Microsoft Vista for dummies

All of the hoopla over microsoft releasing it's new Vista operating system is somewhat surprising.


5 years in the making Vista is the "leading edge" of Microsoft efforts.

This is the same Microsoft that gave federal judge a Windows computer that would not boot up to a splash screen.

With this in mind perhaps a few primers are in order some "how to's" if you will..

1. Buy the Vista upgrade, it's cheaper and can scan you computer for compatibility
2. Poor stiff drink and wait the two hours while it "checks" your system.
3. When it then tells you that your system will not support Vista gulp drink down in one gulp and dial Microsoft Support, poor another stiff drink and wait.
4. After you hear the busy signal for 20 minutes, down second drink
5. Try to remove Vista from your XP machine pour another stiff drink
6. After you find your XP restore disks, take fourth and final stiff drink, call into work tomorrow and tell them that Microsoft has caused you to miss work with a hangover.

That is more than likely the only way that you will ever get any use out of Vista......:)


Seriously though, from what I have read about Vista, it a dud. It also contains the death knell for computing as we formerly knew it, the days of downloading and burning a CD or DVD has been effectively sounded
.

Which is a good thing really, Users now have a clear choice, you can go along with the idea that you merely rent the content of your computer, with M$ being the official hall monitor for the Hollywood types, and the recording studio types, or you can *gasp* learn to use Linux or Mac. Or you can go retrograde, win2000 still works just fine, as does WinME *gasp* ME? that is a the worst OS ever!!!!!

No, actually it runs just fine I've used it for years with -0- problems you can also use handy tools like Lite PC on it, and remove the bloat, my recording laptop boots up within 15 seconds using Lite PC.

Besides, removing Internet Explorer is pure liberty ladened joy.

A good website with tweaks for ME can be found here:

http://www.burzurq.com/forum/trevtweak.html

And you have "permission" to dump Microsofts Darth Vader lite bloatware and move to Linux, really, it's fine Bill already is quite rich (so wealthy in fact, he would lose money on a per minute basis if he bent over and picked up a 100 dollar bill)