[Mentioned briefly the other day:]
Windows for Supercomputers needs less memory than Vista
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| HPC Windows less of a hardware hog than desktop version.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;2091560903;fp;2;fpid;1
"Fat operating systems spend most of their energy supporting their own fat."
--Nicholas Negroponte, MIT Media Lab, rediff.com, Apr 2006
Recent:
Windows Vista's Constant HD Activity Craziness
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| Any user that has used Windows XP and updating to Vista will notice one
| thing: In Vista, your hard drive thinks it's a bewitched lawnmower – it's
| always active. Even after all startup programs are loaded, the HD is still
| active: Vista's Constant HD Activity Craziness.
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http://texhex.blogspot.com/2007/11/windows-vistas-constant-hd-activity.html
Windows Vista: Top 12 Reasons To Stay Away—Stay Very Far Away
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| 1. Bloatware Supreme Supersized With Cheese
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| 2. More Security Than Gary Coleman Guarding A Mall
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| 3. The GUI—Graphical User Interference
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| 4. No TV For You!
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| 5. Windows Mobile Device Center—Anybody Home?
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| 6. WeirdORama
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| 7. Oh Draconian Licensing
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| 8. Screech…Crash—No Airbags In This Thing?
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| 9. Video Files Not For Videophiles
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| 10. The Ultimate Ipod Brick Maker
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| 11. ON/OFF & Everything In Between
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| 12. Ouch, My Credit Card Is Burning!
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http://hugohawken.blogspot.com/2007/11/windows-vista-top-12-reasons-to-stay.html
Microsoft struggling to convince about Vista
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| Ninety percent of 961 IT professionals surveyed said they have concerns about
| migrating to Vista and more than half said they have no plans to deploy
| Vista.
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| Macintosh leads the pack of Vista alternatives, with support from 28% of
| respondents. About a quarter said they would opt for Red Hat Linux, with SUSE
| Linux and Ubuntu each garnering 18% of the vote. Another 9% cited other Linux
| operating systems and 4% were unsure.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?newsid=6258
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