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Ok i am not trying this because it may go wrong and i would be screwed. Mentions something about your messing with the boot partitions and aftwerwards boot camp will not be able to get rid of the windows partition.


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Posted: 2006-06-08 17:18:12
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From ComputerWorld: Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won't Like About Windows Vista

A few quotes:

"With Beta 2 running on multiple test units, I feel comfortable predicting that Windows Vista will not outpace Mac OS X Tiger for overall quality and usability. It's hard to beat Apple's top-notch GUI design grafted onto an implementation of Unix variant, BSD. Mac OS X has excellent reliability, security and usability. That isn't to say that its user interface wouldn't gain if Apple adopted some other best ideas of the day, but Apple has the best operating system this year, last year and next year. It'll be interesting to see what the company delivers in its 10.5 Leopard version of Mac OS X."

"So, why is the year-old Mac OS X Tiger so much better than Windows Vista, which Microsoft won't even ship before January 2007? It isn't that Apple has put more effort into its operating system; Microsoft has mounted a gargantuan effort on Windows Vista. It's that the two companies have very different goals. I've come to believe that Microsoft has lost touch with its user base."

"Everywhere you look, Microsoft has copied things that Apple has offered for quite some time in OS X. The User Account Control features, especially with the Vista Standard log-in, look a lot like Apple's user interface design. Too bad Microsoft doesn't let you lock and unlock things (leaving those settings permanent) the way Apple does. More than 15 years later, Microsoft is still following Apple in operating system design and bundled materials."

"Most business people have little use for 128MB of video RAM. Although the cool video features in Vista Aero are nice, Apple was able to provide a lot of the same functionality working with my Power PC-based Mac Mini M9687LL/A, which has only 32MB of video RAM."
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Posted: 2006-06-08 17:30:53
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ok so im downloadidng 3.3 gb for the fun of it.

GREAT.

fatreg
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Posted: 2006-06-08 17:35:00
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ok so im downloadidng 3.3 gb for the fun of it.


Sorry! Looks like you may be!

I can't work out from those instructions whether you can revert back to your old WinXp install with Boot Camp. Maybe hold off for a few days, as I'm sure someone will make an easy to install/revert solution. I'm sure Apple will update Boot Camp at some stage too.
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Posted: 2006-06-08 17:39:13
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Well there is no way i am buggering up my mac if i cannot erase the vista partition, not a chance!
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Posted: 2006-06-08 17:40:25
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lol I wish I had my vaio arrrrr it went in to repair today after I "acidently" dropperd it all I say is windows can be so frustrating, o and god bless 3 anything cover

I think I will stick this on my bros windows lappy 1st then will boot it on my vai when I next see it
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Posted: 2006-06-08 17:53:43
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@jools was that your opinion or were those statements taken from a tech review ? i will get it only if it works like media center thru my xbox 360.anyone know if this beta version supports windows media connect?and why do any of you apple guys or girls want to try vista if you are so happy with the mac OS?JUST wondering as i am not trying to flame.
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Posted: 2006-06-08 20:37:49
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ah, now that is a question, why do we mac folk wana try vista?

for me theres lots of reasons so here we go:

Something new and I like new things
something to do - im also bored
want to see how much more of mac os features they copied
have a look at the new gui
see is microsoft will ever become a serious competitor
see if it runs on a intel mac
check if its any better then xp
look at the features and see if microsoft have any good features which should or may be introduced into macs in the future
to play on the latest operating system
get rid of shitty xp off my windows laptop (when it comes back)

and finally just to have a play
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Posted: 2006-06-08 20:44:40
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Quote:want to see how much more of mac os features they copied

About the same amount as mac os copied from unix maybe?

Yes I know mac os is based on unix, I'm talking about years ago. Operating systems have always borrowed features from each other, it's nothing to look down on.

[ This Message was edited by: Cycovision on 2006-06-08 20:03 ]
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Posted: 2006-06-08 20:53:56
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sounds like good reasons except the part of microsoft being a competiter .they will always be in the top with sales for a long time.they might not be good but they do have most of the pc market?
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Posted: 2006-06-08 20:55:10
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