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Windows Vista in a Nutshell

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So far the Windows Vista books I've reviewed (Easy Microsoft Windows Vista (QUE) and Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed (SAMS)) have been for the beginner/home user and home/small office/small business user respectively. From the introductory material in Windows Vista in a Nutshell, it seems this book is for the SOHO user as well, with a small nod to corporate users. For a "Desktop Quick Reference", this book weighs in at a hefty 732 pages. Though probably not the largest "In a Nutshell" book ever published, it's still pretty big, indicating that there's a lot of road to cover with Windows Vista. After getting into the book and the subject matter, I started to wonder if 732 pages was even close to enough.

One of the things I found in this book was a handy table comparing the various features available in the different editions of Vista. The author also made it clear that only Windows XP and Windows 2000 are on Vista's upgrade path. If you are still running Windows 98, you'll have to purchase the full version (though it's unlikely that an older PC running Windows 98 would meet Vista's hardware requirements). Another table is provided giving the details specific to the upgrade options for Windows XP and 2000 relative to the different Vista editions. Of course, this is just scratching the surface. Let's go deeper.

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Vista SP1

henke54 ·
Quoting:SOFTWARE FIRM Microsoft has put the first service pack for its new super soaraway Vista operating system, which has not even made it onto the consumer market, on the "fast track".

That is to say, it is hurrying up to fix it.

According to APC.mag, Monsignor Vole is planning the service pack for the operating system for the second half of this year.

Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking island which is paralysed by coups.

In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that Vista has "high impact" problems.

We assume that this is not because Vista fails to perform after it is dropped out of an aircraft and is probably a euphemism.

This week it is calling for its chums, customers and partners to actively test Fiji and provide feedback. [Not on my machine, Ed.] µ


http://uk.theinquirer.net/?article=37125
jsusanka ·
"In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that Vista has "high impact" problems.

We assume that this is not because Vista fails to perform after it is dropped out of an aircraft and is probably a euphemism."

too much - coffee came out of my nose after cracking up over this one.

what this means is we released for businesses first because we knew they wouldn't deploy until 2008

and we should of really waited till fall of 2007 to release vista but our stockholders were throwing a fit so we threw out there what we had. so good luck when you spend the 400 dollars buying the product on getting it installed - but if you wait till June or July and if you are lucky enough to get it installed sp1 should,maybe,possibly make it stable.

A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection

henke54 ·
Executive Summary

Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called “premium content”, typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance, system stability, technical support overhead, and hardware and software cost. These issues affect not only users of Vista but the entire PC industry, since the effects of the protection measures extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever come into contact with Vista, even if it's not used directly with Vista (for example hardware in a Macintosh computer or on a Linux server). This document analyses the cost involved in Vista's content protection, and the collateral damage that this incurs throughout the computer industry. Executive Executive Summary

The Vista Content Protection specification could very well constitute the longest suicide note in history [Note A].

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html

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