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Microsoft Delays Vista to 2007 - so what?
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Do you care?

The hot (or maybe it strikes you as lukewarm) news this week is that Microsoft is delaying its next-generation operating system called Vista, for the second time, to 2007. Supposedly they are going back to the drawing board and rewriting portions.

Let's face it, Microsoft always delays new software releases multiple times. Nothing really new there. I'm curious if anyone really cares. Did you wake up this morning wishing you had an entirely new OS on your PC?

I'm not a big fan of Microsoft anymore. However, let's keep in mind that writing software, especially operating system software, takes time. And given the burden they created with every previous software release, they have to develop software that is compatible (or attempts to be compatible) with a wide range of hardware platforms.

Microsoft is also under the gun to release a new OS that is more secure.

The big question I suspect we're all wondering is - will Vista run on my existing PC or will I have to upgrade?

Toss in the fact that Apple is clearly on a huge rise in popularity, that the need for RSS is critical to include in a new OS and all new applications, along with all the other Web 2.0-type changes occuring so rapidly on the Internet -- and well, I can imagine Microsoft is feeling a need to wait and do it all right. But given the huge size of Microsoft, I can also imagine that it's an extremely slow internal process to make decisions and tricky to navigate the changing tides of trends on the Internet.

Still, I'm glad to see they are going back and rethinking Vista. Takes guts to say you're wrong, to step back and revision your goals. I haven't a clue what they are 'redoing,' but I'll assume it's for the best and worth the wait.

In the meantime, do you care? Isn't your Windows XP working well enough - albeit slow and at times burdened with virus protection software that causes as many problems as it fixes? But each morning when you boot up, aren't you getting your work done?

Or maybe you're like so many other people lately who have told Microsoft products goodbye. You moved on to Apple's OSX or some version of Linux. I suspect we'll see more of that in the next 9-12 months, given it's already occurring at a rapid pace.

So good luck, Microsoft, in 2007.

 

Let me see...Vista needing 3.2 GIGS to run or (ewww) XP needing much less than that?

Yeah, sure, I upgraded the AMD 2400 I bought (had Linspire 5.0 = cheaper...as in bought for $159) to 200 GB's (from 40 GB) of hard drive and 640 MB's of RAM (up from 128 MB), but think I will get ready to slide the XP off the dual boot system that's set up and go with the Mandrake Linux completely by the time XP dies off. Especially if I find an ISP that supports Linux a good bit. That time is coming soon.

Hey, if you like Windows, fine, no hate there....but what in Vista needs like 5x the hard drive to operate? What I've seen of it tells me nothing...

 

i'm useing the very latest beta number code and love it, this one is the almost fully complete version and from what i see being a tech net subscriber and a registered legal oem builder the above notes are false. the biggest thing i see will be people haveing problems with which of the 6 versions to use will cause. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx
maybe this will help knock down some of the false fellings.yes the installation is big it's on a dvd NOT a single cd. yes it needs power and big memory and a high power video card , not much more.
they are still pushing for a holiday this year release .

 

No time like the present. I have been toying with a Debian linux system for about 1 month now and, although it CAN be somewhat of a pain to get set up initially, I can say that I am thrilled with the results so far.
Here are a few details of my setup and some comments.
1. Dual P-3 system running a Debian 2.6.15-686smp kernel
2. Nvidia graphics Geforce 2 (generic) This is somewhat of a pain to set up as Nvidia drivers are proprietary(sp) and not readily supported, but I managed to make it work in 3-d accelerated mode.
3. DVD playback support..Debian comes with a Totem (xine) based DVD player, but because of all the legal junk involved, it will NOT play css protected DVD's out of the box. No big problem though as all that is needed is to download "libdvdcss" package and you get stunning results.
4. MP3 playback support.....Debian also comes with a nice little jukebox player called Rythmbox, but again it does not playback MP3's out of the box due to the legalities. However, again, all that is needed is to install additional g-streamer packages and you are good to go.
5. Browser....The full blown Mozilla Browser and Epiphany browser are both loaded in the initial setup routines. Both seem equally capable, but I gravitate to the Mozilla camp. Just like IE, you do need to install plug-ins for support of various items such as "Shockwave" et al., but again only a minor aggrivation.

Once you get past these little pecularities, Debian Linux is rock solid and makes Windowz look antiquated. Only real thing you need to get used to is the Gnome Gui. Unlike Windows, everything is on the TOP of the screen, but you can even switch the bars around for a more familiar feel.

You can download a single Debian network install CD iso image that makes installation over a broadband connection a snap. Takes about 45 minutes to an hour to do it all over broadband. You can also download an entire 14 CD package, but I recommend only the first 2 as needed for a standard Desktop install.


Dialtone

 

Linux Debian... That's what I'm talking about. And I use Damn Small Linux for the ole Pentium 133 machine.

Ryan

 

Sound like it is time to switch to MAC OS X-10. Or Linux. That will not be a fun. Have two lap tops, and two computers at the store. And that expensive point of sale software.

Well I hope I can get by for a couple more of years. Update a piece at a time.