Vista hits the shelves 1/30/07

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Bob

Bob Levine wrote:
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Yep, and there it will sit.

Is anyone here looking forward to Vista? If so, why?

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"Doug Jacobs" wrote in message

Bob Levine wrote:
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Yep, and there it will sit.

Is anyone here looking forward to Vista? If so, why?

I am, as copies of Windows XP will be dirt cheap.

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Bill

You may be right. Windows 2000 Pro never dropped in price, because it was not
sold at retail, only thru distributors to resellers. So Micro$oft controlled
the sale price of Win 2000. With a lot of copies of Windows XP sitting in
retail stores, they are likely to seem less attractive to buyers conned into
using the late$t and greate$t from Micro$oft... Ben Myers

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:27:39 -0600, "BillW50" wrote:

"Doug Jacobs" wrote in message

Bob Levine wrote:
http://biz.yahoo.com/indie/061108/407_id.html?.v=1

Yep, and there it will sit.

Is anyone here looking forward to Vista? If so, why?

I am, as copies of Windows XP will be dirt cheap.

I know some people who still run 98se and ME and win2k and of course xp sp2.
It will be interesting to watch who buys vista. I am not interested right
now/ oh I forgot
to mention the Linux users I know.
"Bob Levine" wrote in message
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Bob

Will the shelves hit back? ... Ben Myers

On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:26:17 GMT, Bob Levine wrote:

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Bob

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:52:40 -0500, "BigJim"
wrote:

I know some people who still run 98se and ME and win2k and of course xp sp2.
It will be interesting to watch who buys vista. I am not interested right
now/ oh I forgot
to mention the Linux users I know.
"Bob Levine" wrote in message
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Bob



To be honest, I haven't kept up with Linux lately but couple of years
ago, I heard it was a bit difficult to master so that makes me ask...
is Linux really practical for the home user nowadays? Is it not too
hard to learn with some of the more recent interfaces and is there
enough third party software to add on, etc. etc. etc... ?

Last, does Dell sell any systems with Linux on them?

You can download CD images for Ubuntu Linux, which is pretty nice, then make
your own CDs. Or you can buy copies for cheap. The install is pretty slick.
So is KDE or Gnome menu navigation. The selection of useful application
software is extensive. Printer support is generally good, with Postscript
printers having excellent support. If you have to exchange documents,
spreadsheets, and presentations with people using Microsoft Office, you need to
work a little bit at it, and the exchange is not 100% perfect.

There are other Linux distributions that are quite good, too. The Linux crowd
calls them distros, inventing their own special and geeky vocabulary.

You probably would end up buying a Dell system with Window$ on it, pay the extra
$10 (??) to get the Windows restore media, and install Linux yourself, the way
you like it... Ben Myers

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:11:22 -0600, rob wrote:

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:52:40 -0500, "BigJim"
wrote:

I know some people who still run 98se and ME and win2k and of course xp sp2.
It will be interesting to watch who buys vista. I am not interested right
now/ oh I forgot
to mention the Linux users I know.
"Bob Levine" wrote in message
news:dQs4h.1480$Bk5.1044@trnddc06...
http://biz.yahoo.com/indie/061108/407_id.html?.v=1

Bob



To be honest, I haven't kept up with Linux lately but couple of years
ago, I heard it was a bit difficult to master so that makes me ask...
is Linux really practical for the home user nowadays? Is it not too
hard to learn with some of the more recent interfaces and is there
enough third party software to add on, etc. etc. etc... ?

Last, does Dell sell any systems with Linux on them?

"Doug Jacobs" wrote in message
...
Bob Levine wrote:
http://biz.yahoo.com/indie/061108/407_id.html?.v=1

Yep, and there it will sit.

Is anyone here looking forward to Vista? If so, why?

No. I have no reason to use it. I don't need a see-through GUI, a tabbed
browser, or the ability to see my folders as "souped-up thumbnails".

Ubuntu worked very well on my B130, except I could not get the wireless card
to work. So I am still using XP. If I had to make a change for some reason,
I supect I would try Linux again rather than pay even a penny for Vista.

- Steve Pretti

"Ben Myers" wrote in message
...
You can download CD images for Ubuntu Linux, which is pretty nice, then
make
your own CDs. Or you can buy copies for cheap. The install is pretty
slick.
So is KDE or Gnome menu navigation. The selection of useful application
software is extensive. Printer support is generally good, with
Postscript
printers having excellent support. If you have to exchange documents,
spreadsheets, and presentations with people using Microsoft Office, you
need to
work a little bit at it, and the exchange is not 100% perfect.

There are other Linux distributions that are quite good, too. The Linux
crowd
calls them distros, inventing their own special and geeky vocabulary.

You probably would end up buying a Dell system with Window$ on it, pay the
extra
$10 (??) to get the Windows restore media, and install Linux yourself, the
way
you like it... Ben Myers

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:11:22 -0600, rob wrote:

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:52:40 -0500, "BigJim"
wrote:

I know some people who still run 98se and ME and win2k and of course xp
sp2.
It will be interesting to watch who buys vista. I am not interested right
now/ oh I forgot
to mention the Linux users I know.
"Bob Levine" wrote in message
news:dQs4h.1480$Bk5.1044@trnddc06...
http://biz.yahoo.com/indie/061108/407_id.html?.v=1

Bob



To be honest, I haven't kept up with Linux lately but couple of years
ago, I heard it was a bit difficult to master so that makes me ask...
is Linux really practical for the home user nowadays? Is it not too
hard to learn with some of the more recent interfaces and is there
enough third party software to add on, etc. etc. etc... ?

Last, does Dell sell any systems with Linux on them?