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Dvorak on Microsoft Confusing the Market

Posted by Zonk on from the funny-dvorak-article-blink-and-you'll-miss-it dept.

DigitalDame2 writes "With news of there being 7 Vista editions, PC Magazine Columnist John C. Dvorak takes a hilarious spin on the different Vistas with some recommendations of his own. How about the Vista Porn Edition? All the great porn sites would be pre-bookmarked. Gamer Case-Mod Edition? It can be ultraoptimized for games with a blinking hard-drive light. You can even go as far as the Microsoft Vista for Costco Customers: the Cheaper Edition."

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  1. Good informative link by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 5, Informative


    An excellent description of all the various flavors of Vista and their respective features and intended niches can be found here.

    I'm bookmarking this page...it's only a matter of time before I'll be required to know this information.

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  2. Re:Ain't it funny? by Joehonkie · · Score: 2, Informative

    Win2k did have a home edition, it just didn't sell well. They released Millenium after they realized this.

  3. Re:Dvorak? by Jeff+Hornby · · Score: 4, Informative

    Which came first - Rolling Stone Magazine, The Rolling Stones, or the song "Like a Rolling Stone". No one seems to know.

    They were all named after the song "The Rolling Stone Blues" by Muddy Waters. The order was: The Rolling Stones (1962), Like a Rolling Stone (1965) and Rolling Stone magazine (1967). (dates from Wikipedia).

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  4. Re:Good informative link + Karma Whore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Of course you neglected to tell us this is your site, and you post this link for EVERY windows story.

    Such is the life of a Karma Whore

  5. You forgot at least two by brokeninside · · Score: 2, Informative

    Windows XP also comes in Starter (mandated by the EU anti-trust suit) and Embedded editions.

    But to be fair, most retail consumers won't be seeing the Starter, Embedded, Media Center, Tablet PC, or Professional x64 editions on the retail shelves or even as pre-load options for most consumer PCs. That's what makes this amusing is that Best Buy is likely going to carry 2 editions (both upgrade and full pack) of each of Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, and Small Business. In addition, MS might sell upgrades from one to the other.

  6. Re:Ain't it funny? by Ckwop · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ahhh.. you have to ask former microsoft employee why..

    This man needs +5 insightful tattooed on his fore-head.

    Simon

  7. Re:not the same .. Not new by Phiu-x · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is the Microsoft way since a long time. Hell, I remember that with windows 95/98 (or maybe it was 2000) different features got installed (see unlocked) according to which serial number you typed at the install. A corporate SN would install corporate stuff ie: more networking feature or more concurrent connections. This is not new at all.

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