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Karen Jane Panze
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"Potential Windows Vista User"
<PotentialWindowsVistaUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:033E528E-8567-470E-BA74-8ED4182267C5@microsoft.com...
> Vista's New? I thought it was old before it came out. The Linux community
> comes up with new versions every 6 months and they work a heck of a lot
> better than Vista. So what makes Vista new if it has been in development
> since 2001 code named Longhorn?
>
> "Ian" wrote:
>
>> Vista is comparatively new. We must give it a go and try not to
>> constantly
>> compare it with what went before. Microsoft said that it would run lots
>> of
>> maintenance programs in the background. One because people want to get on
>> with other computing tasks while carrying out mundane maintenance, but
>> perhaps more importantly, because MS knew so many people would never
>> carry
>> these tasks out, if left to their own devices. Updates are one such task.
>> Updates are important because they block holes that virus makers have
>> found.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ian......uk
>>
>>
"Potential Windows Vista User"
<PotentialWindowsVistaUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:033E528E-8567-470E-BA74-8ED4182267C5@microsoft.com...
> Vista's New? I thought it was old before it came out. The Linux community
> comes up with new versions every 6 months and they work a heck of a lot
> better than Vista. So what makes Vista new if it has been in development
> since 2001 code named Longhorn?
>
> "Ian" wrote:
>
>> Vista is comparatively new. We must give it a go and try not to
>> constantly
>> compare it with what went before. Microsoft said that it would run lots
>> of
>> maintenance programs in the background. One because people want to get on
>> with other computing tasks while carrying out mundane maintenance, but
>> perhaps more importantly, because MS knew so many people would never
>> carry
>> these tasks out, if left to their own devices. Updates are one such task.
>> Updates are important because they block holes that virus makers have
>> found.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ian......uk
>>
>>