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Tom Potts wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/20/windows_vista_overtime/ > > Costs me more than that* and I haven't even installed it! > Tom te tom te tom > > > > *in laughing at its failures and bitching ... > > > How does a modern PC with vista end up taking as long as 15 minutes to be ready to use from switch on and then 15 mins to switch off, perhaps they are not using vista hardware, or perhaps they bought vista ready PC's upgraded to vista only to find the actual specs needed for vista were higher than they have, If people go out and buy Windows 7 after this sort of farce, they need their heads looked at. on the subject of Windows 7 http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/10/28/windows_seven_review/ transparent windows, hmm, i have that on my Debian desktop here running KDE, have had this for years, and before vista was even released, looking at the specs its still pretty high just for an operating system, designed to interface a user with applications, eh Also its faster, then they mention that features have been removed for the preview relase, this means once they are back in the software will be back to good ol bloatware that windows is, and always will be. Paul DCLUG - chat http://www.zleap.net/chat next meet thurs 27th November 2008 - 7:30 pm shoreline/seafront cafe, paignton details on lug wiki -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html