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mwb1100:
Sorry mate but not Albert Einstein, it was a Southener from the US of A who said that, and it wasn't a cat...
-merula (September 13, 2007, 02:25 PM)
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Can you give the name?  It's attributed (incorrectly, I'm sure) to Einstein all over the 'net, but never with a definitive source - as in time & place.  It would be nice to know where this really came from.

Lashiec:
Did I miss something? I can get the relationship between that quote and WinME. And nobody said it in the thread...

Anyway, it's just like Groucho Marx's epitaph in his grave (nothing like that is said there) or Bill Gates famous "640K...", which he didn't said, or so he claims ;D

mikiem:
Thank You Mouser!

Your posts have given me a lot of insight into Vista from a coding perspective. It will probably prove near invaluable in the future, as I'm pretty certain there will be more apps down the road that will need some effort to get working... So far every program I've tried that was designed for Vista has had major issues getting the thing installed and working properly.

As far as Vista being good or bad I'm a complete realist, & don't mind any extra effort staying that way.  :D  Vista will take over eventually or it won't, &  I hope to be prepared either way. Linux doesn't offer the apps I need, and Apple's too expensive, so either Vista will be another ME and Mouser's lifespan will remain stable, or it'll be the next XP & I can only hope he'll develop exceptional stress management skills.  :P

I think Vista having 2 install scenarios borders on insanity, but what do I know? I have only had to deal with turning UA whatever on to get a program to install -- not write the D*** thing to install whether it's on or off... Unfortunately in at least a couple of apps the programmers failed.

I do want to also thank those who've posted about being slammed for speaking out against Vista. For a while there threads in other forums got a wee bit carried away, with folks challenging one another to see who could get shrillest just to see their words on screen. I hadn't realized the pendulum had swung the other way, so I will no longer ignore (with an expletive or three) most threads with the word Vista in the title.

Thanks,
mike

f0dder:
You can't reformat a car.
(I like that. I think I'm going to use that as a standard reply when a car analogy is bought up!)
Although I think we have now progressed to cat analogies :)
-MrCrispy (September 13, 2007, 04:37 PM)
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You can, however, update it's firmware...

wraith808:
From ExtremeTech

Windows Vista: Five Broken Promises

He makes a good point.  XP had a lot of problems until SP1, and didn't really become rock solid until SP2.  Why are we [un]knowing beta testers?  It could be because of impatience on our part, or their part.  Would I have wanted to wait until the time SP2 came out for the OS to come out.  No.  So I took it as is.  Why is Vista getting such a bad rap for the same thing?

I can answer in my case- it was hearing that people were having problems with games and software- that was a breaking point for me.  That along with the exorbitant price point put me off.  What about everyone else?

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