Slightly OT: Don't install Vista if you have an iPod.

If you've got an iPod, don't install Vista on your PC or let your Ipod be run on a Vista PC at the moment. Vista has serious 'incompatibilities' that can break your iPod.

[docs.info.apple.com]

An upgrade is coming.

On the same topic, isn't Microsoft in court right now for introducing incompatibilities that meant that DR DOS couldn't work on Vorbis machines? What an evil bunch they are, really.

Also, the ELU of Vista apparently makes it illegal to run Vista on an emulator. Which means you can't legally run it under parallels or VPC. Boot Camp is not technically an emulator though...

Not that I have, use, or want Vista, just a heads up to try to stop people ending up with busted iPods. I'm pretty sure it won't tell you this on the Vista box.

And Vista is so pretty, so....TIGER-like. lol

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"Vista" in portuguese means sight.
I guess that Bill Gate's eyes saw something again in computer that didn't belong to him.
Sometime in the near future, Microsoft will change the name to Macrocopy.

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Vista 8 versions to choose from and prices from $99 (upgrade) to $299 for a secure version?...

Seriously, MS still haven't got a clue about making a good OS. Not least getting it all wrong as far as different versions.

Reliable security should be standard not optional, and they should only make 1 version and make it cheap as they clearly spent no money on R&D (Apple et al did that).

But REALLY seriously, charging all thos bucks for a cheap Mac OS X rip off.

Tssk tssk.

Ben



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