I caught a bit of Bill Gates on the John Stewart show tonight. He's actually got a sense of humor.

I've got Vista on order as a free upgrade for a notebook I bought my wife 3 months ago. I'm sure there's a huge backlog so I don't expect to see it for a while.

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Wake up every day that would be a start.

Awwww shucks. You missed an opportunity to be among the first to get a copy.

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"What you hear in a great jazz band is the sound of democracy. “The jazz band works best when participation is shaped by intelligent communication.”
Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….

I plan to wait about six months, by then most of the bugs should be fixed.

Fortune magazine had a good write up on Vista. Seems the best edition was Vista Ultimate which added a lot of "Apple" like feels, such as cascading windows instead of icons and image thumbnails for WORD or EXCEL docs instead of simply a letter.

They did recommend you wait a year on purchase though.

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An unwavering defender of those I see worth protecting.

"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Sorry to hijack the thread but if you think Vista is a memory hog wait till you try the new Office 2007. MS Office 2007 sucks memory like there is no tomorrow and slows even the Dell XPS down. I have been testing Office for a few weeks and I do not know what Microsoft is thinking. It looks beautiful and all but you cannot expect 80% of the desktop users to upgrade to run Vista and then Office 2007.

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M i C k E Y

2017 Tesla Model X
2014 Porsche Panamera-S e-Hybrid (sold)
2012 Porsche Cayenne
2001 X5 3.0 (sold)
2003 Carrera 911 Cabrio (sold)

Wow. Now I see why every review I've read suggests having double the "recommended" memory in your system.

When can we get some programmers who want to show off their skillz, and write programs that are as tight and small as possible? Bloatware

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I demand justice.
Or, if there must be injustice, let it be in my favor.

Reynold's Wrap: it's not just for hats anymore.

Yes they can and they will. Many will have to buy new graphic cards and expanded memory.

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"What you hear in a great jazz band is the sound of democracy. “The jazz band works best when participation is shaped by intelligent communication.”
Harmony happens whenever different parts get to form a whole by means of congruity, concord, symetry, consistency, conformity, correspondence, agreement, accord, unity, consonance…….

I will buy Vista just like all my upgrades to windows: when I buy a new computer :P

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The Present:
2014 Audi Q5 TDI Prestige
The Past:
2013 Lexus GS350
2013 VW Golf TDI
2007 BMW X5 4.8i LOADED & Loved
2009 VW Jetta
2008 VW Touareg VR6
2005 BMW X5 3.0i
2005 BMW Z4 3.0i
2004 BMW X5 3.0i
2003 BMW 325i
2000 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4x4

....My new apartment was flooded out last Friday night...next Monday (the 22nd)...I found an HP Pavilion notebook at a local Staples....fortunate for me, I landed the newbie sales kid...while perusing the sparse collection of notebooks running XP, (they had stopped shipping due to Vista's impending release....)....said Newbie comes out from the back with the laptop I'm using to write this....with a big red sticker that says...."do not sell before 1/30/07..."....that his hand is covering.......he put the box down, got distracted momentarily, and never saw the sticker...opened it up, turned it on...Vista Home Premium Edition.....sold. Walked out with a sweet wireless ride for about $900.....love the new operating system...clean...neat.....so far, perfect...........so I'm on day 8 with it....