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Vista's first week warms up OS cold war
by Grant Robertson Feb 2nd 2007 at 2:30PM
Whether you love or hate Microsoft you must admit, the release of Windows Vista has warmed up the operating system cold war, making the days more entertaining for each and every geek no matter which OS badge you wear. It's hard to argue the entertainment value of a week in which we watched Bill Gates bolt from The Daily Show, saw unremarkable turn-out for many midnight madness sale Vista retail parties and witnessed Ubuntu passed off as Vista to an unsuspecting MS Fanboy. Not to be out done, Apple came out with both guns blazing. John Hodgman dressed in hospital garb lamenting the "major surgery" needed for his Vista upgrade has drawn the ire of some Microsoft fans who say it's simply untrue. Gates shot back, telling Newsweek he's not seen the ads (yah, sure Bill.. we believe you) but, "I don't think the over 90 percent of the [population] who use Windows PCs think of themselves as dullards, or the kind of klutzes that somebody is trying to say they are." Note to Bill: It's just marketing, don't take it so literally.
Still undecided? You're not alone. Thankfully BBspot writer Brian Briggs has put together a flowchart to ensure you're making the right decision when it comes time for your upgrade.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Derek Reiff said 4:01PM on 2-02-2007
Does no one doubt the 'for-realness' of this post? Does he not understand or ask what ubuntu means when he boots up?
I, for one, doubt it.
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Grant Robertson said 4:03PM on 2-02-2007
I thought about that myself.. but, it's actually really easy to change all of the eye candy you see on boot and in Xwindows.. I can see how it would be _possible_ but, I agree that the source is a little dubious.
It would be fun to give that a shot.. make a Gnome theme that does its dead level best to convince the average user that it's Windows Vista.
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