Comments on: New Laptop with Microsoft Vista Home Basic http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html All of us against the machine Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:18:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jeffrey James http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html/comment-page-1#comment-16536 Jeffrey James Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html#comment-16536 <p>"So Vista's kinda nifty, and Microsoft's going to force us to use it anyway."<br /> <br /> Actually, Vista has inspired me to use Linux on all of my future laptops. Wish there was support for Linux gaming so I could install it on my desktop too.</p> “So Vista's kinda nifty, and Microsoft's going to force us to use it anyway.”

Actually, Vista has inspired me to use Linux on all of my future laptops. Wish there was support for Linux gaming so I could install it on my desktop too.

]]> By: Jeffrey James http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html/comment-page-1#comment-16535 Jeffrey James Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html#comment-16535 <p>Not to scrutinize your recent purchase, but is there anything about Vista that justifies the ram hogging?</p> Not to scrutinize your recent purchase, but is there anything about Vista that justifies the ram hogging?

]]> By: Younghusband http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html/comment-page-1#comment-16537 Younghusband Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html#comment-16537 <p>Some more on new machines and XP/Vista choices.<br /> <br /> I haven't had a chance to try Vista yet. I am too busy enjoying my Tiger. ;)</p> Some more on new machines and XP/Vista choices.

I haven't had a chance to try Vista yet. I am too busy enjoying my Tiger. ;)

]]> By: David http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html/comment-page-1#comment-16538 David Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html#comment-16538 <p>"Microsoft's going to force us to use it anyway."<br /> <br /> Get a Mac.</p> “Microsoft's going to force us to use it anyway.”

Get a Mac.

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html/comment-page-1#comment-16539 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html#comment-16539 <p>On platform choices...<br /> <br /> Linux is a non-starter because of lack of softare, Mac is a non-starter because of cost.<br /> <br /> More broadly...<br /> <br /> Linux cleaned up the server market because it was similar enough to all other unixes (HP-UX, Solaris, IBM's AIX, etc) that workers trained on another could rapidly switch over. If every Romance language except Spanish charged you money to speak it, it's a fair bit that Spanish would likewise displace Portuguese, Italian, French Romanian, etc.<br /> <br /> That advantage doesn't help Linux against Windows, sadly. Product-leaders on UNIX (Gnome, OpenOffice, Rhytmbox, etc) are weaklings on, where the major players are now the Windows UI, Microsoft Office, and iTunes.<br /> <br /> The best hope for free software is for major applications to be standardized (a true universal document format, a true universal web standard, etc), making it easy to transition over to Linux.</p> On platform choices…

Linux is a non-starter because of lack of softare, Mac is a non-starter because of cost.

More broadly…

Linux cleaned up the server market because it was similar enough to all other unixes (HP-UX, Solaris, IBM's AIX, etc) that workers trained on another could rapidly switch over. If every Romance language except Spanish charged you money to speak it, it's a fair bit that Spanish would likewise displace Portuguese, Italian, French Romanian, etc.

That advantage doesn't help Linux against Windows, sadly. Product-leaders on UNIX (Gnome, OpenOffice, Rhytmbox, etc) are weaklings on, where the major players are now the Windows UI, Microsoft Office, and iTunes.

The best hope for free software is for major applications to be standardized (a true universal document format, a true universal web standard, etc), making it easy to transition over to Linux.

]]> By: Younghusband http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html/comment-page-1#comment-16540 Younghusband Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/04/21/new-laptop-with-microsoft-vista-home-basic.html#comment-16540 <p>Oops, those links got filtered out. Here they are again in raw text:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/04/20/dell-offers-windows-xp-again-but-wants-you-to-buy-vista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/04/20/dell-offers-windows-xp-again-but-wants-you-to-buy-vista/</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.gadgetopia.com/post/5854" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.gadgetopia.com/post/5854</a></p> Oops, those links got filtered out. Here they are again in raw text:

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/04/20/dell-offers-windows-xp-again-but-wants-you-to-buy-vista/

http://www.gadgetopia.com/post/5854

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