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On January 30th, 2007 Windows Vista was released. As you all know it was Microsoft’s next operation to follow Windows XP. It was a train wreck. Probably the worst idea Microsoft could have. It was supposed to be new and innovative. With all new features and a brand new look it was supposed to revolutionize your Windows experience. It pretty much did the exact opposite. With its visual intensity it ate up system memory and slowed down your processor. It looked good, but on the performance end it was horrible. This is especially true pertaining to gamers. Video game aficionados have said that when they run games some were getting around 25 frames per second; terrible. When they would load the same game in a Windows XP machine they were getting around 45 – 48 frames per second. We saw a new Windows Explorer, new start menus, tool bars, media player, as well as new application management tools. Overall this operating system was a mistake and almost ran Microsoft into the ground.

A bill may be passed tuesday which, if passed, has the power to cancel the ever closer deadline of February 17th, and replace it with a June 12th final date. This is potentially very helpful to the many dying local television stations who cannot afford running a station to the extent that they have in the past, let alone replacing every piece of technology in their inventory to complete the transition to the digital broadcast age.