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Maflynn · Mar 21, 2006, 07:31 PM

I'm actually shocked to see that Ms is delaying vista

What is this world coming too

cnn

turtle777 · Mar 21, 2006, 07:35 PM

OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!1!1!11eleventybillion

-t

Chuckit · Mar 21, 2006, 07:40 PM

no wai!!1!

rickey939 · Mar 21, 2006, 07:44 PM

I quit.®

Benton · Mar 21, 2006, 08:43 PM

Business version of VISTA will be released in November 2006. Consumer version delayed until January 2007. There goes the holiday up sell for Dell, HP and Gateway. Business 2.0 reporter said on CNBC Money Line this is good news for Apple. Maybe a later roll out for Leopard so Microsoft can't incorporate any more copied features.

gururafiki · Mar 21, 2006, 09:04 PM

HA! This is funny...although a but predictable too.

So will OS X 10.5 come out in January also? Or sooner?

wdlove · Mar 21, 2006, 09:36 PM

I'm certainly not surprised.

slugslugslug · Mar 21, 2006, 09:59 PM

Also:

Sky Blue
Pope Catholic

Apfhex · Mar 21, 2006, 11:33 PM

LOL.

I'm just thinking, those 3 versions of the consumer version of Vista will create havoc amongst inexperienced users and troubleshooters, will they not? Troubleshooter: "Do A, then open B and click on C." n00b: "There is no B!"

But then everyone else will just pirate the Ultimate Corporate No-Activation Super Secret Internal Edition anyway. ;p

kcmac · Mar 22, 2006, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by Benton

Business version of VISTA will be released in November 2006. Consumer version delayed until January 2007. There goes the holiday up sell for Dell, HP and Gateway. Business 2.0 reporter said on CNBC Money Line this is good news for Apple. Maybe a later roll out for Leopard so Microsoft can't incorporate any more copied features.

Leopard delayed. Confirmed!!

Kevin · Mar 22, 2006, 08:26 AM

Anyone really surprised? The Vista that WAS going to be out, didn't have all the bells and whistles that was promised.

AND IT IS STILL DELAYED.

analogika · Mar 22, 2006, 08:49 AM

Longhorn is delayed three years and what?

ghporter · Mar 22, 2006, 09:41 AM

This is even less surprising than the PS3 being delayed. Really. They threw so many bells, whistles, clowns, baloons, circus acts and carnival rides into the thing that they're now (ONLY now) finding out that the clowns don't like the rides and the ballons scare the circus performers. In other words, all the new stuff doesn't work together seamlessly as they expected it to. And I'm surprised. NOT.

Please note that, to the detriment of Windows users, Vista seems to be an order of magnitude MORE COMPLEX than XP, so it's understood less by fewer of its designers and thus subject to more potential problems (both operational and security).

So I second ChuckIt's "yawn" on this. What's for lunch?

Tyre MacAdmin · 10:22 AM

You know what else is delayed? The time it's going to take to save up the money for me to buy it!

Y3a · Mar 22, 2006, 10:14 AM

Bwa-ha-ha-ha! I guess the real reason it to try and generate some excitement?

turtle777 · Mar 22, 2006, 01:00 PM

Just in: GNU Hurd to be released BEFORE Vista

-t

typoon · Mar 22, 2006, 01:54 PM

This doesn't surprise me.

ambush · Mar 22, 2006, 01:59 PM

Duke Nukem Forever to be released before Vista

turbopants · Mar 22, 2006, 02:31 PM

So I have to dual boot XP for another year? Sheesh, MS, get to work!

olePigeon · Mar 22, 2006, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by ambush

Duke Nukem Forever to be released before Vista

Seriously, apparently Duke Nukem has gone gold. It just MIGHT happen.

driven · Mar 22, 2006, 04:49 PM

I remember it was a year or more ago that we were having this discussion about Vista. Someone said that the development of XP SP2 was holding everything up and once that came out the "floodgates" (or some such term) would open up and a ton of new software would come out.

cheruman · Mar 22, 2006, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

Seriously, apparently Duke Nukem has gone gold. It just MIGHT happen.

Sorry to derail this thread, but where did you hear that? I've checked 3DRealms' site and there's no mention...

Spliffdaddy · Mar 22, 2006, 07:11 PM

Microsoft finally admitted the real reason Vista is being delayed.

Steve Jobs wants it to be the default operating system on all Macs shipping in 2007.

driven · Mar 22, 2006, 07:34 PM

Dvorak, is that you?

Eriamjh · Mar 22, 2006, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

Seriously, apparently Duke Nukem has gone gold. It just MIGHT happen.

Could hell be freezing over?

Link please!

Railroader · Mar 22, 2006, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by slugslugslug

Also:

Sky Blue
Pope Catholic

I think this... let's continue this line of though:

Bears poop

Railroader · Mar 22, 2006, 07:54 PM

Oh, you didn't hear it from me, but Vista is vaporware. MS will be focusing on their Office suit and the xBox in the future exclusively.

Psychonaut · Mar 23, 2006, 10:52 PM

Anyone else read this?

Unlike the current Windows XP, there will be no versions designed specifically for advanced 64-bit computing, multimedia computers or Tablet PCs.

Is time moving backwards now?

abe · Mar 23, 2006, 10:55 PM

Would it be fair to say, Vista delayed is Vista denied???

Kevin · Mar 24, 2006, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

Microsoft finally admitted the real reason Vista is being delayed.

Steve Jobs wants it to be the default operating system on all Macs shipping in 2007.

Why would he want to downgrade?

olePigeon · Mar 24, 2006, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

Could hell be freezing over?

Link please!

I read it wrong.

Apparently they went into "full production" and are finally working on it. But still maybe they really will release it before Vista. Would be funny.

Speaking of delays, Office 2007 was delayed until 2007.

turtle777 · Mar 24, 2006, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Bears poop

Me too

-t

olePigeon · Mar 24, 2006, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Me too

-t

You poop in the woods? Is your toilet broken?

turtle777 · Mar 24, 2006, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

You poop in the woods? Is your toilet broken?

-t

Kevin · Mar 24, 2006, 01:40 PM

60% Of Windows Vista Code To Be Rewritten

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Computi...forms/R7G5G6U4

demibob · Mar 24, 2006, 01:43 PM

^ not sure i believe that but i wouldnt be suprised if it was true.

Kevin · Mar 24, 2006, 02:26 PM

BTW Vista reminds me of another OS....

forkies · Mar 24, 2006, 02:36 PM

yeah, but ms has so much more money to throw at it. i don't know if that's a good or a bad thing

Gee4orce · Mar 24, 2006, 06:22 PM

Please read this - it's a blog posting from a Microsoft insider. Also read the comments, also mostly from MS insiders.

It's very telling.

in short, MS is ****** ! This is far, far worse than Copland. One of my favourite comments:

"What's the difference between OS X and Vista ?

Microsoft employees are excited about OS X"

Remember, these are MS insiders posting this stuff !

Vista will NOT ship in November - even as it stands that's marketing BS because no enterprise will pick up an OS that's not even ready for the consumer market. No, it will slip again, and again.

To paraphrase another comment, MS should licence Mac OS X and take on the work of getting it to work on all and every PC hardware, and writing a Windows compatibility layer (a-la Classic)

Spliffdaddy · Mar 24, 2006, 07:43 PM

I don't see why Microsoft doesn't just release Vista before it's ready - then spend the next 3 years getiing it to work properly.

They could call it Vista v10.0 'cheetah'

forkies · Mar 24, 2006, 11:38 PM

got this from some comment at this page

* "Windows Vista! Now sucks 10% less than XP!"
* "Windows Vista. Safe and Secure. This time we mean it!"
* "Windows Vista--look at the pretty icons!"
* "Windows Vista--because 'Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Pretty Icon Edition' wouldn't fit on the box."

Chuckit · Mar 25, 2006, 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

I don't see why Microsoft doesn't just release Vista before it's ready - then spend the next 3 years getiing it to work properly.

They could call it Vista v10.0 'cheetah'

Actually, they did that and called it "Windows XP."

volcano · Mar 25, 2006, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by forkies

* "Windows Vista--because 'Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Pretty Icon Edition' wouldn't fit on the box."

angelmb · Mar 25, 2006, 05:01 PM

Remember that old comic strip about Windows 95 where a couple of Mac users were sitting on a stadium and everyone was doing Macarena (much like everyone doing win95) ??

Well, they are on it again… who are these guys doing Macarena? LOL

Heeeeey Macarena !!!