Is there really going to be be that many versions of Windows Vista?

I've read that info was released from Microsoft accidentally - so the number and types of versions might be different.

"Microsoft disclosed information about a plan to release eight different editions of the new operating system on a company help page that was under development. The company has not made any official statements about the different versions of Windows Vista it plans to offer. The company has since taken down the Web site and declined to confirm the information and said it will offer more details about the Vista launch, targeted for the second half of 2006, in the coming weeks. Microsoft spokesman said in a statement 'This page has since been removed as it was posted prematurely and was for testing purposes only.'"

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That Dvorak article is actually funny.

Didn't OSX drop samba use in the most recent version?

HP may release combination tablet-PC/coffee table.

With that in mind, HP has been working on Misto as a slightly different take on the home entertainment PC. Misto is a coffee table with a large touch-screen display built into the top of the table. The idea is to allow a group to congregate around the table and share pictures, play board games, or peruse a map, said Pere Obrador, project manager in HP's imaging technology department.

Misto uses a standard desktop PC as its engine, but comes with some specialized HP software for managing the interface, Obrador said. Pricing, availability and style of coffee table are all undetermined.

HP may release combination tablet-PC/coffee table.

I was just in literary, and I just read HP as Harry Potter.

I'm pretty sure that OSX still uses Samba, unless Apple is removing the ability to use the SMB protocol which would be kinda crazy.

I'm pretty sure that OSX still uses Samba, unless Apple is removing the ability to use the SMB protocol which would be kinda crazy.

Not if they're planning on switching over to Windows. :)

I'm pretty sure there's still Samba. When I had the Ubuntu box up, it was chatting merrily with Tiger.

I saw a game/touchscreen table report from...whatever the consumer electronics show just was. It looked COOL.

Accordiing to Apple's own site it's there:

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In fact, they actually list SMB, the real Microsoft Liscensed version, not the free Samba version.

SMB is just the name of the protocol. Apple supports it by using Samba.

From the Tiger Technical Brief: "Mac OS X for UNIX Users" SMB/CIFS, Microsoft’s proprietary Server Message Block/Common Internet File System file service, is the primary file sharing protocol for Windows. Mac OS X includes Samba, the popular open source SMB server, to enable Windows users to access files on Mac computers. In addition, BSD-based SMB client support in Mac OS X gives Mac users the ability to browse and connect to Windows file servers and volumes.