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Posts tagged Vista
It Is About Time: Microsoft Retires Windows 3.x
Nov 6th
Many of you may have missed the news due to some sort of election that was held recently, but on November 1, 2008, Microsoft officially stopped issuing licenses for Windows 3.x. (story via news.bbc.co.uk). It’s EULA-gy read:
Windows 3.x required an 8086/8088 processor or better that had a clock speed of up to 10MHz. It needed at least 640KB of RAM, seven megabytes of hard drive space, and a graphics card that supported CGA, EGA and VGA graphics. Windows 3.x is survived my it children Windows 95, ME, XP and Vista (who could not be reached for comment due to compatibility issues).
I have seen reports that Windows 3.x customers everywhere are now in a state of sadness and panic. One former Windows 3.x user was detained for questioning after “allegedly” trying to bootleg the OS onto toaster ovens. Microsoft will begin forming support groups (though not technical support) for those who now believe their life is over because of the death of Windows 3.x to help them better cope with new technology.
Yes, it is a sad day indeed. Microsoft is expected to release a statement today encouraging users to make the leap and upgrade to Windows 95 and regrets to inform users looking for a loophole that the downgrade option from Vista to 3.x is out of the question.
There are reports starting to surface through the interweb that Windows 3.1 will be returning to join the rock band KISS on their new tour “Yes, Retirement Still Sucks and We Know There is Still Money to Be Made Despite Current Media Induced Economic Conditions, Part IV”.
Leopard OS for Mac simply Rocks. Upgrade Time.
Feb 20th
I thought upgrades were supposed to be difficult? Being a Windows and Linux user for quite sometime I was used to a more drawn out process that usually leaves some elements in need of tweaking (that’s the nice way to put it, I should say recovering at times from certain doom). I used to preach the gospel according to Bill Gates…but now I’m just tired. 
I work daily as an admin on Windows workstations and servers and have very little desire to look at more Windows once I get home. I play with Ubuntu Linux constantly (which is a great step from how scary Linux used to be to most users), but Linux does still require some outside of the box thinking. Couple that with my severe dislike for all things Windows Vista and you have my solution Mac. By the way, if I hear one more moron say, “Vista is the future, get used to it.” I might just vomit. I sure people said that about Windows ME too and look how well that went… I won’t spend my time bashing Vista as it appears they already have problems. Primarily, Microsoft can’t get users to switch off of XP to Vista. On the other hand, it was almost comical to see people line up for Leopard. And perhaps that is because there was only 1 flavor of Mac OS X 10.5 as opposed to the mind boggling 13 unclear choices of Vista.
I’m evidentially not the only one who felt that way. Doug at superterran.com, seems to have gone through the same decision making process choosing Leopard and used Mac G5 over a pretty beefy P.C. running Vista. I still remote to a small Windows station so I can use Windows Live Writer to blog…if only there were something half as good for the Mac (I’ve tried Ecto, I just wasn’t that impressed.)
To the point though… After doing countless Windows upgrades, I suppose I expected something a little more complex. Maybe it’s just the power geek in me. I mean even Lifehacker wrote about a pc users upgrade concerns of Upgrade or Clean Install. A Mac commentator names John Gruber put my fears to rest by saying:
Arguments that there is something mysteriously dangerous or deficient about the default upgrade procedure—and that you should do a clean install instead, followed by tedious hours manually migrating software and data and preferences from your old installation—are voodoo.
So I pressed on, and I have to say… it was almost too easy. I just said go, and sat back and played drums for a while. It was nice, actually relaxing. I checked after and all was there. Leopard has some great new features too and all without making me feel foreign like Vista did from XP. If you haven’t upgraded yet now would be an excellent time. Thanks to my good friend Dr. David Blazer who hooked me up with an extra Leopard Family Pack License. I had been looking for a family pack to split with someone since Leopards release…patience actually paid off.
