WinHEC 2008: Microsoft announces support for 256 processors in Windows Server 2008

Re: those accusing me of lying about the Mesh client for mobile: Nope. I have a Dash...and I have my three main PC's meshed. I'd hoped to use it to keep a few documents sync'd. I don't doubt that a newer, faster device would work better. On the dash, with the other apps I have running (WiMP, Newsgator To Go, and pocket IE) the device is pretty unstable. It does work OK if I keep the aforementioned apps closed; that would cramp my use of the device though.

Is this so people can play Crysis?

The flexibility of windows this time around is incredible. The prebeta we received runs smooth and works with all hardware I have tried. I can only imagine what the real beta is going to be like, I am thinking of installing it in all my production machines. I got to say that their ad campaigns and what we been seeing from Microsoft lately is making them look really good.

Waethorn I knwo that but I think they will do ok I will backup my original vista config using my home server so I'll be ok and I can even use vista as a virtual machine.

Wow, Steve Ballmer is retarded: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10083590-94.html

robertsjoe Odd definition of retarded you've got there. I agree with Ballmer and not you and I'll match his IQ and my IQ against yours.

@mikegalos: It's in reference to Ballmer talking down the iPhone, talking down Google and the like. Two markets where they are killing Microsoft's competing products. Years ago Ballmer said that MS would be as relevant as Google in search "within six months". And this was years ago. Hence he sometimes doesn't know what he's talking about. A clown. Same thing with Sol from Telstra. A top Tesltra exec said that Apple should stick to knitting (i.e. what they know) when introducing the iPhone in Australia. This was before they got it to sell themselves. No idea what they are talking about. MS as relevant as Google in search. Now that's funny. Live Search is nothing in comparison.

robertsjoe No, it was a reference to you making a comment about human intelligence, specifically your assessment of Steve Ballmer's. From your statement it is obvious that intelligence is a subject where you have little experience.

>>At least it's better than Apple's.<< Troll.

@mikegalos: From your statement it is obvious that intelligence is a subject where you have little experience." Ahh the personal attacks of the ignorant.

And for someone whose only contribution to discussions on this site is "copied from Apple" you sure do have a lot to say today.

@shark47: The "copied from Apple" line is simply to show how hypocritical and outrageously biased and one-eyed this blog, and its fellow Microsoft fanboys, are. Had Microsoft introduced gestures before Apple, I'm sure Paul would have been whining about it with some smart-ass remark. You know how he can never pass up such an opportunity, right? The facts show it to be true. Here's a SuperSite for Windows factoid

Robertsjoe, That's a brilliant image. Oh wait, it's a 404 error, because the Apple cult member doesn't know anything about HTML. (Hint: Remove brackets before posting URL's) Speaking of which, why are there Apple zombies posting on this blog? I thought it was called "Supersite for Windows". The ultimate irony is an Apple fanboy trolling a Microsoft-focused website and complaining about fanboys. What will he come up with next?

@agl82 many think this site should have its name changed because how much time Paul spends on Apple product coverage, usually just to bash it and attempt to gain readership through negativity but seriously he spends way to much time talking about Apple. Note to Paul, negativity towards the competition did not work for McCain. Lately he has been on the MS band wagon, I guess the PDC helped bring him back around, which is a welcome change. Winsupersite, should be about Windows and related products. Negative BS about Apple and their products is a turn off.

"No, it was a reference to you making a comment about human intelligence, specifically your assessment of Steve Ballmer's. From your statement it is obvious that intelligence is a subject where you have little experience." Intelligence is one of my favorite subjects. The way it's currently measured is flawed and restricted in so many ways that the only people you ever meet that brag about their IQ (or, god forbid, join Mensa) can often only be called morons. Being skilled in the ridiculously narrow area that the usual IQ tests cover and then publicly making the assumption you are intelligent doesn't make any sense at all. So making a connection between intelligence and IQ only proves you have no idea about the subject either. Anyway, dismissing the intended tone of the word "retarded" in the original post might as well mean you either aren't in fact very smart or at least don't care whether people think you aren't. But I'm fully aware that this is your discussion style. I'm of course referring to the way you like to lead it away from the original, uncomfortable subject and instead attack the opposite side's intelligence or knowledge level (sometimes with direct attacks, sometimes with irrelevant tidbits and tech-talk). This only works when all the participants of the discussion are in fact quite limited in knowledge and lacking any discussion skills, which is rarely the case after leaving kindergarten behind. "Don't you know that about 25% of all posts on this blog are anti-Apple or about Apple?" And that doesn't even mean that the rest is about Windows, either. How I ever got bored enough to count them one day I don't know, but usually the Microsoft-related posts don't really outnumber the Apple-related posts. But it's been getting boring lately. Comments are a real circle jerk these days, while Paul's posts have been getting increasingly obsessive and at times paranoid. I have my reasons to read this blog and comment on it, though.

"Winsupersite, should be about Windows and related products. Negative BS about Apple and their products is a turn off." No. It should about what Paul thinks it should be about. If someone doesn't like the content or the tone of the articles, again, they're not being forced to read them. There are people who hate Paul's articles and constantly complain about them. That, however doesn't stop them from coming back for more the next day and the next... Most of you don't care for the MS related posts and either ignore them or post something inflammatory, so that some one care retaliate with a remark about Apple and you can go back to your usual stance, painting yourselves as victims of negativity. Negativity may not have helped McCain, but it sure did help Bush. Twice. It also helped a company sell computers. Moreover, there are no parallels between an election campaign and a blog. So, why do you all keep coming back? Frankly, I don't know.

BTW, Bott's list of his favorite Vista gadgets is up. (HE talked aboued this during the TWIT show.) http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=593

Runtime- Stop making sense! ;)

@Mackies: Cupertino's innovation at its best: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/40076/145/

"Entertainment value. There are a pile of people *from both camps* in here that take this stuff way too seriously." If you're looking for entertainment value, you'll probably find Engadget and Gizmodo better. I love the way the Mac users fool themselves into believing that they're rational, while everyone here is either a WinJihadist or a Jacka$$. Of course, even religious fundamentalists believe they're actually saints, so... :-)

shark For entertainment, though, they should go to valleywag where they can get the latest gossip on which Silicon Valley startup executives are dating which Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

Waethorn, I can see how Steve Jobs can say they'll fix the glass trackpad problems in software but I don't expect they'll fix the hinge problem retroactively. That one will probably be a fix slipstreamed in while they tell early buyers "There's no problem, it's by design"