Last week I decided it was finally time for to buy a new notebook computer. I picked a Gateway M-6750 with some form of Vista preinstalled. One of the reasons I picked this model was its large hard disk, because I was planning to also run Ubuntu.

I downloaded the ISO image and burnt it to DVD using the burner software included with Vista. Ubuntu initially boots off a live DVD that includes an installer. The installation was fairly straightforward. The installer shrank the Windows NTFS partition to make space for Ubuntu. After the main installation it downloaded close to 200 updated packages and fixes, then it was all done. The default configuration took up only 2.4 GB of disk space.

I was impressed that I can access shared folders and volumes on Windows machines from Ubuntu, as well as being able to read files in the NTFS (Windows Vista) partition on the drive.

There were two driver issues however, which I have yet to resolve:

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Vista is going down, really badly, and with it is going down Microsoft's reputation! With all due credit to MS product development teams, the firm should probably learn a thing or two about ethical marketing. MS is being sued for its "Vista Capable" claims.

While Vista falls flat and XP continues as the dominant OS, Linux surges ahead as the leading OS with advanced 3D capabilities and visualization.

The Downfall of Vista