Vista Ship Gift, Part 2

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Cheong — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 05:30:30 GMT

Wow. I guess it's really touching when people spent their life on the product received those gifts. :D

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James S. — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:26:09 GMT

So, is now a good time to ask why my Vista multimedia experience looks like this? http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=posat1.png

I saw this during the beta, but assumed it would be fixed before release. The black background on the slider for Media Center disappears if you wave the mouse over it; nothing ever appears in the rightmost space. I'm not really clear on why "Windows Sounds" is in a different font, has no separator within the group and has that thick border around the mute button, but dragging it off the screen sort-of changes things.

On top of this, my audio hardware no longer accelerates anything and the sound quality of most games is dramatically reduced. The Windows sounds are too quiet, which isn't your fault, except that it means I don't have a useful way to establish the volume in the first place, and you haven't helped with this. In fact, accessing the mixer is a pain, because double-click doesn't work.

I've been following this blog and think some of the Vista changes are welcome - they certainly would be if they didn't affect games - but so far, as a consumer, I'm not realising any benefits from the changes. I suppose you're going to tell me that Vista's great for "enjoying premium content" (which I'm told doesn't affect "viewing medical images"?!)

If this is your team, I wish you'd tell me either what's affecting my system, or why Vista was released like this.

Disappointedly,

James.

Ship-It Awards presented to the Product Team

Windows Vista Team Blog — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:46:16 GMT

When we release a product to market at MS, tradition holds that everyone involved in building it is usually

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Andre Da Costa — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:29:27 GMT

Larry, you should put it to good use and install it on the 386.

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Muffy Tyrone — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:56:08 GMT

Guys, well done. Your gift is well deserved!

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ahmadifx — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:50:42 GMT

Larry!!!! Way to go.. You people have made history, Long Live Microsoft and GOD Bless Microsoft.. Someday I wish ill be in with you all celebrating "Fiji" or atleast "Vienna"..... WOnder who wrote the first start menu code and conceptulized it.. Many thanks to him!!!!! Just imagine how many clicks on start button in a day!!!! How many people make use of it!!!!

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ahmadifx — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:50:49 GMT

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ahmadifx — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:50:58 GMT

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Sven Groot — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:08:41 GMT

They should've sent the beta testers one of those. :P

I still have my commemorative XPSP2 CD with the text "I came through for SP2" on the back.

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YOYO — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:33:39 GMT

我刚买了VISTA的busness版本，感觉很不错。感谢你们的开发.

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nerocrux — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:58:28 GMT

I got one too, but I burnt it as soon as I receieved it.

Just a joke.

Anyway, it just feels great when you hold your archievement in your hand.

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LUIGI — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:40:56 GMT

oh! very good , haha.

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大地孩子 — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:21:59 GMT

刚在其他地方看见了一些争执,我想不管是Windows还是Linux,不管是收费还是免费,它们都代表了人类的智慧,他们的创造改变了这世界,我向创造这些奇迹的人们致敬。

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Time to reboot — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:15:40 GMT

Wow, did you see those photos? White text on a blue background. Now admit it. You recognized it instantaneously.

开发者专有''手工''纪念版Vista揭秘

Intosoul - News — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:49:39 GMT

投递微软公司有着这样一项传统,当一项工程完工,参与这项计划的员工都将得到一份最终成果,每一代 Windows自然都是如此.我们以前很少看到这样的东西,但这次的Vista版据说因为设计实在出彩,许多员工都把它拿了出来向同事炫耀.一位名叫

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Howard — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:43:07 GMT

真的很感动！！！！！特别是那段文字——“for all the...”！

Thank you all,too!!!

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ffmaer — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:39:31 GMT

哇！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

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vio — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:57:55 GMT

vista是我见过最棒的操作系统了！vista是你们的杰作，荣耀，为你们喝彩！

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Bill Stone — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:16:01 GMT

What is it so good about Vista?

So far I see no reason for upgrading.

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Jeff Muir — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:12:54 GMT

When I worked on OS/2, they gave us a copy of OS/2 2.0 when it shipped. There was nothing unique on the box except for a gold label saying that it was "special" for the employees that worked on it.

This is nothing compared to the thought put into the box for Vista. I'm very impressed and also thinking that it should be done this way for any major software release. It just shows that the company cares and that employees matter. Besides that, it is incredibly expressive and creative to make it seem all much more human than putting bits in a box.

Thanks for sharing this.

If you are interested in Citrix history, come stop by sometime.

We've got a lovely Monkey ceremony in our culture :)

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... — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:52:24 GMT

mmm.. nice design, I must say..

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... — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:07:04 GMT

Luogo molto buon:) Buona fortuna!

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kily — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:27:06 GMT

It's definitely a unforgettable memory for you