source: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32444

somehow it doesnt even suprise me..

I wasn't much surprised to hear this either. I don't have much knowledge on the subject, but wasn't the whole federal anti-trust case against M$ back in the stone age about something very very like to this?

Fuck em, that's all I can say. Fuck em for burdening me with another one of their "new and improved" OS's that is really just 10x more of a resource whore than the last with some more useless features that no one uses or needs. But, of course, to not upgrade is almost suicide since software more and more limits the OS's it runs well on to the point where not upgrading and experiencing problems with newer apps/games becomes your shortcoming.

AND IRONICALLY, it is gamers (who would most utilize the power of DirectX10) who NEED all of their system's power that they can get.... only for it to be squandered by M$'s new facelift.

Meh, sorry if I offended. I've grown very much to dislike M$ despite the fact there is no practical way for me to escape their software besides falling to the Dark Side (aka Apple).... and no, Linux is not a practical alternative for me before anyone says it.

Anyone using the Vista beta? Is it worth the hassle to install?

I've heard a lot of good things about it. Most people I know using the beta seem to like it.

but that is just what I seem to remember. take it for what it is worth

well, it IS beta. but i would recommend trying it. what i have tried, it seemed to work pretty well. and from my experiences, its actually quite smooth =) someone said that its just containing stuff that is now needed from the OS and that havent been there.. i dont know, i'm quite happy with it in any case.
for me, it is definately an improvement on XP, and it feels it might even be worth the money to buy for. we will see the outcome when its on the RTM status i guess. the single thing i like most on vista is that you can actually click on a name of a folder on the path and it goes to there... something very simple yet still something that helps a lot.

edit: oh and btw, what i have tested, it really is pretty darn easy to install and goes without hassle! just couple of questions and it finishes on its own - something i would DEFINATELY wish for Linux to do!

I really like the beta when I tried it.

I would be still using it if one of my RAM sticks didn't dodgy up leaving me with only 1 gig.