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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
Bill Gates is a genius! "Let's invent a new disk image format, when plenty of great and available formats already exist to back up an operating system not worthy of a backup anyway."
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Not to get off topic, but the new disk image format is alot better than many 3rd party products, partly because the .WIM image is file based not sector based (like Ghost). This means you can restore the image to different drive geometries and even edit a single file, add directories, and insert drivers into an offline image. Maybe not something home users and gamers may care a lot about, but in the corporate environments I work in, it's a big deal. I'm seeing many IT departments stop using Ghost and other imaging tools in favor of the Windows Image Format.
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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
Vista is the new ME. Best avoided. There will be another operating system coming along, just like XP did.
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There really is nothing wrong with Vista - just a lot of FUD. (Fear, Uncertaintity and Doubt) I've been working with Vista professionally since the early Beta's and have had few issues. It's more stable, more secure, and more robust than any previous Microsoft OS, and is certainly not the new WinME. Yes, some old software won't work and many OEM's haven't written drivers for their low end or outdated products. But the vast majority of the software in my personal library works just fine, my company has migrated to Vista without any major issues, and I've helped several companies make the switch as well. Windows 7 builds on the Vista code, so I wouldn't expect a radically different OS in 2 years - except that it may be the last 32-bit OS Microsoft ever makes.