Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Microsoft's blunder [on Dynamic Disks]
>
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> | I have been in contact with microsoft technical support since Wednesday
> | March 14th. I tried to convert a basic disk to dynamic disk in vista
> | premium, and was given an error message telling me that dynamic disks
> | are not supported in windows vista.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | So, did I get screwed? Is there any solution other then buying
> | ultimate for $400 or switching to opensource software?
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>
> http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?p=1451402#post1451402
Incredible. I find it hard to believe that something as fundamental as
dynamic disks is an "ultimate-only" feature.
> They drive people away to Linux.
Yes, LVM2 is Free.
> Related:
>
> Acer: Vista Home Basic is a lemon
Reminds me of that short-lived "basic" version of XP (sans Window Media
Player). It exists only for PR/Legal/Marketing purposes.
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> | Microsoft is effectively smuggling through a price hike for Windows
> | Vista - by making the entry-level version so poor that no-one will
> | want to use it. So says Jim Wong, senior veep at Acer, the world's
> | number four PC maker, who told UK hack Jon Honeyball: "The new
> | [Vista] experience you hear of, if you get Basic, you won't feel
> | it at all. There's no [Aero] graphics, no Media Center, no
> | remote control."
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>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/27/acer_slams_vista_home_basic/
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K.
http://slated.org
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| "Future archaeologists will be able to identify a 'Vista Upgrade
| Layer' when they go through our landfill sites" - Sian Berry, the
| Green Party.
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