I said this in another thread. Many people I talk to leaving walmart with a new PC say they are going to re-format the drive and install XP. Just something to think about. Also every person I talk computers with around here say they hear nothing but bad stuff about Vista so they are not gonna get Vista nor upgrade to Vista.
Kona, Kona, Kona, I hope you've picked yourself out a nice warm cave...as you remain in the computing Stoneage with all these other dinosaurs who refuse to move with the times.
Ya know, XP was actually worse in terms of stability/reliability at the same stage, yet many of those who condemned MS/XP to an early grave are now hanging on to it for grim death, now there's a new kid on the block to bully into hiding.
I suppose, though, if you listen to the doom-sayers long enough, you'll be able to convince yourself they're all right and Vista is a death knell to your PC....actually, it would be. That old Compaq of yours would curl up in the corner and die at the thought of running (a real OS) Vista. BTW, how's that 2000 of yers coming along???
In general, I guess my point/question is this: how many people give Vista a bad rap because they have underpowered machines, and know it, meaning there's no point to getting it no matter how much they (secretly) want it????
Also pertinent, how many of the reviewers/journalists/so-called experts tested Vista on underpowered/inadequate machines with not enough RAM/CPU, etc?? Given how many of those inadequate early pre-builds that got released into the wild, it's a good chance the test machines were Vista UN-ready, so did not give a fair/true indication of the OSes ability/stability, etc.
For example, I began to read a lousy review by some twit writing for an Oz newspaper, but when I realised he was testing Home Basic on a Dell with only 512mb Ram, there was no way on earth I could take him seriously and stopped reading (with that page being cut up and relegated to the bog for if/when we run out of toilet paper)
I make these points/pose these questions because I've been running Vista Ultimate trouble free since the first public beta and have no complaints because I find it to be quite stable/reliable....as do millions of others.
Microsoft extends Windows XP's stay
Was speaking to a rep for MS Australia on Tuesday and he said that this would be up for review after Vista SP1....whether or not sales increased in the 1st quarter of 08. He suggested that if Vista sales worldwide improved enough during Q1 then XP OEM licenses would most likely be no longer be shipped to mfg's.
