Vista Service Pack 1 is coming

Reckon you won't upgrade to Vista until the first service pack is released? That's looking likely to be the second half of this year, according to Microsoft's latest email blast.

Read more HERE.

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The 5 sins of Vista

Since Vista was released to MSDN subscribers back in November I have started using it on my primary development laptop. It makes me angry because I am a big fan of Microsoft. In my mind, every version of Windows since 3.1 has gotten better with each release (I will kindly forgive them for Windows ME). Each day I feel that in many ways, Vista is a step back in the usability department.

Read the article HERE.

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And, of course, the debate continues...

10 reasons you should get Vista

10 reasons not to get Vista

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Vista comes to rip-off Britain

US Amazon Price of Retail Vista Ultimate = £195
UK Amazon Price of Retail Vista Ultimate = £352

As you can clearly see the price difference is some £157?

How can Microsoft justify a pricing structure at these inflated prices in the UK. Importing a version and paying import tax still leaves £100? This does nothing to endear the enthusiast to the great new OS and does nothing to encourage people to purchase genuine software.

Source : The Inquirer