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techreport.com - 10/30/2008

Windows 7, or Vista Second Edition?

— techreport.com — As an early adopter, I'm a bit used to being burned by my purchases. Formats die, product availability and support are usually low, and the next revision always does twice as much for half the price. Those assumptions aside, I still feel a bit ... (more) Windows 7, or Vista Second Edition?

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• JustJosh

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  Uh oh, here we go again with another service pack.

  I wonder how much stuff this will break. 

  Posted 10/25/2008 respond (flag)

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