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Microsoft Delays Windows XP SP3 to Late 2007
WindowsITPro.com ^
| January 17, 2005
| Paul Thurrott
Posted on 01/17/2006 3:47:21 PM PST by HAL9000
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:47:22 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
All I can do is shake my head at the inefficiency and lack of quality that characterizes Microsoft and its product line. I am glad I only have to put up with their crappy products when using my work computer. I yearn for the days when my job offerred me use of SG equipment running IRIX 3.5. Not quite todays Mac OS X but certainly more enjoyable than Windows.
That will change this year when I purchase my own computer for work (I work at home)...a Mac Pro Notebook. In the meantime I am sure glad all of our home computers are Macs. Apple delivers.
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posted on
01/17/2006 3:56:44 PM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
To: HAL9000
Urgh. Well, I'll just have to wait. I am NOT "upgrading" to Vista. XP may very well be the last Microsoft OS I use at home.
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posted on
01/17/2006 4:01:15 PM PST
by
Terpfen
(Miami goes 9-7! Go Saban!)
To: Terpfen
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posted on
01/17/2006 4:21:14 PM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
To: big'ol_freeper
The turtle should fear my desire to buy a MacBook after they're refreshed.
5
posted on
01/17/2006 4:26:34 PM PST
by
Terpfen
(Miami goes 9-7! Go Saban!)
To: Terpfen
Bring on the winhater and maclovers!
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posted on
01/17/2006 4:36:33 PM PST
by
Xenophobic Alien
(Kerry lost. Please take that stupid bumper sticker off your car!)
To: Xenophobic Alien
I'm sure they'll come eventually. Meanwhile, I don't hate Windows.
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posted on
01/17/2006 4:38:46 PM PST
by
Terpfen
(Miami goes 9-7! Go Saban!)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
01/17/2006 6:13:08 PM PST
by
jdm
(WWW-WEBMASTER (My grandfather swears it's his email address))
To: Terpfen; big'ol_freeper
Even if it is refreshed by a Dookie? ;)
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posted on
01/17/2006 6:36:58 PM PST
by
Perdogg
("Facts are stupid things." - President Ronald Wilson Reagan)
To: Xenophobic Alien
I was already here and left...but I guess I am back..but now I am leaving again. Bis später!
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posted on
01/17/2006 6:43:53 PM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
01/17/2006 10:02:16 PM PST
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: Terpfen
XP may very well be the last Microsoft OS I use at home. Me too. The laws of diminishing returns are setting in for Microsoft. What can be more improved than XP? I'm not ready to merge my computer with the TV and entertainment center and stuff via Media Center. Vista will likely be a bells-and-whistles version of Professional XP anyway.
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:45:19 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: HAL9000
Microsoft is postpoing the Windows XP Service Pack 3 to induce Windows XP users to upgrade to Windows Vista. By the time its ready for release, it may be shelved for good after all.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:49:18 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: HAL9000
Microsoft is postponing the Windows XP Service Pack 3 to induce Windows XP users to upgrade to Windows Vista. By the time its ready for release, it may be shelved for good after all.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
01/18/2006 5:49:50 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: HAL9000
Software releases being pushed back from their original release date has always been the rule rather than the exception.
Much ado about nothing.
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posted on
01/18/2006 6:01:11 AM PST
by
Skooz
(Property taxes are immoral)
To: HAL9000
Delays are annoying, but I must admit I appreciate Microsoft's recent embrace of "get it right" as opposed to their previous philosophy of "let the first round of buyers beta test it."
To: Xenophobic Alien
Bring on the winhater and maclovers!What about the Penguins? At least we're cute and cuddly.
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posted on
01/18/2006 8:16:34 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Warning: Self-referential object does not reference itself.)
To: Terpfen
Maybe not :) In the case of this thread it only took one post to validate the rule I mentioned to you in an earlier thread :)
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posted on
01/18/2006 2:30:07 PM PST
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
From what I have read it seems like it is a Windows version of OS X "Tiger". It has programs similar to Dashboard, Spotlight, the windows update is now like Mac's updating software, IE finally gets tabbed browsing, and a calendar program like iCal.
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posted on
01/21/2006 7:16:46 AM PST
by
Mr. Blonde
(You know, Happy Time Harry, just being around you kinda makes me want to die.)
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