[geeks] The Dog's Breakfast: Microsoft Windows Vista

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net>
" 
" Sandwich Maker wrote:
" > " From: "Dan Duncan" <danduncan at gmail.com>
" > " 
" > " On 5/2/07, Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
" > " > Dell is going back to XP, other vendors say they might follow or are
" > " > trying to break their contracts, Dell is shipping Ubuntu systems, etc.
" > " 
" > " I just bought a new laptop (my first new laptop ever) and booted into Vista
" > " long enough to make sure all the hardware was present and working (and
" > " what it was) before I wiped it off the drive.
" > 
" > my gf's son got a new notebook a month or two ago - xp pro.  he wanted
" > vista-capable, but doesn't plan to actually 'upgrade'.
" 
" I don't particularly want "Vista capable".  "Vista capable" probably
" implies hardware DRM support.

scary thought.  in this case the model has been out a while, so
'capable' may only mean it's porky enough to run vista.
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