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Guess I'm a few days late, but just in case anyone hasn't seen this yet:
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Did you click on the " Watch the name announcement for Windows Vista" button?
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Late or not I like Vista better then Longhorn.
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I like Vista much better. Can't wait to get my hands on the beta next week.
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I don't know, it doesn't flow very well. Going from -ows to vis- is hard...
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Perhaps using some 'windows' cleaner?
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 but I with Bob. I have a spare machine here that will serve as a .NET 2 webserver so I figure I'll give Vista a go next week. |
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I was thinking of posting just this question yesterday, but I decided that the news for that day pretty much covered it. There were like 3 out of 20+ articles that didn't have that in the headline.
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I actually had to send a screenshot of that to a few friends yesterday, EVERY news article on the right side of the index was about the name.
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If you have an MSDN Operating System or higer subscription or if you are one of the beta testers Vista and IE7 are available for download.
I have IE 7 installed and I must say I am sure glad to get rid of Firefox. Tabbed browing works as it should with having to install a buggy extension.
I'm downloading Vista, 2Gig plus download and have Server version qued for download. Looks like a late night getting then installed.
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Cool didn't see it on there page when I looked yesterday. Just kicked the off the download
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I think its a horrible name. Microsoft is looking at a ton of lawsuits due to other software companies using the name 'Vista'
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I think they should stay with the 2 number/letter name, in my opinion Windows VI sounds better than Windows Vista, or anything else that comes to mind does.
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More people seem to dislike the name "Vista", check out THIS... |
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I must say I agree with "more people", Vista has an odd ring to it. I understand the decision to move away from 2-letter/number labels (not saying I like the decision, but I understand it)... but the word "vista" seems quite bland, somehow. Might just be a matter of getting used to, I guess. Anyway, it's not like people are going to base their OS decision on the name, is it?
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Microsoft's advertising tagline for Vista is "Clear, Confident, Connected: Bringing clarity to your world,"
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It's not that I don't like the name, but the new name doesn't make me think of an OS... "Vista" doesn't sound right for an operating system, it's more a name for a new type of windscreen wipers...
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Well I quite like the idea of calling an OS something like view. Todays OS have so many functions you can't access directly that a little more visibility would be nice.
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To be honest I don't care about the name as such, the thing itself should function properly.
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i just found out Vista also is abbr. for "Volunteers In Service To America. "..not really sure this is the case for Microsoft ..just a thought |
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