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Gio · #1 Post by **Gio** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:15 pm

So who will have it outa the box?

I'm told I qualify for a free upgrade, but is it worth the risk?

Aladinsaneuk · #2 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:23 pm

get your free upgrade as soon as you can, and keep it in its box for at least 6 months - then consider it

It will be buggy, and some programs etc will take time to get fixed - I seem to remember that we went through the same process with win95, win98, win ManyErrors and winXP....

#3 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:29 pm

I dont think I'd get it until it was released with it's SP2 included. It'd take that long to Beta test it to the point it's semi secure...

#4 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:30 pm

Did I say Beta test, I meant get feedback off paying customers....

Hmm... Beta testing then...

Gio · #5 Post by **Gio** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:33 pm

I took part in the beta testing on it, thats why I think they're offering me a free copy.

I like the GUI, but it was buggy and it did crash now and again (nothing like Win 95 tho, which was appaling).

#6 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:36 pm

Yeah, but in all honesty it should be free, for everyone! Windows is constantly, sometimes majorly, updated off the back of reports sent to MS. I'd call that Beta testing, which would indicate, to me at least, the product isnt ready for release to paying customers. MS have been like that since... Windows started!!

Come the revolution, Linux will rule.

Aladinsaneuk · #7 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:04 pm

do a google for Vista Inspirat - install and get many of the nice features of vista on xp now...

Gio · #8 Post by **Gio** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:07 pm

Kwackerz wrote:Yeah, but in all honesty it should be free, for everyone! Windows is constantly, sometimes majorly, updated off the back of reports sent to MS. I'd call that Beta testing, which would indicate, to me at least, the product isnt ready for release to paying customers. MS have been like that since... Windows started!!

Come the revolution, Linux will rule.

I suppose you think linux doesn't have major upgrades

#9 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:19 pm

Gio wrote:
Kwackerz wrote:Yeah, but in all honesty it should be free, for everyone! Windows is constantly, sometimes majorly, updated off the back of reports sent to MS. I'd call that Beta testing, which would indicate, to me at least, the product isnt ready for release to paying customers. MS have been like that since... Windows started!!

Come the revolution, Linux will rule.
I suppose you think linux doesn't have major upgrades

It does, however about 95% less than Windows...

Gio · #10 Post by **Gio** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:08 pm

Kwackerz wrote:
Gio wrote:
Kwackerz wrote:Yeah, but in all honesty it should be free, for everyone! Windows is constantly, sometimes majorly, updated off the back of reports sent to MS. I'd call that Beta testing, which would indicate, to me at least, the product isnt ready for release to paying customers. MS have been like that since... Windows started!!

Come the revolution, Linux will rule.
I suppose you think linux doesn't have major upgrades

It does, however about 95% less than Windows...

And its getting hacked

lazarus · #11 Post by **lazarus** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:54 pm

Kwackerz wrote:
Gio wrote:
Kwackerz wrote:Yeah, but in all honesty it should be free, for everyone! Windows is constantly, sometimes majorly, updated off the back of reports sent to MS. I'd call that Beta testing, which would indicate, to me at least, the product isnt ready for release to paying customers. MS have been like that since... Windows started!!

Come the revolution, Linux will rule.
I suppose you think linux doesn't have major upgrades

It does, however about 95% less than Windows...

But Linux isnt backward compatible in the same way - all the extras you have had to compile you have mainly to do all over again in my experience. Windows definitely is less hassle.

#12 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:17 pm

Stupid question that I ought to, probably do know the answer to, however it escapes me at the mo..

How do you tell if you've got windows Xp x64?

In fact, doesnt matter. Just tried to download a copy of Inspirat, however the download is corrupted.. softpedia's d/load links only point to two locations, one isnt there, the other corrupted. ah well!

#13 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:59 pm

Scratch my last post. found the 'proper' download location. Yeah, not too shabby this Inspirat thing..not too shabby at all!

Torn · #14 Post by **Torn** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:13 pm

cheers for the link Aladinsaneuk just installed and it ain't to bad :)

Gio · #15 Post by **Gio** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:56 pm

I wonder what next weekends reply will be