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No. Why bother?
Microsoft can buy all the press it wants. Anyone who believes
their propaganda at this point is uneducable.

"The enire graphics engine is being replaced to allow developers
to do things they never thought they could in Windows."

That's what I love about Microsoft: they listen to their customers
and give them what they want. If there's one thing I know that
every Windows user has been clamoring for, it's 3-D graphics
and more Mac-like icons. "Never mind the reliability and
security," they say, "give us cooler graphics!!!"

"Hmm, how about much better security? That is surly something
even you would support, right?"

We'll believe it when we see it. It's not like they have never
claimed they were providing better security before. They've
made it pretty clear that they're incapable of doing better in this
area, so they have a lot of work to do to convince me.

"How about making "content" available that isn't available today
do to pirating?"

Boy, now. There's some twisted logic for ya. Locking everything
down, allowing content monopolists to charge exorbitant prices,
and specifying exactly where and how you can use it is going to
make things available that weren't available before? I guess that
depends on your definition of "available."
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Too bad  Roger Ramjet | 09/16/05
You're deluded...  marksashton | 09/16/05
No, you are.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/17/05
They're going for a lot on eBay because they're rare  marksashton | 09/17/05
No, it's because they're valuable.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/17/05
And the compeling reason to switch to Vista is ?  michael_t | 09/16/05
Its weird  Roger Ramjet | 09/16/05
Gee, have you been reading the reviews?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/16/05
The problem is  Michael Kelly | 09/16/05
2D displays == 2D screenshots  balsover | 09/16/05
LiveCD  Loverock Davidson | 09/16/05
I've heard of that  Michael Kelly | 09/16/05
Innovation is?  nucrash | 09/16/05
Gee, ALL these are things that MS promissed to deliver  michael_t | 09/16/05
Geez, that's the best they can do?  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
big whoop  Jeff Spicoli | 09/17/05
No. Why bother?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/17/05
This would be the 6th time I heard this  nucrash | 09/16/05
Yeah  Real World | 09/16/05
Yes, because they come bundled with their new PC  balsover | 09/16/05
Of course it does, it's what the VAST MAJORITY want.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/16/05
No, I don't think so  balsover | 09/16/05
More out of habit rather than desire...  Anti_Zealot | 09/19/05
You need to realize that adding a few trinkets  michael_t | 09/16/05
Survey says.....  Real World | 09/17/05
I never get tired of hearing it.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/17/05
They have realized what MS promises and what it NEVER delivered...  michael_t | 09/16/05
Because . . .  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
Try to see a demo and you'll see  marksashton | 09/16/05
I am sure that it may even be more usable than XP  michael_t | 09/16/05
Vista wasn't built from XP's code base  IT Scion | 09/19/05
re: Try to see a demo and you'll see  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
And the troll of the year award goes to....  IT Scion | 09/19/05
Funny thing about hand writing...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/16/05
Me too  balsover | 09/16/05
Me three  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
I learned in college  Roger Ramjet | 09/19/05
Shades of 1993  tic swayback | 09/16/05
The problem with tablets in general  daver_z | 09/16/05
RE: The problem with tablets in general  bloomenator | 09/16/05
I'm playing with my tablet right now and...  marksashton | 09/16/05
Tablet PCs do *not* use touch-based input, unlike Palm Pilots!  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
No, just like a graphics tablet.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/17/05
Depends how well you can type doesn't it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/17/05
Depends on what you do for a living, I guess.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/17/05
I've never met an upper level exec  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/18/05
Effete executives  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/18/05
agree  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
There are or were touch screen tablet PC's  LazLong | 09/18/05
My view on their tablet features  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
Off topic question...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/17/05
Linux on the tablet?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/17/05
Yeah, lots of hardware...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/18/05
Yeah...  Michael Kelly | 09/18/05
Agree & Disagree  LazLong | 09/18/05
Huh?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/18/05
Sorry, you're wrong.  Michael Kelly | 09/18/05
Linux  CobraA1 | 09/17/05
Lycoris has a tablet edition  Michael Kelly | 09/18/05
Message has been deleted.  B.O.F.H. | 09/17/05
This is new?  Reverend MacFellow | 09/19/05
Already committed...bring it on.  lernes.hebert | 09/19/05

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