Comments on: Borg's new trick to get people to use Vista? Call it something else. http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/ Namaste. Welcome to my site. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:55:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nigel Kneale http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-384 Nigel Kneale Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:27:58 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-384 *boggle* FSF promotes DOSing Apple's Tech Support... http://www.defectivebydesign.org/apple-challenge *boggle*

FSF promotes DOSing Apple’s Tech Support…

http://www.defectivebydesign.org/apple-challenge

]]> By: MikieV http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-383 MikieV Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:03:04 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-383 "Quick, someone create a Steve Ballmer animation as Max Headroom touting Vista!" Good one. I'd forgotten about Max... Almost makes me feel as old as last week, when a younger co-worker mentioned going to see the "Get Smart" movie - without realizing it was based on an old TV show. :( “Quick, someone create a Steve Ballmer animation as Max Headroom touting Vista!”

Good one.

I’d forgotten about Max…

Almost makes me feel as old as last week, when a younger co-worker mentioned going to see the “Get Smart” movie – without realizing it was based on an old TV show. :(

]]> By: Jason Z. http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-382 Jason Z. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:06:29 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-382 I've been through the desert on an OS with two name It'd feel better to be out in the rain In the Mac, you can remember your name 'Cause there ain't no Vista for to give you no pain Laa laa laaa la la la, la la laa, la la. I’ve been through the desert on an OS with two name
It’d feel better to be out in the rain
In the Mac, you can remember your name
‘Cause there ain’t no Vista for to give you no pain
Laa laa laaa la la la, la la laa, la la.

]]> By: mikecane http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-381 mikecane Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:41:28 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-381 No matter what they do, Vista = Viasta!!! No matter what they do, Vista = Viasta!!!

]]> By: Will The Real Lastangelman Please Stand Up? http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-380 Will The Real Lastangelman Please Stand Up? Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:57:08 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-380 Computerworld has labelled Vista <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=macintosh_os&articleId=9110625&taxonomyId=123&intsrc=kc_top" rel="nofollow">New Coke</a>. Quick, someone create a Steve Ballmer animation as Max Headroom touting Vista! Computerworld has labelled Vista New Coke. Quick, someone create a Steve Ballmer animation as Max Headroom touting Vista!

]]> By: Will The Real Lastangelman Please Stand Up? http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-379 Will The Real Lastangelman Please Stand Up? Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:39:35 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-379 There is anecdotal evidence that service pack three for Windows XP Pro for enterprise vendors screws with the Registry to the point where all pass words for admin are thrown out. Either do a complete wipe and fresh install or update to Vista. If this is not freetard/XP fan bullshit, I smell class action lawsuit. Meanwhile, me and my fair lady are heading to Siberia to watch the solar eclipse next week. At least they have good internet in Novobezerkistan, at least, so I'm told. There is anecdotal evidence that service pack three for Windows XP Pro for enterprise vendors screws with the Registry to the point where all pass words for admin are thrown out. Either do a complete wipe and fresh install or update to Vista. If this is not freetard/XP fan bullshit, I smell class action lawsuit.

Meanwhile, me and my fair lady are heading to Siberia to watch the solar eclipse next week. At least they have good internet in Novobezerkistan, at least, so I’m told.

]]> By: Dan Lyons http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-378 Dan Lyons Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:36:29 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-378 I resent when people suggest I'm all washed up and have no future. I really resent it. I am the person who almost made a living mocking one of the greatest business leaders of this generation. That makes me a somebody, not a nobody. I resent when people suggest I’m all washed up and have no future. I really resent it. I am the person who almost made a living mocking one of the greatest business leaders of this generation. That makes me a somebody, not a nobody.

]]> By: Cracker Kevin http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-377 Cracker Kevin Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:22:01 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-377 "was surprised to see you using the term “Borg” to refer to Microsoft - isn’t that owned by Viacom?" Hey Rick, quit being a dork. “was surprised to see you using the term “Borg” to refer to Microsoft – isn’t that owned by Viacom?”

Hey Rick, quit being a dork.

]]> By: Rick http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-376 Rick Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:18:00 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-376 Came to this site from Ars Technica - was surprised to see you using the term "Borg" to refer to Microsoft - isn't that owned by Viacom? Came to this site from Ars Technica – was surprised to see you using the term “Borg” to refer to Microsoft – isn’t that owned by Viacom?

]]> By: MikieV http://realdanlyons.com/blog/2008/07/25/borgs-new-trick-to-get-people-to-use-vista-call-it-something-else/#comment-375 MikieV Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:24:07 +0000 http://realdanlyons.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-375 "IMO, one of the biggest reasons Apple seems so good is because they control their hardware platform with an iron fist. So you don’t get Apple machines which use bottom tier crap parts like you do with a Gateway or HP or whatever." Exactly. I've been using macs, at home, since late '84. In parallel, I've been using WinTel computers at my various jobs - DOS, WIN3.1, WinNT, Win2k Pro, and WinXP Pro [my current employer doesn't see any reason to upgrade to Vista, or just doesn't want spend the money when 2k & XP are meeting our needs] We're supposedly some kind of cult because we were willing to pay more for higher-quality hardware, and a better OS - especially back in the DOS/Win3.1 years ~shudders~ I could probably use Vista or Leopard at home - and be happy - but the funny thing is my Core 2 Duo-based iMac -can- dual-boot into Windows... if I felt the need to buy a copy of Vista or XP at retail. I just haven't felt the need to run Windows at home. anyway... I've never used Vista, but two relatives bought new machines in 2007 and -hated- how many things they had to do differently, after using XP for years... so it makes me wonder what they would think if someone had put them through such a "blind taste test" of Vista. :) “IMO, one of the biggest reasons Apple seems so good is because they control their hardware platform with an iron fist. So you don’t get Apple machines which use bottom tier crap parts like you do with a Gateway or HP or whatever.”

Exactly.

I’ve been using macs, at home, since late ‘84.

In parallel, I’ve been using WinTel computers at my various jobs – DOS, WIN3.1, WinNT, Win2k Pro, and WinXP Pro [my current employer doesn't see any reason to upgrade to Vista, or just doesn't want spend the money when 2k & XP are meeting our needs]

We’re supposedly some kind of cult because we were willing to pay more for higher-quality hardware, and a better OS – especially back in the DOS/Win3.1 years ~shudders~

I could probably use Vista or Leopard at home – and be happy – but the funny thing is my Core 2 Duo-based iMac -can- dual-boot into Windows… if I felt the need to buy a copy of Vista or XP at retail. I just haven’t felt the need to run Windows at home.

anyway…

I’ve never used Vista, but two relatives bought new machines in 2007 and -hated- how many things they had to do differently, after using XP for years… so it makes me wonder what they would think if someone had put them through such a “blind taste test” of Vista. :)

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