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Actually I'm not a "fanboi" (I'm not familiar with that term) and don't read Mac forums or computer forums at all. I was talking about my friends and colleagues, most of whom are non-techie types not compelled to use either OS by their workplace, but just trying to get something done with a computer, and the overwhelming majority of comments that I hear on Vista are negative. Many have "downgraded" to XP. Not a statistically valid sample, I know, but in my experience it's a pretty universal reaction. Anyway, whatever works for you...
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I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
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Prince of Fatness
Most of the issues with XP seemed to get resolved within the first year. Vista seems to be taking longer.
Not at it at all.
I am not a fanboi or fanboy either. I thought most of those people were into video games. I do this for a living. I run Vista on my home desktop that my wife and daughter use. I run XP on my laptop that I use for work. Some of the compatibility issues haven't been just with obscure software. You can't use Quickbooks 2006 or earlier with Vista, you have to buy an upgrade. The Cisco VPN client still does not support all features on Vista yet. Most of the issues with XP seemed to get resolved within the first year. Vista seems to be taking longer.
For the majority of users Cisco VPN is obscure software. I use it at work daily, but most people have no clue what it is. Software from 2006, to me personally, is obscure or maybe outdated would be a better word. In other words, don't buy a new OS and then bash it when your old software won't work with it.
I've got a fever...
So what do you guys think about the lack of a Firewire port on the new macbooks? They are catching lots of hell for it, but I'm kind of on the fence. On one hand, Jobs is right that USB 2.0 is the way to go and Firewire was just invented to get around the shortcomings of USB 1.0, but there are still a ton of Firewire devices out there (including older Ipods.) I like to see a company step up and set a new standard though, unlike Microsoft who has bloated Windows beyond recovery by trying to support every piece of hardware and software ever created. At some point the old stuff just needs to go away. Users Rage over Missing Firewire on New MacBooks MTA: Additional article, regarding Apple's killing of old technologies
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What will they do about Target mode booting? That is was an awesome feature.
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Vim
The Apple OS 9 software (mostly audio applications) I had did not work properly on OS X. Soooooo I've been unhappy with Apple INC. OS since OS X.