Windows Ultimate Extras is a sham... I agree

Today I finished installing Windows Vista Ultimate edition. My machine was ready for a fresh install, something I do about once a year. Since we have a partnership with Microsoft I decided to install the Ultimate edition. Who doesn't want that anyway? I want everything in the Ultimate edition if that's available :-)

When I finished installing this version I went looking for all the extras that I remembered that were promised by Microsoft. I only found the poker game. The DreamScene did't want to start when I had two monitors connected to my portable. After disconnecting the external monitor I enjoyed the videos on the desktop for at least a minute or so. Then I realized that M$ was asking a ton of money for, well, just a handfull of useless things. Yes, more fun, but not for longer than a minute or so. Not worth the money at all. Although I am very MS-minded, I was very disappointed with what MS calls the Ultimate. I found this nice looking website which I wouldn't have otherwise, so there is something good in all this :-)

Btw, I had some problems installing update 2 of the BDS 2006 I am using, but found this article that solved the problem. I had to read it three times to realize I had to start the command box as an Administrator, but I'm up and running now.