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Vista is now officially a joke.

I don't know what Microsoft was thinking when they started making so many promises that they couldn't deliver.]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
think they will come out with on the week of macworld?]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
I thought there were only three... Panther, Tiger, and Leopard.

]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/it doesnt exist does it, thats the joke]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
I hope the still release the minimum/recomended requirements in April.]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Main Entry: 1va·por Pronunciation: 'vA-p&r-"wer Function: noun
1: A term used to describe a piece of software that doesn't exist, is suspected not to exist, or is incapable of performing as promised. It is not uncommon for a software corporation to make fantastic promises as to the functionality of an upcoming software release that ultimately prove to be undeliverable.]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
hehe Macs Rock]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
I personally think XP on Mac is big, big news for consumers. It's the best thing to happen to XP users since...XP, probably. I'm hoping that it will gain official support. And that Vista will also run on Macs and gain official support. And that I'll be made King of the Universe. Then I'll finally be able to do some serious traveling and sightseeing.]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
If I was them, I'd do exactly the same.]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
So what will come first: Vista for anyone who wants it or a PS3 for anyone who wants it?]]>Mar 21st 2006 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
All kidding aside, M$ lusers will be lucky to get to buy vista this time next year, I still don't understand what all the fuss is about, I've had all Vista's "new features" since last year with OS X Tiger, plus its built atop a rock-solid UNIX foundation.

Trust me, I know what I'm doing.]]>Mar 21st 2006 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/I am so glad I no longer rely on MS!]]>Mar 21st 2006 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
LOOOLLLLL]]>Mar 21st 2006 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
Silly me...I thought all those MS-fanboys who rag on Sony for PS3 delays would be complaining about Vista delays.

pot...kettle...black is the new black]]>Mar 21st 2006 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
Probably the best line ever written by Engadget, turtle lulz.]]>Mar 21st 2006 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
For example, Apple states a date when they will accomplish something and then almost always accomplishes it WELL BEFORE the date they said they would do so, thereby bettering everyone's expectations of them.

Longhorn aka Vista is already a few years overdue from when Microshit first said they'd release it and now its postponed again!?? All I can do is laugh.


]]>Mar 21st 2006 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Now, if they delay release, that is BAD too!
I can't see the logic...but I can see the bigotry.]]>Mar 21st 2006 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
I will get this the day it is released. I did with Win XP Pro x64 and never looked back.

What can I say, I like livin; on the edge baby! See you all in Q1 2007!

- Kiteless]]>Mar 21st 2006 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
Timmay]]>Mar 21st 2006 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
lmao]]>Mar 21st 2006 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Now, if they delay release, that is BAD too!
I can't see the logic...but I can see the bigotry."

and if it is Late and Buggy can we get all over them then…?]]>Mar 21st 2006 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
OSX is a great environment, but hey, the rest of the world runs on Windows, so while I think the announcement sucks, as a designer for "real" products which live on Windows, I respect the decision and will just get more familiar with WinFX so that when it hits the street my stuff will stick and be gold to the end user. :)]]>Mar 21st 2006 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 21st 2006 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
The problem is that Vista isn't vaporware demonstrated by the fact that I'm running the latest build at home and in a test environment at work. God the fanbois really do come out of the woodwork. Maybe its because they are so petty and shallow.

PS- I'm typing this on a MBP.
]]>Mar 21st 2006 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Now, if they delay release, that is BAD too!***

It's still going to be buggy software, just delayed.]]>Mar 21st 2006 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Now, if they delay release, that is BAD too!
I can't see the logic...but I can see the bigotry."


Never mind the fact that the original release was in 2004. Never mind the fact that Microsoft is so incompetent when it comes to software development that they can be a full year and a half into a project before dumping the code base and using something else. (i.e. the crapcanned using XP for Vista and went with Server 2003’s code base.) Sorry dude but at this point Microsoft deserves all the crap its getting. I’ve seen grade school science projects more organized then this. Heck were is that fabled Beta 2? Oops sorry they crapcanned that idea in favor of continuing the CTP releases. Everything from the ground up has been an organizational mess with Vista and this isn’t being harsh. This isn’t being a fanboi. This is simply stating fact.]]>Mar 21st 2006 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 22nd 2006 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
I wonder if they will add in WinFS because of this delay or will that be even further off?]]>Mar 22nd 2006 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
This only affects "consumers" -- businesses, mind you, still get Vista on time. Since the business/enterprise version is based off of the same base of Vista (just with features enabled via their specific product keys)... Vista would be code-complete by then.

I suspect this has something to do with a greater packaging/experience initiative or some other issue. M$ mentions "industry support" -- so that could mean they have some new tweaks with hardware vendors or PC makers and have one last hurdle to get past before releasing it to the general public (read: your grandmother).

That does not mean Vista's official release/completion has been delayed. No where in the article or this post does it mention anything like that. It's just that "consumers" aren't getting it until January, while businesses and enterprise users (I classify as the former) get it on time this year.

Eat it :P]]>Mar 22nd 2006 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
Where-ever your personal convictions lie, these things are truth:
1) Microsoft hasn't released a consumer-oriented new operating system in 5 years... will ultimately be 6.
2) In that time Mac OSX completely started over and has a far more solid, safer, and easier to use product.
3) In that time Linux has virtually caught up on the Desktop and is actually pushing past Microsoft in some areas (though Vista will shore this up quite readily).
4) Microsoft kept trying to shoe-horn more and more improvements and features into an already massively over complicated and bloated code base... and had to virtually start over in certain key areas.
5) The fanboys will be happy... Vista is quite beautiful (though still rough around the edges right now). However, MUCH of the really cutting edge features are on the cutting room floor and we probably won't see them before 2008 or later.

Microsoft put themselves in this mess. I have NO doubts that they will come out of it just fine, but they have more than earned the criticism.]]>Mar 22nd 2006 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
You dont know how right you are. Most med-large companies will wait until the market is established before jumping head first into a new OS. I work for a major bank and we didnt move to xp until 02. I'm starting to feel the active directory headaches now.

Even so, I find it hard to believe that many business have the hardware spec'd to run it in the first place. I was running the december CTP on my test workstation at home and its in dire need of some optimisations, this was on an athalon 64 3500+ w 1gb ram too.

PS: You can't call something vapourware when its this close to a completed product. They could just release the Feb CTP and offer a slew of patches over the next few months if they wanted to, but for once theyre waiting for a stable product, you have to give them some credit for that.]]>Mar 22nd 2006 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 22nd 2006 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/Mar 22nd 2006 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/21/vista-delayed-until-early-2007/
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To those simple minded people whom can't quite grasp together a simple reading sentence, I'll try and emit a clear and conscise sentence for you...

This has NOTHING to do with Microsoft delaying the gold release of the operating system - As it will still be released on MSDN and the sorts.]]>Mar 22nd 2006 7:40AM