Let's talk about Windows Vista

Originally Posted by Ultima

Did anyone else here get the invitation to Pre-RC1? It was a pleasant surprise for me from my inbox until I figured everyone who participated in the Public Beta probably got one. Although I still feel kind of special. Its sitting on my HD as I figure out what I'm going to install it on.

Anyway, besides that, I think I might buy Vista Ultimate. I don't really want to pirate software for the rest of my life, and it seems like pirating Vista, in the end, will be a real pain. Considering I'll have a job, it shouldn't be that hard to get it.

I thought I'd check the price of the Ultimate Edition, since I didn't know it:

LOL.

Because I'm in the ITEC course at the college, I get almost every Microsoft Product for free, with legal keys. XP, Server, Office, VB, etc. The course pays for itself RIGHT THERE. I'm hoping that Vista will release while I'm in the course still so I will be able to simply take Vista and screw Microsoft.

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Originally Posted by Merv Burger

I get what you're saying, but you do realize that you just seriously responded to a joke statement, right?

Joke or not, I've seriously considered moving to Fedora Core 6 especially after reading that document Cyrus linked to. A friend and I discussed it after he sent it to me and we were just in awe at the amount of control we DON'T have over our operating system.

Microsoft better wake up and realize that they need to start developing an OS for it's users and not the entertainment industry. Either that, or DirectX 10 needs to see a (hacked) release for Windows XP. :/

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.