Comments on: Vista, Microsoft and Fanboys! ARGH! http://www.nonpcgeeks.com/2007/02/06/vista-microsoft-and-fanboys-argh/ Calling hardware like it is... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:48:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: RazorSharp iPods & Raw Gadgets » Windows, GUIs, 3D, Oh My http://www.nonpcgeeks.com/2007/02/06/vista-microsoft-and-fanboys-argh/#comment-42 RazorSharp iPods & Raw Gadgets » Windows, GUIs, 3D, Oh My Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:41:45 +0000 http://www.nonpcgeeks.com/2007/02/06/vista-microsoft-and-fanboys-argh/#comment-42 [...] more big steps. You may think that I may be talking about Windows Vista with Aero, but while it has some neat features, I’m not. Instead, let me first tell you about the coolest thing in X Windows [...] […] more big steps. You may think that I may be talking about Windows Vista with Aero, but while it has some neat features, I’m not. Instead, let me first tell you about the coolest thing in X Windows […]

]]> By: RazorSharp iPods & Raw Gadgets » Archive » Guide to Buying a New Computer http://www.nonpcgeeks.com/2007/02/06/vista-microsoft-and-fanboys-argh/#comment-7 RazorSharp iPods & Raw Gadgets » Archive » Guide to Buying a New Computer Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:59:08 +0000 http://www.nonpcgeeks.com/2007/02/06/vista-microsoft-and-fanboys-argh/#comment-7 [...] Microsoft just introduced Vista, right? You know what that means… you need a new computer! Techlore is running the "Beginner’s Guide to Buying a New Computer" article. Even though the ‘beginner’ word is thrown in, there’s more than a few things for an old salt to pick up in there. Jeff goes into the usual, processors, memory, hard drives, but also hits aspects such as where to buy, service plans, warranties and pricing. [...] […] Microsoft just introduced Vista, right? You know what that means… you need a new computer! Techlore is running the "Beginner’s Guide to Buying a New Computer" article. Even though the ‘beginner’ word is thrown in, there’s more than a few things for an old salt to pick up in there. Jeff goes into the usual, processors, memory, hard drives, but also hits aspects such as where to buy, service plans, warranties and pricing. […]

]]> By: Alex http://www.nonpcgeeks.com/2007/02/06/vista-microsoft-and-fanboys-argh/#comment-3 Alex Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:00:02 +0000 http://www.nonpcgeeks.com/2007/02/06/vista-microsoft-and-fanboys-argh/#comment-3 Mike... Just a few short years ago we all imagined Microsoft was the unstoppable juggernaut that would ALWAYS have the lock on 95% or more of the world's computers. I recall a comment from an interview with Bill Gates one time though where he said something to the effect that Microsoft was one upgrade cycle away from being out of business, meaning that software lifecycles are so short that within 2 years, if everyone wanted to, the whole world could be on Linux. Then he went on with some crap about the need to innovate and such, but that point about one upgrade cycle is very true, and I think MS is about to find that many people do have a choice when they upgrade. And given that the horror stories about Vista, in my opinion, are only just beginning, I think a lot of people are going to say to themselves, I'll stick with XP for another year, or I'll try Linux, or I'll try Mac. Vista is going to be Gates's Waterloo. Mike…

Just a few short years ago we all imagined Microsoft was the unstoppable juggernaut that would ALWAYS have the lock on 95% or more of the world’s computers. I recall a comment from an interview with Bill Gates one time though where he said something to the effect that Microsoft was one upgrade cycle away from being out of business, meaning that software lifecycles are so short that within 2 years, if everyone wanted to, the whole world could be on Linux. Then he went on with some crap about the need to innovate and such, but that point about one upgrade cycle is very true, and I think MS is about to find that many people do have a choice when they upgrade. And given that the horror stories about Vista, in my opinion, are only just beginning, I think a lot of people are going to say to themselves, I’ll stick with XP for another year, or I’ll try Linux, or I’ll try Mac.

Vista is going to be Gates’s Waterloo.

]]> By: KJH http://www.nonpcgeeks.com/2007/02/06/vista-microsoft-and-fanboys-argh/#comment-2 KJH Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:18:52 +0000 http://www.nonpcgeeks.com/2007/02/06/vista-microsoft-and-fanboys-argh/#comment-2 Right on, Mad Mike. I'm with you. I'm not upgrading at all. If M$ stops producing security patches for XP (and they will), and if Vista hasn't lost the DRM stuff by then, then I'll be moving to Linux. Don't get me wrong, I'm not into piracy. I don't download or copy music/movies, but I'll be damned if I can't copy *my own* music as many times, in as many ways, and to as many devices as I want. Right on, Mad Mike. I’m with you. I’m not upgrading at all. If M$ stops producing security patches for XP (and they will), and if Vista hasn’t lost the DRM stuff by then, then I’ll be moving to Linux.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not into piracy. I don’t download or copy music/movies, but I’ll be damned if I can’t copy *my own* music as many times, in as many ways, and to as many devices as I want.

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