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Microsoft Vista?
SpacemanSpiff:
Hee, good choice there, Microsoft. Quoting Futurama: "Hello, Lawsuit."
Oh, and I would so buy a license of the upcoming OS if it was called "Windows Garbage". Just because honesty is really nice.
est:
well, i wouldn't go as far as to say that Windows is total garbage. you can play some nice games on it, and since XP it's been solid as a rock for me unless hardware failures are counted (which they aren't). i have an issue with the way that it allocates resources, and with the file browser being integrated into the GUI in such a way as to cause the GUI to have to restart if the file browser hangs, but other than that the only really major problem i have is security. i can see the reasoning behind almost everything else they do. seeing as Vista is just a refinement of XP i think that it'll be a decent OS. (unless they've realy dicked around with it and made it unstable)
also: i split out the DRM stuff into its own thread so that we could continue the (rather interesting, i think) discussion in there without interrupting this thread too much further
JP:
I think a lot of Windows' success comes from its extensive compatibility. Everybody agrees that it's not the most stable, or most efficient, OS, but it is pretty flexible with hardware and software compatibility.
I don't really follow much of the hype or rumours, but I do believe that in any case the new version will be an improvement over XP, but how big an improvement we'll probably only know after its release. But I am hoping that the new version of DirectX for Vista, WinGF or whatever they end up callign it, ends up being what it's cracked up to be. And if they don't include an entirely new file system, hopefully they at least manage a search comparable to Spotlight in Tiger.
est:
as i hinted at in my previous post, i pretty much just hope that the new GUI they're crowing about means that they've split the GUI from the file browser. i can't count the number of times windows explorer has crashed, then the desktop has to restart itself, because it's just a specialised version of explorer running in the background and was sharing resources with the file browser that crashed.
nexus:
--- Quote from: est ---seeing as Vista is just a refinement of XP i think that it'll be a decent OS.
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They actually ended up branching from the Windows Server 2003 codebase, so it should be even more stable than XP.
--- Quote from: JP ---I think a lot of Windows' success comes from its extensive compatibility. Everybody agrees that it's not the most stable, or most efficient, OS, but it is pretty flexible with hardware and software compatibility.
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I would agree with "not the most stable or efficient" but only for every OS prior to Windows XP and Server 2k3. They are both rock solid. When I first installed XP oh-so-long ago I had my system running for 30 some days with no problems at all - I even left it running in my dorm unattended for a week during Thanksgiving break.
--- Quote from: est ---as i hinted at in my previous post, i pretty much just hope that the new GUI they're crowing about means that they've split the GUI from the file browser.
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As far as I have read, that is indeed the case:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/brada/LHArch.PDC2003.png
(There's a simpler version of the architecture diagram I've seen before but I couldn't find it.)
The thing is, I think XP is actually too good an OS considering Microsoft's entire development history up until now. The majority of people upgraded to previous Windows versions because they were more stable and generally better (excepting ME). With Vista it's largely just new features that many would find unecessary especially considering many of these features will be available for XP. For every preview of Longhorn/Vista over the past few years I have yet to see a single reason why I should buy this upgrade instead of sticking with XP.
Even if Vista is fantastic. Would any of you spend ~US$200 if you already have a solid install of XP you've tweaked and tuned to perfection over the past 5 years? MS has yet to convince me.
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