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Prescription Meds For Vista Sleep Disorder
Arnold O'Connor writes "NeoSmart Technologies has compiled a list of hotfixes and patches provided by Microsoft for Windows Vista that address a large number of issues related to waking/resuming a Vista PC (both x86 and x64) from sleep or hibernation. Sleep-related disorders have plagued Vista since its release, though they were not present in earlier betas. Most of these fixes are due to be included in Windows Vista SP1 — codenamed Fiji."
And you thought saying "Windoze" was a stale joke...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
... and they want their PNP problems back
Why UNIX?
ie - create the new DRM free Vista - they could call it the "Vista PUDRMFE" - Vista Penultimate Digital Rights Management Free Edition
Of course, they'll probably claim they can't take out the DRM because it's a crucial part of the operating system.
Hmmm - wonder how ReactOS is doing lately....
Who is general failure, and why is he reading my hard drive?
Well, this situation sounds ripe for lampooning in a new one of Apple's "Mac & PC" ads:
Mac and PC in twin beds, an alarm goes off. Mac wakes up but PC was sitting up in bed twitching nervously.
"Good morning--"
"AH!"
"I'm a... Mac."
"And I'm a p-p-PC."
"Hey, PC, haven't you been sleeping?"
"No! No, I, uh, I-I can't sleep."
"Really, do you need something?"
"No, it's not that. I-I mustn't go to sleep because I'm afraid I won't wake up. There have been reports, you know, that since the release of Vista, PCs have had problems with not waking up from sleep."
"Gee, that's too bad. Me, I have no problems waking up from sleep. I mean, within two seconds, I'm up and fully alert. That isn't true for you?"
"..."
"Uh, PC? PC, hello? Hey, PC, wake up!"
"..."
"Oh my."
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?