Ha. Ha. Ha. Blatant Apple humor.

But honestly, you can't read the article and not see between the lines: Intel doesn't see a reason to upgrade to Vista means they see a reason not to. I understand they don't want to ruffle MS's feathers, so what else could they say?

LOL! Nice twist on the article!

A good OS includes everything that the user needs while being fast and NOT "hardware-hungry".

Vista is a joke. It can do nothing better than XP, but is much more "hardware-hungry".
Of course Microsoft won´t implement DX10 in XP, because if they did, no one would buy Vista.

The reason why MS is forcing the Vista upgrade is that XP did not natively support multicore processors. It is the application that is supposed to do the multiprocessor balancing.

Actually, XP Pro will support two processors, but not XP Home (although XP Media Center Edition will). However, if you have more than 2 processors (either physically or in a multi-core), XP will not be the best option.

Also, XP has a limit (2gb? I forget) on how much physical RAM it can make use of. Vista does as well, but it's something like 2TB, not something we will be bumping up against anytime soon.

More accurately, 4GB total (2GB for the system + 2GB for applications)

Yeah, Intel won't run it. Big deal.

Interesting how everyone is an expert on security while at the same time, I can find unprotected wireless networks wherever I go. RTFM people. RTFM.

Then Blue-screen and awaken to the wonderful world of OS X.

Not really. Call the video professor dude and "learn the computers"

For big business, Unix is the optimal OS among those available. But even Unix' creator has said the Mac OS is far superior to MS. But old habits are hard to break. So if MS works for you and you are willing to live with security and stability issues associated with it, then by all means be my guest. If you are a Mac user and happy (most are) then there isn't any reason for you to change unless you need Unix (which is at the root of the Mac OS and which you can run on a Mac). But if you are frustrated with your Windows experience, you should consider Apple or Unix.

Would all you serious wonk-geeks go the fork away and leave us to the funny. I know you've heard of funny.

Ah ha, we have a MS user who happily users her platform for games, email and internet shopping, and doesn't enjoy a serious debate in which she can't contribute.

If you have nothing to contribute, Jo, sit on the sidelines instead of trying to change the subject.

No, I just think its getting too techy and should be more fun.

My point. Exactly.

I'm writing this on Vista and I think it works just fi

I love clueless MS users. It keeps me employed.

Vista has not just been criticised by Linux/Mac fans but a very broad base of tech journalists. It is why especially Mac is growing in enterprise environments.

You know you're in trouble when even your wife won't have anything to do with you. Maybe Intel should send Microsoft some flowers just to cheer her up.

Visaster?

The fact that Intel isn't running Vista doesn't imply there is anything wrong with it. It could be for any number of business reasons.

Like what?