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[News] [Rival] Another Proof That Windows Vista is Morbidly Obese

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Another Proof That Windows Vista is Morbidly Obese
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:53:55 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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[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
| 
| 2. More Security Than Gary Coleman Guarding A Mall
| 
| 3. The GUI—Graphical User Interference
| 
| 4. No TV For You!
| 
| 5. Windows Mobile Device Center—Anybody Home?
| 
| 6. WeirdORama
| 
| 7. Oh Draconian Licensing
| 
| 8. Screech…Crash—No Airbags In This Thing?
| 
| 9. Video Files Not For Videophiles
| 
| 10. The Ultimate Ipod Brick Maker
| 
| 11. ON/OFF & Everything In Between
| 
| 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.   
| 
| [...]
| 
| 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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