Hav you seen the latest Apple Commercial? In they state that the MAC runs Vista better than a PC.

John

It's true. PC World did the test.

A recent comparison bothered Microsoft a lot:

An MS Office benchmark ran twice as fast in Windows XP SP3 as in Vista SP1 (both in beta currently).

This could mean that Vegas also will have higher performance in XP than in Vista.

No wonder CNET named Vista one of the top 10 worst tech products of all time.

And Vic, that video was really well made...

Thanks!

>>>Hav you seen the latest Apple Commercial? In they state that the MAC runs Vista better than a PC.<<

And penis enlargement pills work too.

And you can get great abs and lose 100 pounds by sitting down squeezing your ass for only 6 minutes a day

And..................... you get the point?

That Mayo Clinic line is great.

Arrgghhh!!! Hysterical!

Thanks Vic - I'm doing my "books" - this came just in time!

- Grazie

That was funny. I wonder how much Microsoft will be damaged from the release of this OS ?

Ted

Seems like people have a very short memory.... the exact same things were said about XP when it came out. But we're all using it NOW, aren't we? I have eleven machines here, all running XP, but a couple of them set up to dual-boot into Vista just so I can play with it. Most of the machines run 24/7 and I can't remember the last time any of my machines crashed for any reason, including the Vista installs.

Personally I didn't find the video particularly amusing. I tend not to bite the hand that feeds me. I have made a lot of money over the years using Windows operating systems and have found them to be perfectly usable and reliable. YMMV.

John? I had WinME. When others were praising 98 and Win2000. For me, it almost made me give up editing. It wasn't really and until I got the XP experience that I started to relaxed about how things could be.

"I tend not to bite the hand that feeds me." - ok . . I'll remember that. I guess you are advising a balanced view - yes?

Grazie

John, I think you make a good point regarding XP, and how we all had to adjust to it. However I think this is not about the hand who feeds you, but perhaps more about the hand that takes your money. I am actually running Vista exclusively now since I build my new box, but besides some eye candy I'm not so sure it was worth the $259 I paid for Vista Ultimate. It does not give me anymore than what XP used to give me. As a matter of fact, it seems to run less programs until various software developers get on the bandwagon and create drivers & updates to allow running in the Vista environment
I feel there should be value in a purchase, and I have not seen that yet.

Ted

Hav you seen the latest Apple Commercial? In they state that the MAC runs Vista better than a PC.

Apple was just quoting a PC Magazine lab report.

I have been running Vista64 HP for a year now. Didn't see the point in paying extra for Ultimate. All my software and hardware now works in Vista - took about nine months to get there. I still dual boot with XP if needed - times I need it get less and less - usually use it to install demos, etc so I don't clutter my Vista build. Essentially, it comes down to whether companies support the platform or not.

If I remember rightly, it took about a year before software / hardware worked on XP. XP didn't get good until SP2. I don't think Vista is the be all and end all of things, but as XP 64bit just doesn't work on my PC, I didn't have much choice in the 64bit front. Prehaps SP3 may allow me to run XP 64 - then it would be a choice between sticking with Vista and re-installing everything with XP - not sure it is worth the hassle now.