In other words, Vista Basic has none of the "features" that make Vista a
new
OS and is very limited in how you can use it. And if your PC was
labeled
"Vista Capable" you can't run full Vista on it, only the Basic version.
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Brian Weeden
Technical Consultant
Secure World Foundation
