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This is so excellent! A friend sent me this tip on how to possibly upgrade to Vista for free! Check out the video to see how you, too, can benefit from this offer. The upgrade path seems easy enough, but check out what LifeJustIs2007 sent to me last night:

I managed to get a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate. I’ve been using it for quite a while, went back to XP for a little bit and now I’m back to Vista Ultimate again to give it one last chance and see if maybe I’m not seeing something that I should be, which chances are I’m seeing everything there is to see about Vista….which you know is not much. I do have to say the visual effects are impressive and pretty however I agree with you 100% that this is not the most important thing to the consumer and is just a marketing scheme to get people to buy the product based on looks and not functionality. I would highly recommend that anyone considering buying Windows Vista not waste their money on Windows Vista Ultimate as the features that are included do not differ so much as the much less expensive Home Premium and Home Basic for those who don’t need Aero or the Media Center functionality.

Has Microsoft come a long way? I believe they have but I will say that your statement about Vista not being what the consumer wants and or needs is 100% true. The average consumer just wants to know that they can turn on their machine and it will just work and not have to worry about tasks just to keep Windows barely running. For the most I see no reason to upgrade to Windows Vista. Drivers haven’t seemed to be a problem for me much but I will say I have found a few glitches, luckily no BSODs. Windows Vista needs a lot of work and hopefully they have realized that. All my programs that I normally use seem to be functioning but I can see what everyone talks about with it not being worth the money to upgrade other than to impress your friends.

The next version of Windows really needs to be fresh code and they need to stop copying Apple. You can’t make the Windows world an Apple world, it just doesn’t happen! Sure you can slap on a skin with Windows Blinds or a similar product but Windows will never be Mac and Mac will never be Windows, end of story. As for my overall opinion of Vista….it’s not ready for the public, it’s really not, I think they should have worked faster and harder and not have slacked off for 6 years. The operating system is a mess and it needs to be fixed.

Now onto the next subject….Mac. I believe that Mac is doing extremely well, I’ve never owned a Mac but have had the pleasure of playing with one in one of the Apple Stores at a local mall. I think they are sleek and exactly what the average person needs. Yes they cost a lot of money but for what I see, you’re getting a damn good machine for your hard earned cash. If I had a job right now that was bringing in the dough, I’d be buying a Mac. I watched the whole demo on Apples website and I must tell you, it blows Windows Vista out of the water and I am impressed beyond belief. The simplest way I can put it, you buy a Mac and you will prevent a lot of headaches, now of course I can only base this on the hours spent in an Apple store using the Macs and testing them out but I figured I’d share what I thought. Thanks for taking the time to read this and let me know what you think. See you around in chat.

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Vista x64 Forums

October 27th, 2007
at 7:19am

http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/10/26/…ista-for-free/This is so excellent! A friend sent me this tip on how to possibly upgrade to Vista for free! Check out the video to see how you, too, can benefit from this offer. The upgrade path seems easy enough, but check out what

Windows Vista Torrent

October 26th, 2007
at 8:16am

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October 26th, 2007
at 7:30am

A friend sent me this tip on how to possibly upgrade to Vista for free! Check out the video to see how you, too, can benefit from this offer. Want to embed this video on your own site, blog, or forum? Use this code: … clickhereto read

ltdcs

October 26th, 2007
at 4:46am

I should have known better!

David

October 26th, 2007
at 5:10am

Um… I reduced it from full screen to regular size like 2 seconds before that thing popped up.

Devon

October 26th, 2007
at 5:55am

Fuck You lol

GranitW

October 26th, 2007
at 1:08pm

I’ll use Vista… if MS pays me.

Piccaruse

October 26th, 2007
at 1:10pm

O M G lol u scared the shit out of me

mattsuzanna1992

October 26th, 2007
at 1:16pm

that was sweet! i had it full screen, but unfortunatly I was looking at the chatroom when it happened. I like my vista now

IRC nick: NH|Computer|Geek

darknessCandy

October 26th, 2007
at 1:27pm

Wow, that really works.
Thanks, Chris.
It me Joseph from the chatroom.

cjh6793

October 26th, 2007
at 1:41pm

Oh yeah, thats REALLY funny Chris!

bridgerboy

October 26th, 2007
at 7:52am

I am so glad I was already on the toilet. My god.

Jumoke

October 26th, 2007
at 8:01am

u had me going there for a second chris. :(

Dileepa

October 26th, 2007
at 8:03am

What a moron (you, Chris, i.e in case you didn’t get it).

Lisa

October 26th, 2007
at 8:09am

Yikes. I wouldn’t install Vista even if I could get a copy for free. I’m in IT support, and I agree with your friend, this operating system is a complete mess. But I’ll go one step further and say not only is it not for the public, it’s not for IT either. And it’s gonna take a few years for them to clean it up. I’m sticking with XP until Microsoft stops supporting it. Only then would I consider downgrading to Vista.

John

October 26th, 2007
at 10:27am

That stuff about Apple is a load of rubbish… PC’s are NOT cheaper… have a look on the PC Pro website, it says just that!

alphaxion

October 26th, 2007
at 12:09pm

well, I’m at the crossroads of “do I buy vista ultimate” (I tend to go for as “uncrippled” a version of windows as possible, tho the diff between home premium and ultimate isn’t as marked as it was between home and proffessional vers of xp) to continue using it as my tv pc – I have found media centre to be alright even when I have my bugs with it .

I scribbled a kinda jumbled train wreck of an article about it on my website

http://www.pissheadnerds.com/readarticle.php?article_id=4

:)

MB

October 26th, 2007
at 12:24pm

The idea of using Vista is scary enough :p

Anthony

October 26th, 2007
at 1:03pm

????? Ha Happy Halloween

Zc456

October 26th, 2007
at 1:05pm

Grrr… I was so close to having a better gaming PC.

Vinod

October 26th, 2007
at 2:52pm

grr.. you scared the shit out of me.

Sparky

October 26th, 2007
at 5:27pm

Lol. Seriously – I wouldn’t use Vista if it came with a free car, a holiday and lots of spending money… OS X or Windows XP is the only way to actually use your computer and do anything useful. Or even going back to Windows 98SE… Gosh that was ages ago hahah.

Edgar

October 26th, 2007
at 6:32pm

omg chris lol i was like vista for free?huh and then i couldnt find computer management thing and i trued to look closer and then that thing popuped and u made me jump lol at first i was shocked but i imagine myself and my priceless face lol good one happy halloween!!!:P

Anecdotes Are NOT Fact

October 26th, 2007
at 7:31pm

I heard this from somewhere…..

RandyNacol2002

October 26th, 2007
at 8:23pm

Your favorite Christmas movie is Scrooge

suc

October 27th, 2007
at 2:33am

chris pirillo is an idiot!

Jaci Rod

October 27th, 2007
at 7:33am

Lifeis2007 comments are worthless. He only has used Mac’s at Apple stores and comes up with the conlcusion that Apple OS is better than Windows Vista. What a scientific test !!! Chris, don;t put this type of worhtless opinions on your blogs. there’;s nothing ‘good’ about them. It does not help your cause.

Lisa

October 27th, 2007
at 8:31am

AARF! I commented on this from reading the blog post – I hadn’t actually seen the video. But all the comments made me curious. Too funny! LOL

sam

October 27th, 2007
at 10:53am

Im so sick of these things, grow up

seiUnPirla

October 27th, 2007
at 11:18am

chris pirillo è una gran testa di cazzo aka è un pirla!

Matt Hartley

October 27th, 2007
at 12:01pm

“Look, it’s the new Vista logo!” :P

Cheesus

October 28th, 2007
at 6:54am

ROFLCOPTER!

danielperez4527

October 28th, 2007
at 8:27pm

i got owned… :’[

Good one

thisiscool16

October 28th, 2007
at 8:32pm

wow…that was totally random ;P

Arn

October 28th, 2007
at 7:06pm

Chris, quit putting up pics of your imaginary girlfriend.

erukjent2

October 29th, 2007
at 3:08am

haha you scared me there vista is not free and you would not go for piracy on youtube

musicmaker85

October 29th, 2007
at 12:00pm

That didn’t phase me at all. But only because I was too busy trying to think how this was even possible. Maybe next time. :-)

tuxedojericho

October 29th, 2007
at 12:06pm

OMG!!!! IT WORKED!!!!!!

Chris, you never looked better at the end.

leamisgay

October 29th, 2007
at 1:57pm

wow how shit was that

dimples282

October 29th, 2007
at 3:03pm

that was definitly PWNAGE!

lovemeKelly23

October 30th, 2007
at 4:34am

baked 19 girl here lol
me and my friend katie just made a sexxxy new video
check it out b4 it gets deleted by the youtbe nazi<3 sexy katie and sexy Lucy 4 ever

myvi77

October 30th, 2007
at 11:05am

whatt the f..i thought it is real.

Alas777

October 30th, 2007
at 4:27pm

so was i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

bobzimmerfan

October 31st, 2007
at 11:33am

I cant find that picture of camilla parker bowles anywhere on my pc even with your expert instruction. Guess I’ll just have to stick with xp.

woolf2k

October 31st, 2007
at 10:57am

They’ve definitely closer to calling NOT beta. I’ve noticed that it’s utilizing the multiple cores better or rather that nows of the other cores. I usually run 2 instances of a mmorpg game (multiboxing) and I used to have to set the affinity cause it would run both instances on the same core…now I noticed it runs the 2nd instance of the game on the 2nd core… nice!

Crusnage

November 2nd, 2007
at 3:25pm

lol that wasnt scary my speakers were muted

ashleyjmcrules

November 2nd, 2007
at 5:10pm

go good 1 not you fat geeky shit!

cesarsony124

November 2nd, 2007
at 9:52pm

i scared my friend with that video and i turn off the lights too and put her volume max and put it full screen

it was so funny

i wanted to scare my friend

oshouazu200

November 4th, 2007
at 12:23am

AAAAAAHHHH! U scared me!

sindiewen

November 4th, 2007
at 9:44pm

ok wtf. this is a wacked video

DA_PWNER

December 10th, 2007
at 6:15pm

god damn thats disgusting.

Ray

December 12th, 2007
at 4:04pm

Geez, did Melinda skip putting on her makeup or something?

manny

December 13th, 2007
at 11:30pm

m$ would have to pay me and even then i would cheat when they r not looking and use ubuntu or another form of linux :)

OmniDragon

December 14th, 2007
at 10:30pm

I read on cnetnews.com that Vista is one of the least pirated versions of windows out there. All i could think was “wow, people don’t even want to STEAL vista :(”

sunjay

February 13th, 2008
at 9:06am

….i was scared,
but u can bug vista DVDs for 10yuan (1.3dollar) almost everywhere in china.
and u can get some program in internet to help to 激活 vista.like(time stop)
: )

PeterPetrelli

October 8th, 2008
at 1:52pm

That woman at the end is sexy on legs :P

Wolfie

December 17th, 2008
at 12:35pm

Chris,

You’re a hack- You once had a stronghold but now its faded. I think my main question is… Whose your sponsor? Why are they so stringent about your online persona? You’re a ” ” geek ” ” with $$ and it has to come from somewhere. Honestly, your website is like one fake coupon book. Last night I saw an ad for fleece jackets and “other outdoor gear”. Nothing at all to do with geeks. It was the first article, too. And so was the second, and third article- All “coupon ads” written to look like real articles.

Go to college man- pass on this nonsense sponsorship thats turning you and your website into a puppetshow. Its gotta be somehow related to either Time Warner or Viacom, right? That alone should smell fishy…

But, if you, Chris, (or whomever is approving this message) agrees this style of business is sustainable, then you may very soon realize that the average American knows a real geek from some internet hack any day.

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