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Comment Re:Some features i actually want (Score 1) 398

I hate the new metro interface, but i like some features like: easy restore (refresh and reset), windows to go, virtualization, shorter boot times and newer windows display driver model. Let's see how it does

Windows To Go is only available on the Enterprise edition, therefore for most of us it's useless.

Comment Re:easy (Score 1) 898

In my *limited* personal experience Hibernation is the feature that works least well on Linux vs. Windows. Whilst I use Ubuntu as my main OS on desktop and laptop, both are slower to hibernate and slower to resume on Ubuntu than Windows 7, and Linux frequently fails to hibernate at all. I find resume from hibernate to be 3-5x slower on Ubuntu than Windows 7. That said, I still prefer Ubuntu (and will be trying out some other Linux flavours on my various machines in the near future as well), and although it's inconvenient and not desirable that hibernation is buggy/slow comparted to windows, the cost of the OS and the other desirable features outweigh this rather minor disadvantage.

Comment Re:Store Existing Libraries (Score 1) 119

Anyone dumb enough to put music they've downloaded illegitimately on there?

So how do they know my music is illegitimate? I'm pretty sure ripping CDs is considered Fair Use in some jurisdictions. How do you propose they would distinguish between my bought and paid for ripped library, and Joe Bloggs torrented collection. Merely storing mp3s or whatever there couldn't constitute evidence of illegal downloading etc.

Comment Re:Still making 32 bit? (Score 1) 641

Unfortunately some people still sell 32bit chipsets. My laptop which supports 4GB of memory and has a 64bit Core2Duo, has a crippled 32bit chipset thus making the move to a 64bit OS pointless, since this will not allow me to reap any of the benefits of the extra RAM etc.

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