Posted 08/04/2008 at 08:29:15pm

Based upon that article, I would say that it's best not to knock it until you've tried it, and then don't upgrade to it or use it on a machine that's older than the OS.

I've had two laptops that came with Vista Home Premium installed and have had very few problems. (Mostly apps shutting off aero, big deal). The games that I have run thus far, on either machine, have run just fine. (Keeping in mind that neither laptop was really set up for heavy gaming).

Will I upgrade my desktop to Vista? Not until I rebuild it with hardware that I know it will support it, which will cost nearly a thousand ($1000.00), by my reconing (and that's not going dual video cards or anything fancy). In the meantime, XP Pro with SP3 will do just fine.

Posted 12/17/2007 at 07:40:06pm

After reading the short post from the Reuters link, plus what I have heard in at least 3 podcasts (including MaxPC's) all I have to say is: If the kid was old enough to buy his own truck under a financial contract, the kid should have been smart enough to know that using your cell phone as a modem is always more expensive than your phone's data plan, even an unlimited one. The difference is always stated in the plan offerings by most telco's . That's why I won't use mine (cell phone) for internet access. (Besides, most of the time, any WiFi access point is usually faster).