I have no idea what’s going on. It’s buggy, that’s for sure, but it isn’t ‘mine’ — it’s WordPress’ and despite a lot of digging around, I haven’t been able to find a fix. But as I’ve said several times before, the same thing happens to me, although I haven’t seen an ‘oops’ yet.

I’ll keep looking and eventually, I’ll find an answer.

Cheers!

Vista totally revamped its sound system so that the mixer lets you control sound and volume on a per-application basis. (Cww said it)

I learned that the hard way. luckily I have everything backed up on disc.
but re-loading over 50,000 mp3’s and over 1,000 music videos takes quite a long time:)
Screw you Big Corporate america.

Since Ubuntu 7.10 if you click on a mp3 file a dialog box pops up and asks if you would like to install the codec, then it’s click-click-click just like in XP

Ubuntu seems to load without a problem. Here is a thread that talked about some issues with 7.10 Gusty Gibbon, all very minor:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=581157

If you think Vista is secure your are delusional.

The Vista firewall is a laughting stock for exemple. Vista is harder to secure with all the cryptic stuff running on it, each of them a target, and it’s tortuous bureaucracy full of holes, with it’s load of un-necessary complexity imposed by DRM. Vista have many more opportunities for hackers than even XP. To make think worst many security utilities that run fine on XP and previous versions, no longer run on Vista. If you want secure you may want to run a flavor of Linux or Unix.

Ironically you can easily make Windows 95 way more secure than Vista with the right open source utilities.

Whoo! 5 sec! Big deal! Back to the time of the 486!

Try this on 2K and it will load in 1/2 sec or less. So will Msword, excel or power point.

You don’t know what fast mean. Try linux then or try 2K if you still insist on running window. This is what fast mean.

I have NO idea how u can say vista is slow with a quadcore processor, i have a 6400+ black, (dualcore, incase you didnt know) and only one 80 gig harddrive (Right now, about to go raid 0 with 4 80s) andi just loaded photoshop cs3 (which i haven’t used in 2 weeks, so you know it’s not in ram) in 5 seconds!!! I have NO idea how you can say thats slow!

I’m not into vista for the looks, and even if i was, it’d be hell to run all the applications to make xp LOOK like vista. besides, theres no denying the fact that stock vista is WAY more secure than stock xp.

Wow, never seen 20+ comments on a post on p2pnet.

(btw, wordpress just said i’m posting too fast again.. actually this time it was so bad i had to go to IE to post, wouldn’t let me in opera)

This is not one. If you stuff 2Gb or Ram on even on 2K (or XP as a matter of fact) it will load entire executable code on RAM and even all the associated data. How more agressive can it be?

Even with 2K , application will stay in RAM and can be restarted from there until the memory is needed for something else. Any way with the curent HD technology 2K is so fast that most application even the big one load instantly from the hard drive even with a single core 32bit proccessor. Vista is slow and slow and slow even with a Quad Core processor!

Oh and Linux! I tested linux umbuctu from the CD rom without installing it and it is already faster than Vista. This is hard to believe. Do you know how slow is a CD ROM?

And as far a s the look is concerned you can find few package on the net that will make 2K or Xp look like Vista.
Thinks such as the tramsparent icons for exemple are already supported in 98! What a novelty.

btw, jon, i absolutely LOATH wordpress. As a quick example, i haven’t posted a comment since the first one on this thread, and it says i’m posting comments too quickly. Also, i responded after Vista Hater’s reply to mine, and it never showed up, then i tried re-posting it and it said ‘theres a post with similar content, double post’ or something.
now lets see if it lets me post this.

This is why you need it for:

1) As you use the computer, every few minute it ask you some questions to fight bordom while Xp only keep anoying you wtih just unwanted messages.

2) Vista keep constantly accessing the HD to entairtain you with the HD bliking led even if you are not using the system. XP does not do that.

3) It take a lot longer to boot and stop that XP so while it start you can go and take some coffe. With Xp you have to start working right away. This is stuff!

4) Every so often the thing go on internet accessing some unknow remote servers so if you have an emergency somebody I don’t know who know where you are. With Xp if you have an emergency your are screwed becausenobody will know even when the auto-update is on.

5) From time to time Vista will not let you play a movie or a track from Britney slut so that you are protected from nasty RIAA/MPAA content. Xp does not do that.

6) Vista go a lot slower than you type. it gives you a lot of time to think before you write something say something or click on something. For exemple Unlike XP you have a lot more time to reconsider your last decision to install the latest RIAA/MPAA sponsored Microsoft spyware.

7) Since Vista is an alpha version you have many oportunities to report some shorcomming and bugs to Bill and thus you fell as if you are a little bit part of Microsoft. XP does not give you so much opportunities to belong.

With Vista you fell more important knowing than Bill is paying close attention to what you do with your computer while if you run XP it does not seem to care.

9) With Vista you can entertain yourself by writing key world such as 9-11 Ben Lapain or Jiad and notice one more helicopter flying among other thing above your home. If you use Xp borringly enought only birds will fly above your home. (Ok may be with few mosquitoes.)

10) With Vista you can tell immediatly what you thing of the RIAA to them: Start your note pad and type: Fuck you RIAA! and immediatly the RIAA knows. With XP you have to call or Email them or send a Snail mail.

11) With Vista the electrons inside the machine work like the bureaucrates, Very slowly. Those that arrive late cross those that arrive early. So the electrons are not so stressed. Not with XP. With XP everything is hysterical.

12) With Vista your computer will black out from time to time thus providing an excuse why you did not finished your job. With Xp this excuse is more difficult to swalow and you might have to hire an attorney to get it through.

For “Vista hater”, you’re wrong on one thing, Microsoft has announce that the support for Windows XP (i.e. monthly patch) will be running until 2014.

Availability for OEM and CAO license for XP was extended until Jan 2009. My guess, it will be extended again. And probably again.

The Vienna beta (i.e. Windows 7) will be out soon. I believe it’s been leaked aready.

The biggest problem with Vista is that it took to long to come out. There was a 2 to 3 years cycle between version before (95 -> 98 -> ME -> XP, NT – > 2000 -> XP). XP stayed THE OS for over 5 years. That left most companies an awful long time to settle on this and that and now they won’t change that and go thru some expensive upgrade just for the heck of it.

If you look at the big picture, the vast majority of PCs in the world are use for business. That’s where there is the smallest penetration from Vista. And it will stay that way still for quite a while.

Most home users, and they are the majority (stop looking at your belly button), learn just a few years ago to use a computer and they learn to use XP. They have now attain a certain level of comfort, they don’t want to retrain with Vista. That’s part of the big picture.

This may or may not be so, but the DRM complications are enough reason to
steer clear of it.

You are right .. software companies need to catch up with the idea that DRM
will never work, and alienates those who would used their product.

Microsoft products are the top of the list for infringed software.
So .. why are they not broke ?
If this infringement were truly damaging, How can they still exist, let alone be one of
the wealthiest companies globally.
Not only that … as the top infringed softwares .. how has DRM affected anything ?

RIAA/MPAA stuff .. same thing.
DRM has never stopped anyone from copying anything.
Copying has not hurt the labels in any meanngful FINANCIAL way, else they
would not be the wealthy companies they are today.

I also am a technician ( not in the sales department of an office supplies store ).
I have repaired PC’s since the IBM XT days .. pre windows, and my recommendation
is to avoid vista vigorously.
If you can’t purchase a new machine with XP, have one made for you locally.

The best way to show microsoft the error of it’s Vista ways is to not shell out any
money for it, and to hurt the major vendors that refuse to provide an alternative
to Vista..