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Dell Warns of Vista Upgrade Challenges

Posted by kdawson on from the if-not-putting-on-the-brakes-at-least-getting-off-the-accelerator dept.

Mattaburn writes with a story up on ZDNet UK reporting that Dell is warning businesses of the migration challenges that lie ahead as they move to Vista. The article notes what an unusual step it is for a company of Dell's size to be "toning down its sales pitch for Microsoft's Vista operating system" — particularly because "one of the issues the hardware vendor is warning business about is the extra hardware they will need to buy." Quoting: "'They need to be looking at the number of images they will be installing and the size of these images,' said Dell's European client services business manager, Niall Fitzgerald. 'A 2GB image for each user will have a big impact.'"

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  1. Re:so what will this mean... by jack455 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I had Firefox running on a 486dx66 earlier this year thanks to Fluxbox on Linux. The kernel, desktop, and apps were all current versions. Once it finally booted it was pleasantly responsive. No version of Windows could run a current browser usably on this machine.

    It's not apples to apples (excuse the pun) but my 700MHz ibook runs Fedora Core 6 w/ KDE much better than my 1.2 GHz IBM thinkpad does w/ Windows XP. XP Service Pack 2 is much older than Fedora Core 6. They run many of the same apps; Fire Fox, The GIMP, etc. I'll admit that PPC processors were faster than AMD and Intel, but not that much.

  2. Re:A sysadmins POV by Nullav · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What the hell, mods? The parent is right. The GP isn't a troll and neither is the parent, who should be modded offtopic. (As should I. Go on, you know you want to.)

    If you're going to mod someone down, at least use the right one. (But I suppose this is what metamoderation is for.

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  3. Re:Why not ignore it. by j.sanchez1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Installed Ubuntu, and now have a triple 1600x1200 head setup with 3 monitors attached to 2 video cards.

    It looks beautiful.

    You've peaked my interest. I have dual LCDs at home now (mainly for work-purposes). Can I ask what kind of video cards you use and if you've ever had any driver troubles? Also, what version of Ubuntu are you currently running?

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