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Vista Security — Too Little Too Late
Thomas Greene of The Register has a fairly comprehensive review of Vista and IE7 user security measures. The verdict is: better but not adequate, and mostly an attempt to shift blame onto the user when things go wrong. From the review: "[Vista is] a slightly more secure version than XP SP2. There are good features, and there are good ideas, but they've been implemented badly. The old problems never go away: too many networking services enabled by default; too many owners running their boxes as admins and downloading every bit of malware they can get their hands on."
There doesn't seem to be an official Slashdot stance on Microsoft either... about the only thing you *do* notice is that most of the windows supporters post as AC's...
Back on topic: Vista tests for my corporation have been far from impressive in both security and performance. I'll stick with the XP Upgrade method I think. "Skin XP to look like Vista... open up the case, remove half the RAM and clock the CPU back a few notches"
Me failed English...
FreeBSD over Linux. If my comments seem odd, this may explain...
Imagine if MSFT made automobiles
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It would be pretty horrific...
Are you sure you want to unlock your car? (Yes/No)
Please confirm this action: Start car (Allow/Deny)
The manufacturer of this car is not trusted, are you sure you want to start this car? (Yes/No)
The car is attempting to use gas that does not fall between 89 and 91 octane are you sure you want to continue? (Yes/No)
Are you sure you want to turn on the radio (Allow/Deny)
The manufacturer of this radio is not trusted, are you sure you want to turn on radio? (Yes/No)
Station 104.7 is attempting to play content that requires special priveliges, do you want to play 104.7? (yes/no)
Please confirm your administrative username and password.
Please confirm this action: Change to D (Allow/Deny)
This feature requires administrative priveligeges, please enter your username and password.
You have gotten in an accident and the airbag wants to deploy (allow/deny)
You are absolutely right, the Mac ads are horrendously misleading. The lines from that commercial aren't actual Vista prompts. Even more scandalous: John Hodgman isn't really a PC and Justin Long isn't really a Mac ! Shame on Steve Jobs for his lies.