Posts Tagged ‘Vista’
Ubuntu vs. Windows Vista
Is Ubuntu (Linux) ready for the desktop?
I haven't read it yet, but InformationWeek has done a comparison between Ubuntu and Windows Vista.
It's quite a long article, but you can skip right to the conclusion. :-)
Update 1:
Ubuntu News also has a take on the comparison.
Tags: Linux, Microsoft, Open source, Ubuntu, Vista, Windows
Annoying things in Vista
If you consider upgrading/installing Microsoft Vista, perhaps you should take a lisk of "The Most Annoying Things About Windows Vista" at PC World.
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Vista satire
If you're a Mac person (I'm not) and can understand Danish (I can) then you might appreciate this joke cartoon from Engineering Weekly.
Basically, the guy standing up is saying: »I think it's working now. But isn't it just a poor copy of Apple's Dashboard?«
And the guy on the floor says: »It just needed more RAM«.
I think this is the way a lot of people look at Vista. A Mac look-a-like who needs tons of memory. At least the folks I've talked to. So much for the "wow"…
Related postsTags: Apple, Mac, Microsoft, Vista, Windows
Test drive Windows Vista directly in your browser
I found this via Computerworld Denmark, but apparently you can test drive Windows Vista in your browser at WindowsVistatestdrive.com.
The test drive requires Internet Explorer 6 at least, and apparently it doesn't work if you live in Denmark. Here's the error box I got, when I tried to click around the in-browser Vista:
Looks like something the journalist should have written in the article…
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Found via Mike Walker's blog.
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