Village Idiot Savant: Why I Can't Switch to Windows Vista... Ever! | Linux Today

Village Idiot Savant: Why I Can’t Switch to Windows Vista… Ever!

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 4, 2007

“Barry was one of the fortunate few to receive an Acer Ferrari
laptop preloaded with Windows Vista Ultimate from Microsoft. If the
Ultimate tag still isn’t enough to clue you in, it’s the version of
Vista that has every feature of the OS loaded in.

“As a Linux bigot, it’s in my interest to see what the
competition is doing. As it is highly unlikely that I will ever get
my hands on a similar rig, I can only experience Vista vicariously
through reviews like Barry’s.

“But as I read through the article, I was already thinking:
‘What the heck is this guy talking about…?'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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