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1. mrmckeb

   
   Posted on: January 11, 2007 at 8:11AM

   Congratulations Microsoft.
2. jabirshaikh

   
   Posted on: January 11, 2007 at 12:43PM

   Congratulations Microsoft
3. ggraff48152

   
   Posted on: January 11, 2007 at 4:15PM

   Congratulations Microsoft you guys definitely deserve the award. I've been tracking vista for a while and although I wasn't lucky enough to recieve the beta to test I can't wait until it hits the shelves. One question though Nick, will those who own MSFT stock get a rebate on the merchandise? I think it's a great idea. Let me know! .. Garrett (THANKS!)
4. Corrine

   
   Posted on: January 11, 2007 at 9:21PM

   Not surprising. Microsoft really got out the "spit & polish" for the show.  Congratulations!

   Pingback: http://securitygarden.blogspot.com/2007/01/windows-vista-ces-best-of-show.html
5. Sephiroth

   
   Posted on: January 12, 2007 at 2:00AM

   Okay, okay!  Can you guys at least stop with the self-accolades?  It is getting  p-r-e-e-e-t-y  boring, ya know.  I know how excited you guys are, but…, mannn...chill dudes and dudenesses!

   Let's see what's going to happen in about 18 days.  I hope the flood gates are ready.
6. jtherrien

   
   Posted on: January 12, 2007 at 3:23AM

   Congrats on the awards! Is there a possibility of DreamScene including the ability to have a picture slideshow as your wallpaper?
7. CatoTheElder

   
   Posted on: January 12, 2007 at 10:54AM

   I find it hard to reconcile C|nets decision with the obvious longterm damage to the industry the architecture represents.

   http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt

   unless of course their neutrality is as widely rumored less than ideal.

   these issues will not be going away anytime soon and there is going to be one vicious backlash

   Vista delenda est
8. I.Sopaj

   
   Posted on: January 12, 2007 at 2:05PM

   Go ahed
9. hklm

   
   Posted on: January 12, 2007 at 4:27PM

   Nick Congrats.

   Can you help with a packaging question that should be answered on a Microsoft Vista site with about 16 and 1/3 days to go to public sales but I don't *think  has been?

   There seems to be some good "new" Vista news, but a problem with packaging uniformity as to all upgrade editions.

   Very recently, something interesting has been posted on the MSFT Vista public group--the news that an X64 setup *can run from an X32 desktop.  "Conclusion:  If you are running 32bit Windows you can install 64bit Vista using an upgrade edition product key.All you need to do is boot with the

   64bit dvd.  Those already running XP Pro x64 should have the choice of booting with the dvd or running from the desktop."

   Darrel Gorter [MSFT] clarified some information and surprised many of us by showing that you *can (we didn't think it was possible) upgrade from W2k and XP 32bits to Vista 64bits

   at upgrade prices.

   However, questions we still have nearly 16 days to go concerns the packaging that impacts this.

   "Darrel believes that the x64 dvd is only included in the Vista Ultimate upgrade edition box and will have to be requested for the other upgrade editions."

   If this packaging restriction is true, it seems very awkward and unnecessarily time consuming.

   Why if what Darrel thinks as to packaging is correct is Vista Ultimate the ***only*** upgrade edition box  that includes an X64 DVD?  

   It would be very helpful 16 days before Jan. 30 if you/MSFT could post the upgrade packaging.

   Here is the post I referenced:

   "Darrel Gorter (MSFT) reported the results of some experiments he did for us

   using an Ultimate edition product key.  It looks like good news for those

   hoping to be able to migrate directly from W2k and XP 32bits to Vista 64bits

   at upgrade prices.   It goes without saying that your computer must be 64bit

   capable.

   His findings:

   When you boot the machine with a Vista x86 dvd and enter an upgrade edition

   product key you will be instructed to restart Setup from the legacy desktop.

   You cannot use an UE pk without running the legacy OS.

   When you boot the machine with a Vista x64 dvd and enter an upgrade edition

   product key you will NOT be required to restart and run from the legacy

   desktop.  As long as a qualifying legacy Windows is installed you will be

   allowed to proceed.  This removes a key concern, which was that x64 Setup

   cannot run from an x86 desktop.  It turns out that it doesn't have to.

   Ealier statements turned out to apply only to the x86 dvd but not the x64

   dvd.

   Conclusion:  If you are running 32bit Windows you can install 64bit Vista

   using an upgrade edition product key.  All you need to do is boot with the

   64bit dvd.  Those already running XP Pro x64 should have the choice of

   booting with the dvd or running from the desktop.

   Darrel believes that the x64 dvd is only included in the Vista Ultimate

   upgrade edition box and will have to be requested for the other upgrade

   editions.

   <Rant>There ought to be a way to only have one retail box, period.  Surely

   the product key is all that varies and given present technology that can be

   purchased at point of sale and generated by the salesperson.  You get your

   media kit and then tell the clerk what edition you want at the checkout

   counter.  No problems with open boxes if you make a mistake and need an

   exchange since one box does all.</Rant>"

   This was posted on the group  by Colin Barnhorst - MVP Virtual Machine

   I sure agree about the uniformity in Vista packaging that's needed from MSFT.

   Thanks.
10. Michael_Moor

    
    Posted on: January 12, 2007 at 5:00PM

    Congratulations Microsoft

    http://www.dl4all.com
11. leftcase

    
    Posted on: January 12, 2007 at 6:15PM

    Congrats on the award. Tis' a pity though that the EU is advising people to ditch Microsoft productivity software for open-source offerings... http://www.justuber.com/blog/2007/01/12/eu-commission-finds-switching-to-open-source-saves-money/
12. Nick White

    
    Posted on: January 12, 2007 at 7:28PM

    Hey jtherrien:  not that I know of, in exactly the way you're describing; however, you might be able to create a slideshow and save it as a movie, then set that movie as your desktop ... worth a try.
13. hklm

    
    Posted on: January 13, 2007 at 7:59AM

    Congrats on your award.

    Since it is possible to upgrade from XP X32 and 2K X32 to Vista X64, could MSFT post somewhere on their site with 2 weeks to go to public market with Vista, what the packaging will be for each edition.  I have heard that there will be 3 DVDs--an X32, an X64, and a "DRM" DVD for each edition and for Tablet there will be four.  Is that the case? Darrel Gorter from the Vista setup team posted the other day that you can upgrade from XP X32 to Vista X64 and this was not widely known.

    Thanks.
14. hitmouse

    
    Posted on: January 13, 2007 at 9:35AM

    Vista spat on and polished off my PC.

    After applying Vista Ultimate (RTM) to upgrade my "Vista Premium Ready" Tablet PC, I just got a desktop covered error dialogs for failed Windows services, drivers, OEM and AV software. Even beta and RC versions of Vista didn't do that.
15. UbiquitousGeek

    
    Posted on: January 13, 2007 at 4:29PM

    Good thing Apple doesn't attend CES, huh?  Over all, the iPhone overshadows Microsoft in the media.
16. Darragh

    
    Posted on: January 17, 2007 at 4:08AM

    I'm sure that people who are Blind or visually impaired who have to pay hundreds of Dollars to update their assistive software just to avail of the new features of Windows Vista don't agree that your new OS is all that shiny and fantastic.  I know you have a good product but while your looking at all your successes, don't forget about accessibility and the needs of people with vision impairments.  Try focusing some of that money your spending on launching the product into fixing the accessibility problems in User Account Control.