Oyi oyi penguins ahoy

I wonder which one they will use:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6506027.stm

Should be interesting (dunno how accurate that data is :/
ie: Hopefully this will be the needed kick in the pants to HW manufacturers to make more compatable hardware, leading to friendlier 'out of the box' linux.

oops, sorry :(
wrong forum!! can someone move it to general discus?

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oops II (the revenge of oops)
when i wote this i hadnt seen this one:
http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=68357

i think ill go back to bed :X

I wonder if they will install it on their 'gaming' PCs. Currently Dell will not install Vista onto a 'gaming' PC.

Funnily enough, Dell quote 'DELL RECOMMENDS WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM' in their magazine adverts for the XPS gaming system, however, they won't allow purchasers to pre-install Vista - you can only buy XPS systems with WinXP.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/desktops_best?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

One of the reasons why I am not having Vista on my new PC.

Secondly, I will not be installing Linux.

So, this thread has concluded that WindowsXP rules the world.

Glad I sorted that out.

With my first impressions of vista, i hope XP lives forever too puki :)

(although personaly, i will just be using it for games and b3d stuff :P)

Yep, getting XP installed on my new PC.

I've been impressed by the stability of XP I don't see much point switching to an OS which is unknown to me...if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

If I were to be a customer, I'd require they'd have the PCs dual-booted with both Linux and Windows. One for the usual stuff, the other for games.

Either way though, if they sell well, that's good news for the Linux user-base.