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Seems way too easily faked. I'm not convinced.

"Windows 7" is a codename not a version.

Kinda like KDE4

And those screenshots aren't "exactly" like Vista.

Maybe it's finally possible to set font size and DPI everywhere? I haven't used Vista much but I couldn't find such settings. Either Windows is too hard to use (because I couldn't find it) or it's not very accessible to people with weak eyesight.

It can be set from the "Personalization" Control Panel (right click on desktop and choose Personalize). It's in the left column as "Adjust Font Size (DPI)".

Vista already attempts to pave the way for resolution independence. But it's a bit hard because the standard model for Windows drawing has long been pixel-based. When you bump up the resolution, VIsta lies to applications that don't claim to be resolution aware and tries to convince them that they are running at 96 dpi. It's a hard sell in some cases, though, so some apps aren't convinced. If you're running WPF apps you get this automatically. And I think Office might already be resolution aware.

People think $299 for a desktop OS is expensive. You'd want to go with a $500 OS (SMB) or $900 (Standard)?

That being said, you're right; it is a great OS.

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A score of 2 for that unreadable stuff?

The key phrase is "built on." I think Microsoft tried too hard to roll everything but the kitchen sink into Vista as it tried to make it the end-all be-all. What Microsoft should have done is the opposite and stripped away anything superfluous in order to create a lean, mean stable operating system. Unfortunately, Microsoft got burned with Vista because their over-reaching ambition created too many empty promises as their programmers were insufficient to meet the task. To compound the problem, Microsoft's marketing people decided to go hog wild in their attempt to maximize the gouging...er profits and that's how we arrived at Microsof's "Baskin Robbins" esque 31 flavors of Windows Vista. I think most users would agree that Vista contains too much. A cleaner, leaner OS is what's in order and let people pick and choose the extraneous features they need ala carte. In truth, this is how Microsoft will maximize it's profits AND keep customers happy.

Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 will be the same codebase.

So no, not based on...same code base

Definitely!

There's a guide to tweak Win2K3 to desktop usage, and some years ago OSNews had an article on it (I think it was by Eugenia, but I'm not sure).

If you want to go with Windows, I can safely recommend Win2K3, and you can buy a single user license for as little as DKK 240,00 == US$ 47,36.

That ain't bad for such an OS.

Can't argue much about Windows XP Professional x64 Edition either...as close to perfection as a Microsoft consumer OS gets.

FAKE FAKE FAKE.

"Internet Exploder?"

"VistaXP"

FAKE!

VistaXP's Internet Exploder is actually based off the original Windows 3.1/11 File Mangler code.

I'm not sure if XP retains this, but certainly W2K held onto the old Program Manager (Start*Run*"progman.exe"). Always found that neat.