Windows Vista Ultimate OEM vs. Retail

[Ghostraven]

Re: Windows Vista Ultimate OEM vs. Retail

You telling me windows aero does not "feel" like OSX?

All I'm saying is instead of trying to emulate and "BEAT" the competition at what they are doing Microsoft should concentrate on new ideas.

[Mhurron]

Re: Windows Vista Ultimate OEM vs. Retail

Vista 'feels' nothing like OS X or classic. Neither did XP, or 2000 or 9x or 3.1.

Once again, people keep saying that MS doesn't innovate just reimplements, well there is nothing new in OS X either.

[Gentoo]

Re: Windows Vista Ultimate OEM vs. Retail

Vista 'feels' nothing like OS X or classic. Neither did XP, or 2000 or 9x or 3.1.
Once again, people keep saying that MS doesn't innovate just reimplements, well there is nothing new in OS X either.

I do use Vista, XP, OS X, Solaris, and (oddly enough) Linux. To say that Vista feels nothing like OS X is something an innacuracy. Clearly the boys in Redmond took some cues from the Aqua interface, as well as other interfaces. The entire software industry is incestuous as it evolves it's products.

It also bothers me when people say MS doesn't innovate. To me, that's akin to saying there's nothing special about feet and hands -- they're just fin derivatives. The innovation is the evolution of services that the software provides.

[Nazo]

Re: Windows Vista Ultimate OEM vs. Retail

There's plenty new in Vista. I don't recall anyone releasing an OS deliberately designed to limit what you can do on your PC rather than expansing it before. Probably the first that insists you agree to allow the maker access to your PC and give them the right to delete anything off it they see fit too.
Plenty of innovations in there. No good ones perhaps, but hey, can't have everything.

[Omniblast]

Re: Windows Vista Ultimate OEM vs. Retail

Well I guess everything is pretty much answered. OEM version cannot be upgraded to another version, while the retail can.
BTW, has anyone gotten the DreamScape to work? Where is it located at? I couldn't find it on Vista Ultimate. (uhh, I was just testing the ones at Fry's Electronics)