Will you use Vista or Switch to Linux?

[Asher]

Originally posted by alva
At the moment the count is 7, should be enough.

I'm going to continue using XP for awhile.

Btw: you don't mention that MS advises 2G of MEM (not just diskspace) to run Vista!

Vista does not use and will not use 2 GB of memory. They advise that should be the amount of memory you have on your system to run most applications.

Considering that Vista will be out in 2006, I think that is pretty accurate for what PCs should have.

Considering that even today 1GB of DDR400/PC3200 RAM is $64...that's not very outlandish.

[mrmitchell]

Asher fails to answer DRM concerns, very telling

[Provost Harrison]

2GB of memory now...oh not more upgrading

[Asher]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
Asher fails to answer DRM concerns, very telling

What DRM concerns? I haven't seen any actual concerns aside from FUD and rhetoric.

Feel free to actually ask a legit question.

[mrmitchell]

Ok

Asher! What DRM features will be included in Longhorn and Intel processors released in the same timeframe (2006ish)?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
2GB of memory now...oh not more upgrading

Vista is not intended to be something you would install on your older computer.

It'll probably install and run well on machines built late this year or later, the other machines should probably stick to XP.

That's the kind of message MS is trying to send with the "advisable system specs" -- they'd like to see Vista start on the high end PCs and move on from that point. It should not be retrofitted on old machines.

[Asher]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
Ok

Asher! What DRM features will be included in Longhorn and Intel processors released in the same timeframe (2006ish)?

Protected media streams that run in isolation from the rest of the system to prevent tampering.

Everything else is stuff we already have today.

[loinburger]

If Linux didn't suck then I'd be tempted to switch to Linux.

[laurentius]

So its all just to continue the same oldtm buy-new-pc -every-3-years cycle...how pathetic from MS.

[alva]

From what I've heard of people having used the Beta, it runs decent (not more] on a Pentium IV 3 Ghz woth 1G of mem and a videocard with a minimum of a 128 MB.

[alva]

Originally posted by laurentius
So its all just to continue the same oldtm buy-new-pc -every-3-years cycle...how pathetic from MS.

Not just MS but yeah..kind of pathetic.

[Asher]

Yes perhaps they should make a new OS to run on obsolete hardware prone to failure.

Windows XP will continue to be supported well into Vista's lifetime.

I'm not sure what you clowns want -- if you want an OS that runs on today's hardware, don't you already have one?

Myself, I want one that takes advantage of new technology. And you can't have one that takes advantage of new technology if it runs on 10-year old PCs.

[mrmitchell]

Ok Asher

Will I be able to play

-mp3s ripped from CDs I bought
-mp3s ripped from burn CDs
-legally downloaded free mp3s
-illegally downloaded free mp3s (I don't have any, I just ask)

Actually what does a "protected media stream" actually mean anyway? What makes it so protected?

[Asher]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
Ok Asher

Will I be able to play

-mp3s ripped from CDs I bought
-mp3s ripped from burn CDs
-legally downloaded free mp3s
-illegally downloaded free mp3s (I don't have any, I just ask)

Yes, it can and does let you rip CDs into MP3s.
Yes, it can and does let you rip from burned CDs into MP3s.
Yes, it can and does let you legally download free MP3s (it doesn't differenciate)
Yes, it can and does let you legally download free MP3s. Actually, it may go a step farther...Vista comes with a Peer to Peer subsystem built into the OS, so it's theoretically easier to set up piracy networks.

Beta1 is easily obtainable on the internet, you know...

Actually what does a "protected media stream" actually mean anyway? What makes it so protected?

The DRM in the music file -- songs bought from Napster, songs bought from iTunes, movies bought online, etc.

[laurentius]

how come older hardware is always referred as "obsolete" or obsolete and prone to failure"

Is it just not possible to make a better OS than Win XP to run on my P-M 2.17 Ghz 1536 MB. Is every software engineer in MS as ****ed up as Asher to refer their to-be customers as "clowns"

Am I ****ing supposed to take up 3000 eur loan every 3 years to buy a new laptop just to ****ing run the newest ****ty Windows. Thats just pathetic and insulting..