Again, validity?
I have no idea what you are talking about because I have never heard of this type of problem. Sounds like a specific machine issue that doesn't apply to others.
I fail to see where any kind of validity to this post is. I used combinations of FAT and NTFS for a while, even upgrading from 98 to ME to 2000 and even once or twice to XP. Sounds like some serious user error going on here if you can't get two completely compatible file systems to coincide on the same machine.
Boy you sure love to drone on, and about stuff you don't really know that much about. So you had a bad experience with an OEM deal. Well... that doesn't translate into all of the proposed problems people would be having if they bought a PC right now.
WinME was a piece of garbage anyway, getting that was a terrible decision on its own. XP to Vista isn't quite the same; it all depends on how you use your PC and what range it fits in.
You mention something about software being designed for FAT32. I have no clue what that is all about, but I am sure it is total malarkey. First of all, mentioning FAT32 and NT in the same breath is just a mistake, as they are completely different types of technology. There are two ways to take it, either dealing with hard drives or the compatibility between 9x and 2000/XP. Of course XP support was a bit spotty in the beginning, it was just recently released for home users instead of workstations/servers. Any fresh OS (or architecture, e.g. 64-bit) is bound to have some hiccups.
But despite these things, I hope you're not saying we should wait until Vista is over a year old. Waiting for the right moment is fine, but things change way too fast to really have that perfect timing. Just look at DirectX support; the technology comes out but then it takes a while before it is all that useful and has hardware powerful enough to handle it well.
I'd even be willing to say that now is as good a time as ever to get a new PC, especially with Core 2 doing so well. Then you have plenty of time before these new items really settle into the market. Plus who wants a POS OEM "Basic Vista" that only lets you run 3 programs at a time anyway.
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Home users on a domain? Ok dude, keep wasting our time with this drivel.
Again, validity? I have no idea what you are talking about because I have never heard of this type of problem. Sounds like a specific machine issue that doesn't apply to others.
I fail to see where any kind of validity to this post is. I used combinations of FAT and NTFS for a while, even upgrading from 98 to ME to 2000 and even once or twice to XP. Sounds like some serious user error going on here if you can't get two completely compatible file systems to coincide on the same machine.
Boy you sure love to drone on, and about stuff you don't really know that much about. So you had a bad experience with an OEM deal. Well... that doesn't translate into all of the proposed problems people would be having if they bought a PC right now.
WinME was a piece of garbage anyway, getting that was a terrible decision on its own. XP to Vista isn't quite the same; it all depends on how you use your PC and what range it fits in.
You mention something about software being designed for FAT32. I have no clue what that is all about, but I am sure it is total malarkey. First of all, mentioning FAT32 and NT in the same breath is just a mistake, as they are completely different types of technology. There are two ways to take it, either dealing with hard drives or the compatibility between 9x and 2000/XP. Of course XP support was a bit spotty in the beginning, it was just recently released for home users instead of workstations/servers. Any fresh OS (or architecture, e.g. 64-bit) is bound to have some hiccups.
But despite these things, I hope you're not saying we should wait until Vista is over a year old. Waiting for the right moment is fine, but things change way too fast to really have that perfect timing. Just look at DirectX support; the technology comes out but then it takes a while before it is all that useful and has hardware powerful enough to handle it well.
I'd even be willing to say that now is as good a time as ever to get a new PC, especially with Core 2 doing so well. Then you have plenty of time before these new items really settle into the market. Plus who wants a POS OEM "Basic Vista" that only lets you run 3 programs at a time anyway.