Posted 05/06/2009 at 11:34:24pm

 When I purchased a used K6-2 450mhz computer to be able to get on the internet, one of the first upgrades I made was to get a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro keyboard. I have built several computers since for myself and a few for my wife but the keyboard came along when I upgraded. As I sit in front of my dual-processor AMD Athlon X2 4000+ / AsusM2NBP-VM mobo, black Antec 900 case with all black accessories, I sit at the 'boring beige', very same keyboard. I might consider a new keyboard someday, but I haven't found one that was more comfortable or more durable. So you won't think I am a Microsoft fanboy, I still run XP MCE 2005 dual booting with Ubuntu 9.04. The more I learn about Open Source software, the more I figure that XP will be my last MS OS.The Vista fumble was too much.

haffcrazy

Posted 07/02/2008 at 05:30:36pm

haffcrazy

 Vista is a product that is designed for the early adopter crowd and gamers. It doesn't offer the WINFS file system promised. It attempts to force the world to upgrade their hardware so it will "work fine", after working with Intel to install it on underpowered new systems that couldn't carry the weight. It is too expensive for a full featured version and if you go with a limited feature version, you have less features than XP, and you don't have their biggest selling point - Aero Glass. Since the world hasn't embraced it just because Mirosoft tells them to, they are starting to shut down the previous OS to force the consumer to move over to Vista. There are difficulties with networking, I know this because I went to IT at work and they told me to try things I'd already tried. They aren't planning to make the transition to Vista. I don't know what kind of Kool-aid Ballmer is selling but to sell a product by offering nothing useful, requiring a hardware upgrade to make it perform as well as XP, and then twist your arm by taking XP away when it is still functioning well for the consumer, smacks of the low-brow, calloused-knuckle crowd. Do it or else.