Vista origins and marketing scheme explained

cnjvh
cnjvh Posts: 253
edited January 2008 in The Clubhouse
A nice little documentary here regarding the concept and rollout of Windows Vista:

http://www.theblimp.blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?autostart=true&enablejs=true&feedurl=http://theblimp.blip.tv/rss&file=http://www.theblimp.blip.tv/rss/flash/345491&showplayerpath=http://www.theblimp.blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer

It really cleared alot up for me...
No earth robot is going to tell ME which button to press!!

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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited January 2008
    ROFL, verry funny
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited January 2008
    Ya, kind of funny. It's too bad that I have had 0 problems with Vista though.
    Jake
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  • cnjvh
    cnjvh Posts: 253
    edited January 2008
    zingo wrote: »
    Ya, kind of funny. It's too bad that I have had 0 problems with Vista though.

    As have I..it runs great for me (other than being a little intrusive security-wise and the GUI being a little counter-intuitive). Just thought the video was funny.
    No earth robot is going to tell ME which button to press!!

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    Front: Polk Audio RTi12
    Center: Polk Audio CSi5
    Surrounds: Polk Audio RTi8 (x4)
    Sub: SVS PB10-ISD (Dual)
    AVR: Denon AVR-3805
    Blu-Ray: Panasonic BD30
    Display: Sony KDL-55NX720B
    STB: Xfinity X1DVR
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited January 2008
    Yeah..that was funny. Red screens black screens blue screens, endless yes or no questions, al in 3D... Thats funny
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2008
    Vista is a big headache. Everything runs faster in XP. I like the DX10 for eye candy, but the rest can take a dump. It has been consistent, slow, resource hog, and doesn't play well with many drivers, and programs. I have a dual boot, but run Vista because I have too. Other wise I would be running XP. Pros of vista is a very nice media center, and some eye candy.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2008
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Testing
    Testing
    Testing
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2008
    "Its crashing and it won't boot up" lmao
    Never Forget
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    i had problems with Vista early on when i got a new laptop, but after about two weeks... it settled down. been running fine now for several weeks.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited January 2008
    I just woke up sleeping beauty with my hysterics. That was perfect.

    Vista is not battery friendly. Cut performance by around 35% on my specific laptop. Countless others have had much worse than this. If you don't mind not using your laptop, as a laptop, no problem. I like to remain 'unplugged'
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited January 2008
    ZERO issues with Vista here. I love it! Think back to all the bitching when XP came out.

    I made sure my new laptop had 2gb of RAM and a nice video card. All is well!

    John
    No excuses!
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited January 2008
    2 Gig here, Dual core, nVidia, 14" screen, 5400rpm, 5lb laptop. Battery time with Vista 1.8 hours with shadow and indexing turned off , VS. lightly stripped down XP was 2.5 hours. Vista is not mobile friendly.
    -Ignorance is strength -
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