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Vista not such a big success here.

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  • C Christian Graus

    Yeah, it's wireless and I need to use their connection client.

    Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert

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    Bradml
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    I have been using there wireless stuff lately while commuting and waiting for meetings. Some Maxon stuff. Pretty amazing.


    Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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      I have been using there wireless stuff lately while commuting and waiting for meetings. Some Maxon stuff. Pretty amazing.


      Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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      Christian Graus
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      When it works, yeah

      Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert

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      • C Christian Graus

        When it works, yeah

        Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert

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        Bradml
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        I did have a BSOD from it once, but that is about the worst (I guess that is pretty bad). What problems have you had?


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        • B Bradml

          I was talking to my mate at the local Harvey Norman about the vista launch last night. Apparently the sold a whopping 2 copies!


          Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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          Rocky Moore
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          Just wait, Vista will prove itself as did 2000, XP and Windows 2003 server. Vista is a golden and will only improve. With in three years most people will be running Vista and XP will be that old OS no one wants any more.

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          • R Rocky Moore

            Just wait, Vista will prove itself as did 2000, XP and Windows 2003 server. Vista is a golden and will only improve. With in three years most people will be running Vista and XP will be that old OS no one wants any more.

            Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Scratch: fun for all ages for free!

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            Bradml
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            I disagree. It is a power hungry monstrosity of an OS. I will not be using it until the last moment possible.


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            • R Rocky Moore

              Just wait, Vista will prove itself as did 2000, XP and Windows 2003 server. Vista is a golden and will only improve. With in three years most people will be running Vista and XP will be that old OS no one wants any more.

              Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Scratch: fun for all ages for free!

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              Jim Crafton
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              I disagree as well. My memory of Win2K is that it was pretty rapidly picked up. I know I had switched to using it exclusively by Mar/Apr of 2000. I don't see myself using Vista exclusively for a while.

              ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Techno Silliness

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              • B Bradml

                I did have a BSOD from it once, but that is about the worst (I guess that is pretty bad). What problems have you had?


                Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                Christian Graus
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                It keeps dropping out, only it doesn't know.  And then, I can't reconnect.

                Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert

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                • B Bradml

                  I disagree. It is a power hungry monstrosity of an OS. I will not be using it until the last moment possible.


                  Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                  Brady Kelly
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                  Bradml wrote:

                  monstosity

                  On the subject of nit-picking...

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                  • C Christian Graus

                    It keeps dropping out, only it doesn't know.  And then, I can't reconnect.

                    Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert

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                    Bradml
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                    Have you thought of extending the antenna itself?


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                    • B Brady Kelly

                      Bradml wrote:

                      monstosity

                      On the subject of nit-picking...

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                      Bradml
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                      Brady Kelly wrote:

                      On the subject of nit-picking...

                      Oh the irony :laugh:. But I don't normaly have a problem with spelling, just the phrasing itself.


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                      • B Bradml

                        Have you thought of extending the antenna itself?


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                        Christian Graus
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                        No, that is not the problem. I have tried various configurations, I get 4 out of 5 signal bars

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                        • C Christian Graus

                          No, that is not the problem. I have tried various configurations, I get 4 out of 5 signal bars

                          Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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                          Bradml
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                          You tried holding it on your forehead?


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                            I disagree as well. My memory of Win2K is that it was pretty rapidly picked up. I know I had switched to using it exclusively by Mar/Apr of 2000. I don't see myself using Vista exclusively for a while.

                            ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Techno Silliness

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                            I used 2000 from a while before it was released as it was a massive improvement over NT on the laptop I was using at the time. I had XP on my games machine at home from almost day 1 but kept my laptop running 2000 until a while after XP SP1 came out. This time, however, both my Desktop and Laptop are 2-3 years old and run everything I need to use as well as I need them to run; neither machine is going to be capable of running Vista. While they continue to work as I would expect them to, I feel no need to spend over £1000 to upgrade my operating system. I know some gamers who are thinking of upgrading to get the benefit of DX10 at some point but even in the gamer community this seems to be a minority of users. Russell

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                              Brady Kelly wrote:

                              On the subject of nit-picking...

                              Oh the irony :laugh:. But I don't normaly have a problem with spelling, just the phrasing itself.


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                              Vikram A Punathambekar
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                              Bradml wrote:

                              But I don't normaly have a problem with spelling...

                              I should point out that it's spelt 'normally'. ;)

                              Cheers, Vikram.


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                              • B Bradml

                                You tried holding it on your forehead?


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                                Christian Graus
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                                *grin* No, I guess that must be the problem

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                                  Bradml wrote:

                                  But I don't normaly have a problem with spelling...

                                  I should point out that it's spelt 'normally'. ;)

                                  Cheers, Vikram.


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                                  Bradml
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                                  Give me a break, new keyboard


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                                  • B Bradml

                                    I disagree. It is a power hungry monstrosity of an OS. I will not be using it until the last moment possible.


                                    Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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                                    Steve Hansen
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                                    I disagree. You find it odd that an OS from 2007 uses more memory then one from 2000? Have you compared the prices for memory from 2000 and 2007. I haven't checked for memory but I did for HDD's, I checked the recommended requirements for XP and Vista. Vista is alot cheaper in GiB/$, GiB/€, GiB/£ than XP.

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                                    • B Bradml

                                      I was talking to my mate at the local Harvey Norman about the vista launch last night. Apparently the sold a whopping 2 copies!


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                                      Lost User
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                                      They should give it away with a games console!

                                      The tigress is here :-D

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                                      • J Jim Crafton

                                        I disagree as well. My memory of Win2K is that it was pretty rapidly picked up. I know I had switched to using it exclusively by Mar/Apr of 2000. I don't see myself using Vista exclusively for a while.

                                        ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Techno Silliness

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                                        realJSOP
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                                        Yep, I moved to it because it was NT with DirectX support...

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                                        • J Jim Crafton

                                          I disagree as well. My memory of Win2K is that it was pretty rapidly picked up. I know I had switched to using it exclusively by Mar/Apr of 2000. I don't see myself using Vista exclusively for a while.

                                          ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Techno Silliness

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                                          Dan Neely
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                                          2k was the last version to add wow level capabilities. As John said it merged NT stability with DX support needed to game. XP and Vista have added large numbers of incremental enhancements, but once you reach the level of runs almost all software and doesn't crash regularly it's hard to make any Earth shattering improvements. UAC has the potential to become one in a few years assuming it can't be easily malwared around, but that's assuming enough people complain to their app devs to get the software updated to work with it instead of just turning it off as overly annoying.

                                          -- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.

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