2 month ago
nelson : Vista file sharing - Remarkably clear article about how to make Windows do its file sharing thing
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2 month ago
wearehugh : Nelson's Weblog: New Vista box a success - for some definition of "success" that includes googling for network drivers and 64-bit headaches (if this were linux, the windows fanboys would be giggling now)
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2 month ago
nelson : Add Gadget - tasteful, simple cpu and network meters for vista's silly sidebar
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3 month ago
deusx : Microsoft Vista is a Not-so-Functional Innovation: Part 1 - The Bullpen - "Microsoft intended Vista to be more user friendly, but it is only more user friendly for beginner users, from what I have learned."
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wearehugh : Microsoft top brass 'burned' by Vista problems - Technology - smh.com.au - the supreme irony of microsoft's own business decisions is that linux now has better driver support than windows
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8 month ago
Rod Begbie : Review: Windows XP - Coding Sanity - "I have finally decided to take the plunge. Last night I upgraded my Vista desktop machine to Windows XP" #
deusx : REVIEW: WINDOWS XP - "Last night I upgraded my Vista desktop machine to Windows XP, and this afternoon I will be doing the same to my laptop."
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9 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | 'Kill switch' dropped from Vista - "Microsoft says its efforts have seen a drop in piracy of its software." Alternatively, the fact that no-one *wants* Vista could be a factor. #
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10 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Vista Is Still Plagued by Incompatibilities - Vista Is Still Plagued by Incompatibilities: "If you're considering upgrading to Vista, you should maintain a healthy amount of skepticism about the prospects of your current hardware or software continuing to work properly." yikes
nelson : Vista still a disaster - I'm beginning to think Vista is not too big to fail
Rod Begbie : Vista Is Still Plagued by Incompatibilities - Yahoo! News - "Vista has an aroma like [Windows] ME, and I am not interested in getting sick again." Ooh, I hadn't thought of it that way, but it's pretty true. Vista and ME are not dissimilar in their not-worth-the-hassle-of-upgrading-ness. [via] #
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12 month ago
Rod Begbie : Lenovo Support & downloads - Downgrading from Windows Vista to Windows XP - Lenovo offering disks to let you "downgrade" your newly-purchased Vista-running laptop to XP. Prediction: These will be very popular. [via] #
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12 month ago
Rod Begbie : Monkey Mind - 8-23-07 UserTalk - Twadget - Twadget (my Vista sidebar gadget for Twitter) is described by a user as the "one nice thing about Vista that [she's] been able to find". Best feedback I've ever received! #
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12 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Even the Office 2007 box has a learning curve - Even the Office 2007 box has a learning curve: "A box that many people can't figure out how to open without a Google search is an unusually pathetic failure of design."
Rod Begbie : Even the Office 2007 box has a learning curve - Joel on Software - As someone who installed Vista on a PC in January, and regretted it for months, I echo Joel Spolsky's summation: "I've been using Vista on my home laptop since it shipped, and can say with some conviction that nobody should be using it as their primary op #
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13 month ago
Rod Begbie : Very slow internet browsing - Vista x64 Forums - "netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled" -- The magic incantation that stops network performance SUCKING BALLS (at least on the RhymesWithNose network) in Vista. [via] #
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16 month ago
wearehugh : Vista draining laptop batteries, patience « Tridd Blog - awesome headline. reminds me of the onion's headline from the 90's: "Clinton feels nation's pain, breasts"
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18 month ago
jimray : U.S. Government bans Vista, Office 2007 - That's a pretty big customer...
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deusx : The Most Annoying Things About Windows Vista - Yahoo! News - "Here's our list of Vista features that just make us wonder, "What were they thinking?""
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18 month ago
deusx : Vista first look: Bugs and confusion | The Register - "Don't buy it, at least until after the first service pack is out. Don't pay to be a beta tester."
François Nonnenmacher : Vista first look: Bugs and confusion - Don’t pay to be a beta tester
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18 month ago
wearehugh : Linux and Vista users share driver pain | InfoWorld | Column | 2007-02-12 | By Neil McAllister - it's staggering how little sympathy i feel for vista users right now
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18 month ago
43folders : Why Vista's DRM Is Bad For You - Forbes.com - "...we're stuck with DRM systems that interfere with all of our computer use--even the uses that have nothing to do with copyright." [via: Daring Fireball]
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18 month ago
jimray : How to install Vista in OS X using Parallels - I swear I'm gonna do this some day...
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19 month ago
wearehugh : NVIDIA responds to complaints about state of Vista drivers - yeah, those closed source drivers are a bitch, aren't they?
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19 month ago
plasticbag : John Gruber writes about Bill Gates' recent irritable comments about Macs, security and feature-development on OSX - He actually goes so far as to say that Gates is just downright lying, or at the very least highly—worryingly—mistaken. I'm not sure which it is, but I suspect it's something in that territory...
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19 month ago
deusx : ASCII by Jason Scott: The Calibration - '...racking my brains for what I actually do instead of just saying "I need Windows, so too bad about the raping."'
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19 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Microsoft confirms Vista Speech Recognition remote execution flaw - Microsoft confirms Vista Speech Recognition remote execution flaw: "I have verified that I can create a sound file that can wake Vista speech recognition, open Windows Explorer, delete the documents folder, and then empty the trash." Ahh, window
wearehugh : » Microsoft confirms Vista Speech Recognition remote execution flaw | George Ou | ZDNet.com - "I have verified that I can create a sound file that can wake Vista speech recognition, open Windows Explorer, delete the documents folder, and then empty the trash."
Simon Willison : Microsoft confirms Vista Speech Recognition remote execution flaw - Microsoft confirms Vista Speech Recognition remote execution flaw. “I have verified that I can create a sound file that can wake Vista speech recognition, open Windows Explorer, delete the documents folder, and then empty the trash.â€
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19 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Wow! - Wow!: "Just because a marketer says something is amazing, exciting or just plain wow doesn't mean it is."
Simon Willison : Wow! - Wow!. Fantastic photo.
Rod Begbie : Seth's Blog: Wow! - Nothing says "Wow!" like seven aging men in suits. [via] #
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