Vista - A Success for a change

Just thought I would share this as I was amazed it all worked out of the
box.

Just bought a PS3. Switched it on, configured to my wireless network and it
picked up both my desktop and laptop straightaway (both Vista). Opened Media
Player 11 on both systems and had a look at the Media Sharing. PS3 was ther,
gave permission and went back to the PS3. Audio and video streamed no
problem.

Very pleased.

so you are amazed and pleased to find out that something worked for once
as it should work?

Is THIS where microsoft is leading us????



I was never a MAC user.. but it seems that MACOSX is looking better and
better



"Stu" <stu@stewartnospamwatson.com> wrote in message
news:7D7F1DA1-5CB4-4463-800B-6725B2EEB9AA@microsoft.com...
> Just thought I would share this as I was amazed it all worked out of the
> box.
>
> Just bought a PS3. Switched it on, configured to my wireless network and
> it picked up both my desktop and laptop straightaway (both Vista). Opened
> Media Player 11 on both systems and had a look at the Media Sharing. PS3
> was ther, gave permission and went back to the PS3. Audio and video
> streamed no problem.
>
> Very pleased.

"Tiberius" <J@T.K> wrote in message
news:%23MiGy1MrHHA.4108@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> so you are amazed and pleased to find out that something worked for once
> as it should work?
>
> Is THIS where microsoft is leading us????
>
>
>
> I was never a MAC user.. but it seems that MACOSX is looking better and
> better
>
>
>
> "Stu" <stu@stewartnospamwatson.com> wrote in message
> news:7D7F1DA1-5CB4-4463-800B-6725B2EEB9AA@microsoft.com...
>> Just thought I would share this as I was amazed it all worked out of the
>> box.
>>
>> Just bought a PS3. Switched it on, configured to my wireless network and
>> it picked up both my desktop and laptop straightaway (both Vista). Opened
>> Media Player 11 on both systems and had a look at the Media Sharing. PS3
>> was ther, gave permission and went back to the PS3. Audio and video
>> streamed no problem.
>>
>> Very pleased.
>
>

Tiberius,

I don't want to get into a "my OS is better than yours". The reason for my
comment is that I have had a few networking problems with Vista. I run MS
products around my house for the benefit of the rest of my family and the
uses they put computers to.

For my part I have run SuSe since the 7 series and have thoroughly enjoyed
the tinkering with the source code, and for my part it does provide a
practical desktop alternative. However, wireless support is still not quite
there and that is essential in my home environment.

Each OS, be it Linux, OS X or Windows has its own place and purpose in my
book.