Archive for January, 2007

My Fellow Linux Loving Friends Will Hate Me For This…

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Not only am have I pre-ordered Windows Vista from Amazon.com and not only am I opting for the “Ultimate” version (vs. Home Basic, Home Premium or Business) but I’m paying $10.00 extra for a box that says “Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Limited Numbered Signature Edition“.

Honest to God, it’s a numbered edition (one of only 20,000) and it’s
got Uncle Bill’s signature on the box as well (yes, I know he didn’t
sign twenty thousand boxes - I’m more interested in the numbering anyway).

Windows Vista Ultimate Signature Edition Box
The geek in me thinks it’s cool and since it’s a limited thing, I figured for $10.00, why not?

Amazon.com will ship it on the 30th,  the day Vista is officially released and I’ll have it on the 1st
of February.

Once I get it, I’m gonna hop on over to Windows Marketplace, plop down $50.00 and download (yes, download [!] ) a copy of Windows Vista Home Premium for me Mummy (thanks to the new "Family Plan")

I’ve been running Vista Release Candidate 2 for quite some time now and I’m impressed.

But not to worry Linux fans, I’m not abandoning you.  I just happen to like both Linux and Windows, so deal with it. 

On a related Linux note, GRUB handles the Vista bootloader very nicely. I was downright shocked.