Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed

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Mobile — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:21:36 GMT

well nick white you have shared a very vital info with us! i appreciate it.

re: Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed

zayn — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:55:22 GMT

i wonder where you can find 'wish list' for vista - i do wish the next vista release would include what i call - virtual secretary!

you do some routine tasks after logging-in.

run media player, listen to you favourite, check you e-mail, browse your usual web-pages, and continue with your thesis/report writing and so on...

wouldn't it be great to have a 'virtual-secretary'; just give it a command say - 'do the usual tasks'; and click a button, and the usual tasks are done automatically. you might And get a reply like, 'Done sir, anything else?'.

you can add, modify and create new tasks and group them; and have a list of 'tasks' ready to be implemented by your 'virtual-secretary'.

what do u think? does vista have something like this? i personally think this would change the 'you do all by yourself desktop metaphor' into 'virtual secretary metaphor' - i suppose everyone like to a 'personal secretary' for himself.

thanks to bill gates for bringing the superb experience of vista to 'the rest of US'; that Stevy Jobs just couldn't care less. I used to fell in love with the mac, but no longer now. in our language the sound/word 'mac' means 'lady'! vista is more georgous and beautiful.

re: Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed

slubber — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:51:52 GMT

I was apart of the powered togethet promo so I'm getting a copy of Vista Business. My question is how do I upgrade it to Ultimate and how much will that run me?

Thanks,

David

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manohar — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 08:17:17 GMT

Sorry Chieng Sisovin, I am not very sure about it. I am sorry, I am replying this without thorough research. I am sorry, I am running out of time. Meanwhile, you can find information in the following link : http://www.openafs.org/windows.html . Do let me know if this helped you. Thanks.

re: Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed

Chieng Sisovin — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:49:05 GMT

Hi manohar, I mean that my PC has only Window Vista Ultimate, but I want open files from MacOS and Linux on my PC. Can Windows Vista be compatible to open the files from different OS like MacOS and Linux OS.

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manohar — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:45:12 GMT

Hey Chieng Sisovin, I am not sure if you can install Vista to a computer that has MacOS in it. However, you can install Vista to an NTFS partition along with linux running in a different partition. The boot manager for Vista will still let you boot to both the OS.

re: Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed

manohar — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:41:36 GMT

For Astonish...

Vista has not yet been released. Understand that we are talking about a complete change over of technology. Hence, we can't expect all apps to work with Aero. I am sure with in the next month, there would be Aero supported apps released. If not, you will find update patches for apps to support the Aero feature. Also, I have tested the sleep/resume feature with many computers. None of them failed. I just had to press the power button and it's up and running. It's a great OS. I believe it will get a great response once it is released to retail.

re: Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed

manohar — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:34:55 GMT

This is a reply to Astonish. I am sure microsoft would have thought twice before launching so many operating system editions. Each edition is for a targeted user group. The Home Basic edition is for users who use computer for e-mailing, browsing and other minimal functions. The Home Premium is for customers who can invest some more bucks for a good home experience with media center and Aero. There are people who think twice before spending money to buy a computer. For them, the Home Basic is good. For other home users who have only one computer, Home Premium is good. Ultimate is a pack of ultimate features with enhanced security and home premium. This will be for users who use their computers for Home as well as Small Business purposes. The business and Enterprise versions don't need features like media center and DVD maker. Hence, the features have been removed. However, care has been taken to make sure that there is enough security for the data with bitlocker encryption and UAC. There are more features in the business edition. This is not something new that Microsoft has done. This is cost effective marketing of software. Assume a situation where a person just needs an OS with good security features and fault tolerence to e-mail and browse. For such a user, Home Basic is the best choice. He need not spend more money purchasing a software that has all the features that are not necessary for him. If ever he wants to upgrade, Microsoft has given the option to upgrade. Let's think about the different levels of market the product is being targeted to. I think, as a business decision this is one that I would say is good for the company.

re: Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed

Nick White — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:31:43 GMT

Hey Chieng Sisovin: not exactly sure what you mean. You can indeed network Windows Vista to Linux and/or Macintosh machines. If you want to install Windows Vista to a machine that previously ran a Linux or Macintosh OS, that would depend on the hardware specifications of the particular machine.

re: Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed

manohar — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:18:51 GMT

Yes, the DreamScene looks to be a promising ultimate Extra. However, time will tell the amount of resources it would consume. I hope, Microsoft gives a thought about this.

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Michael_Moor — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:01:10 GMT

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Chieng Sisovin — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:53:38 GMT

Can Window Vista be enable with Linux and Macintos?

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MadDoggyca — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:21:23 GMT

and I do suport the "OS X has a single version that supports 32/64-bit and both Power4/intel in a single box. "

now only if windows did the 1 for all and let the user pick how out of the box software can be installed and what they want to be installed.... Sure it not consider Fast depment when upgrading or installing but it beats the.... Having to unistall manual after words and fixing all though registory erros...

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MadDoggyca — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:18:12 GMT

I onyl borught linux up becuz some one I think u made the stament

"which is a tool I SHOULD NOT NEED in a modern operating system."

I hate to say but linux is a Modern os none the less

all XGL is . is a 3d cube with wave windows and flashy swap windows and tabing..... ya ok thats kool but there really not Muilt monitor suport in it none the less as that video show only 1 monitor in use......

re: Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed

astonish — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:29:51 GMT

RyanLM hit the nail on the head.

The programmer in me is super excited. .Net 3.0, WPF using C# is awesome. DX10 and the new drive model have some strengths as well.

However, having played with the betas and the RTM build I'm pretty underwhelmed. There are some annoying little things that just need to get fixed, and there are improvements in many regards over XP, but its not a leap. The only thing so far that has made me say "wow this is great" is the media center + 360 functionality. With the people, resources and time MS has had I'm pretty underwelmed by the result. OS X has been pulling out great features year after year and even linux, though far from XP/OS X has made some really big advances lately. Anyway vista, like XP, will probably get better over time and CES announced some interesting stuff down the pipeline, but really some of should be here now, out of the box.

There are some horribly embarrassing parts to Vista tho. Stupid things like certain apps jarringly throwing you out of aero to the basic UI, the inability to properly wake up from sleep on nearly every PC i have used. Worst of all is the product editions. Really any tech person worth their salt knows that all the desktop releases essentially have the same guts and these product edition boundarys are mainly artificial. I think it would be so much easier to support and for users if there was just one edition. There are currently over 10 different editions of Vista where as OS X has a single version that supports 32/64-bit and both Power4/intel in a single box.