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Vista on Time -- This Time

If you're late to work four days in a row, but get there promptly at 9 a.m. on Friday, can you still claim to be on time? If you're Windows Vista, you can! This OS has been late more times than Dagwood Bumstead, but come November, Microsoft promises it will be there on time and with bells on. There will even be a version for Europe next month with all the stuff the EU objects to ripped out.

Posted by Doug Barney on October 17, 2006 at 11:52 AM


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