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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/03/09

    In reply to First Pics: ViewSonic's VPC08 Windows XP Phone is Freakin' Huge
    Is anyone else reminded of the Flight of the Conchords camera phone?
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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/03/09

    In reply to First Pics: ViewSonic's VPC08 Windows XP Phone is Freakin' Huge
    I don't see why this has to have a phone in it. It seems like it'd be much better marketed as a pocket computer.
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    Image of taodude taodude
    12/03/09

    @Odin: Agreed. If the price was right (it isn't) and the phone features were absent or optional then it might be a fun little toy, but I'm not in the market for a new phone.

    There are several neat little devices on the market now with that same issue - they look cool, until you realize they're absolutely useless without a wireless contract of some sort.
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    Odin promoted this comment taodude was starred taodude was unstarred
    Image of Odin Odin
    12/03/09

    @taodude:
    Exactly. I couldn't be fussed with waiting til my contract was up to get an iPhone so I just got a Touch instead. Shame about the lack of camera but it's a bit more of a reasonable price.
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    It could also mean that Vista was such utter shit that even non-nerds are buying 7 to install on their current hardware just to get away from it. :)
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    Image of mergedwarrior mergedwarrior
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    Ahh. Too bad their hardcore user base is still pissed at them for giving them the Windows 7 Ultimate shaft. :(
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    Image of aec007 aec007
    11/21/09

    @mergedwarrior: Then again, if you don't know why you need the Ultimate edition, you provably don't need it.

    :)
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    Image of mergedwarrior mergedwarrior
    11/22/09

    @aec007:

    I want my XP emulator :(
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    Image of exoren22 exoren22
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    Why is it that the comments on a Windows-related story seem to have nothing to do with the story itself? For instance, the Mac-o-philes are trying to rationalize why people don't want to upgrade their windows machines. When the article is about how PEOPLE ARE UPGRADING THEIR WINDOWS MACHINES!
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    Image of dallasmay dallasmay
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    MS's problem is that computers are just too good today. They've been too good for a decade. Really, what does Windows 7 offer every day computer users that XP didn't. Well, there is an awful lot of under the hood differences, but if you just want to check e-mail and surf the net, XP works great. There is no need to buy a new computer and upgrade. Most people really wouldn't see any difference.

    PS. Apple is a bit different. They sell computers on a perceived obsolescence basis. Which is what MS is trying to do, and fails. Businesses don't care about how their computer looks. They care about their balance sheets, and upgrading the office's computers because the new one is cooler, isn't going to make it past the accountants.
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    Edited by dallasmay at 11/21/09 10:27 AM dallasmay was starred dallasmay was unstarred
    Image of geiko geiko
    11/21/09

    @dallasmay: Until you factor in the fact that everybody's home computing experience is going up (whether it's with Apple or MS), while the work computer experience keeps going down as time goes by. This isn't really XP or MS fault, but they're the ones that get stuck with the bad image. And if you've ever talked to someone working in a office with terribly outdated XP systems, then you know that it is more than just the visual experience.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment geiko was starred geiko was unstarred
    Image of suckerpin suckerpin
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    So does windows 7 still require antivirus/security software? I was thinking about picking up an oem to throw on my new iMac to check it out, but I've promised myself I won't install any windows until it requires no additional security software.
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    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    11/21/09

    @suckerpin: As long as it is the dominant OS people are going to write software to mess with it. That said, Microsoft released an anti-virus bundle with the Windows Live essential add-ons that seems to be just as good as most Anti-Virus software out there. Even then there are a lot of free alternatives that do fine. And above all just don't be stupid and you're fine. It's not hard to know what you are clicking on.
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    Image of saneroner saneroner
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    after migrating to win7, my mouse freezes when I move it and the sounds that my computer makes, for example when i connect my iphone, are all weird and dont sound right like they used to in vista. does any one know a solution to these problems?
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    Image of meeksdigital meeksdigital
    11/21/09

    @saneroner: get a mac. problems solved
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    Image of Adam Adam
    11/21/09

    @meeksdigital: Yeah, instead of asking someone to spend a few minutes to help you with your install problem, you should probably just go out and buy a $2000 computer. Good advice.

    Oh, and if your Honda ever gets a flat tire you should just go buy a BMW and replace it.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Poop Cooper approved this comment Adam was starred Adam was unstarred
    Image of Ultraorange Ultraorange
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    What was the point if this post? Why not just say that the sales are up? Does every article about Microsoft have to elude to some cover up and offer nothing?
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    Image of NotSoSiniSter NotSoSiniSter
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    i wish linux went mainsteam. I dont like the microsoft monopoly.
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® promoted this comment NotSoSiniSter was starred NotSoSiniSter was unstarred
    Image of whormongr whormongr
    11/21/09

    @NotSoSiniSter: make some useful apps and it will be- I would switch to it but pretty much nothing I do on my home machine has application support in linux, it's either PC or Mac
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    Image of WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00 WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00
    11/21/09

    @whormongr: You mean make some useful apps that the everyday user can actually install without selling a testicle. I use Ubuntu but it's not for everyone. I tried to get my mom to use it and she almost had a nervous breakdown. I actually prefer the approach ms has on ui.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00 was starred WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00 was unstarred
    Image of jordaanm jordaanm
    11/21/09

    @NotSoSiniSter: Linux distros are free and easy to get a copy of. The only reason Linux is 'not mainstream' is because the general public don't want it.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/21/09

    @jordaanm: It's not that people don't want it. It's that people have no idea what the hell it is. There's lots of distros, and few people actually know the difference.

    Ubuntu? Gutsy Gibbon? Raunchy Rhino? Hedonistic Heron? What are they, and why are there so many?
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/21/09 10:58 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of snitch snitch
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    Well almost every PC out there comes with Windows 7 install from default so it's not like People buying a new Pc Have a freggin real choice, other than buying a mac. Windows sales mean nothing until they have a real competitor.
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    Image of Ultraorange Ultraorange
    11/21/09

    @snitch: Guess what 90% of people don't give shit about Linux and if the had the option most wouldn't be able to use it since it isn't an OS geared to dumb asses.

    Right now linux sucks as a day to day os for the every person and it has a lot to do with hardware and software support and the user experience.
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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    Coincidentally, Internet Explorer 6's user share took a dramatic hit since Windows 7's release, yet Internet Explorer 8 didn't see that huge an increase.

    Instead, it looks like users were split between Firefox and Chrome for their new browser of choice.

    Mazel tov, nerds: we're becoming the majority.
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    Image of Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    Just installed Windows 7 over my existing Vista installation (just got my copy from Lenovo today). Went pretty smoothly, and I'm glad to be back to 7.
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    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    Well, Vista was a steaming pile of shit and 7 is awesome. So, expect sales to continue to be strong (fueled in no small part by dancing Microsoft store employees) I know that my bad experiences with Vista are anecdotal, but so are people's good experiences. Vista deserved that bad rap, because MS shipped an unbaked OS. How come 7 works great on my 3 year old dell inspiron with 1 (yes, 1!) GB of RAM (Aero and all!) or I have VMs running 7 under Fusion with aero on a MacBook just fine, and yet a brand new maxed out Dell Optiplex with Vista was a dog? In my personal experience on multiple machines (all brand new with pre0installed Vista), Vista was horrible. I still have to deal with a couple of them, and despite current drivers, BIOS, etc the damn laptop still takes 5 minute to find the network after booting. I've got 7 running on a couple of dells, and in multiple VMs under fusion and I've had no issues. so far.
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    Image of VonFeldt7 VonFeldt7
    11/21/09

    @CraigJ: I don't understand this... I guess I was one of the lucky ones? I had Vista a month or so after it came out, and I never had any problems with it. My computer has a quad core @ 3.4Ghz and 4Gb of ram, so maybe that's it.. but even on other machines, I never noticed any problems (crashing, going slow, etc).

    That being said, I now have Win7 and I do like it more.
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment VonFeldt7 was starred VonFeldt7 was unstarred
    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    11/21/09

    @VonFeldt7: Of course, it's all anecdotal. Here's one example. I had a brand spanking new Optiplex 745, 4 GB, dual 7200RPM SATA 3, ATI Radeon with 256MB, it was a Core2 Duo, I think 2.6GHz. Vista Ultimate was a dog. File copies (on disk, or disk to disk) were terribly slow, (important because I work with lots of big VPC images) network copies were even worse. In general the system was dog ass slow. These problems were not fixed by SP1. I finally (after a little over a year) reverted to XP 64 and instantly saw a 30% increase in performance. I had similar problems on another Dell desktop, a dell laptop, and a Vaio. Maybe I expect too much? I'm sure some of the problems were related to bad / inefficient drivers, but at the end of the day, I don't care if Microsoft scrwed up or Dell screwed up, all I know is that Vista cost me a lot of productivity and XP was just fine.

    Anyway, I'm not a hater, I really like Widows 7, and the day it was available on my MSDN subscription I upgraded all my XP systems to 7, and created all new VMs with 7. No problems so far. It's amazing to me that 7 is almost as fast as XP for most things, and I can run aero on a Dell 530s with integrated graphics and 1GB RAM, and I can even run aero on 7 inside a VMWare image with good performance. This is why I think Microsoft will do quite well coming out of the recession with this product. I think a lot of corporations that passed on Vista will roll out 7 over the next year.
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    Image of GeekyWarrior GeekyWarrior
    11/21/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Sales Are Great (Just Like Vista Sales in 2007)
    I have yet to give Win 7 a real run through, all my machines run XP and run it fine.

    When I did try Win 7 on a machine when MS came to my campus, I was a wee bit disappointed to see it lacked some features XP had, like being able to test webcams in my computer. The speed of 7 however, even on the netbooks made me smile.

    I swear if they change the location of my pictures/videos/whatever again I will go mad.

    Whenever I use a friend's computer with Vista, I get confused trying to find the folders sometimes, They were in a good spot in Win 98 and 2000 I believe had the same. XP changed, but it made sense to centralize it like that. Then Vista changes it, _.

    From what I have heard from fellow CSE classmates, Win 7 is MUCH more stable than the last OS's (this coming from people who load all sorts of versions of Linux and Windows.)
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