Comments on: Vista's actual launch? Think whisper, not bang

The day was filled with fanfare, but the late-night launch at CompUSA was anything but extraordinary.
Photos: At CompUSA, 'Vista can wait'

[Norseman]

Let the "turfing" begin.

Prediction: Lots and lots of posts with "WOW!" in them.

[Seaspray0]

Agreed

My prediction: Every apple shill won't be able to resist adding their two cents. Over 70% of the posts will be from the 5% of the world that doesn't use windows.

[CentrOS]

Can't wait to compare this with the iPhone launch :)

Can't wait to compare this with the iPhone launch :)

[JadedGamer]

Have to

... wait, since that won't be until June. :P

(Or much later, here in Europe.)

[FutureGuy]

this is a software..

not a gadget, I can assure you that the lines for iPhone will be nothing like the lines for XBox 360 or PS3

[Lee in San Diego]

Yes

Different demographics.

[thenet411]

More like a whimper

What is funny about this is that the majority of people (IT professionals, hard core consumers) who want to see Vista already have it from either their MSDN subscription or consumer beta tests. The general public couldn't care less and even those consumers that have mild interest have been reading article after article telling them to wait a year for the bugs to be worked out.

This has to have Microsoft employees who worked on Vista whimpering in their cubes.

[gw188397]

Yes, I immediately thought of the hollow men as well

EOM

[RompStar_420]

Can't wait for next release of OS X

Now, that's an operating system.

I liked Office until the new one came out, no one here at work likes it at all, people are very frustrated with it and the older generation that uses (As Office cost $500+) refuse to use it, curse at it....

So if that's an indication, then I don't know, maybe at other companies, 21 year old buy all this expensive software, but not here.

[Lee in San Diego]

We will

We will probably be lined up early and it will stretch around the
block.

[herby67]

How come

Wasn't the current release just perfect?
I see...

[mproductions12]

MAC OSX II

Look to be honest I was a beta tester for Microsoft and Windows Vista out of just pure curiosity. Yet I've grown to love this operating system! I've got much more control of the operational tasks inside the OS as well as control over programs. Yes it is in terms of features a lack luster showing for $400 but it does not lack in the performance department. With a more stable and effieient kernel to better more optimized code. To smarter file saving systems its just a better operating system. More over This comparision does not stop at Win XP but to MAC OSX which i've found in my 2 yrs of using it to be just as unstable in taxing applications such as Final Cut. To even simple applications like I-MOVIE!!! The plain fact is that MACs are not for those who like to tinker. But it is great for average home users and those who like Final cut but I don't. Just please don't listen to all the hype, yes wait and be patient for better deals to come out and Vista optimized software but try it out at least.. You won't be dissapointed

[qwerty75]

re

Go read about the draconian licensing terms, WGA and DRM and then come back here and tell us how much control you have.

[pxlmvr]

Operator Error

Obviously, you're just another M$ fanboy. Anyone who has used Final Cut professionally knows how stable Mac (not MAC, you gave yourself away right there) OSX is. There is no way the many thousands of editors would risk their *clients* on an unstable platform! This is why so many are converrting from Avid to FCP. You sound like either you don't use it or this is a case of 'operator error'.

[jabbotts]

nice analysis

osX for those who want it to just work without tinkering

Vista for those who want to play games and tinker at least enough to tune the games

Linux for those who want to tinker with anything from the apearance down to programming code variables.

I'd say that's about right though I think I'm adding that third level on there.

[cre8tiv369]

who waits in line for a cheep apple knock off

Seriously, who is dumb enough to wait in line for a MS ripoff of Apple OSX from 2 years ago? Answer, The same moron who thinks that this release of Vista is not a beta version. All first gen Microsponge software is Beta and not worth the weight in fertilizer.

There is a reason Macs don't have virus attacks (and it has nothing to do with the "Market Share" that a lot of morons think is the reason). OSX is a unix based OS (10.5 will be taking that from "Unix Based" to "Unix Certified"). The same hackers who write virii runs some flavor of unix or linux, if they wrote a virus for a mac, it would infect their own system the moment they wrote it. Therefore, OSX will never have a true virus...

But Vista...lol, Well that is a pristine petre dish waiting to catch the slightest sneeze.

[halesgarcia]

The herd the treads the tired trail to Microsoft?s slaughterhouse

That's who.

[Siegfried Schtauffen]

Hardly Surprising

Most people who wanted Vista, myself included, have been using it for months at no cost. I have no plans to buy it until my Beta version expires!

[HandGlad2]

The poll's hardly fair....

They should have included "I'm sticking with Linux or switching soon" to go along with that option for Mac...