Posted on 04/21/2007 7:13:38 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
I just pulled a new HP out of the box with Vista. I gave my old (not so old) PC with XP to my oldest son. Initial thought: I want my XP back.
If I may make a suggestion..............
If you go XP, that’s cool. Great. Have fun.
But if you’re planning on upgrading to WinMe2, give linux a try sometime first. It won’t cost you a thing.
I’m not surprised. Contact HP and ask if they’ll accept a return for an XP loaded machine.
Or install linux.
Vista is not a bad OS. It was released too soon, it's over-priced, and, for now, offers no compelling reason to switch, and conversely, actually offers a great many compelling reasons not to switch. Vista is a victim of the arrogance that has been culminating in Redmond for a decade now. Driver support, or the lack thereof, lies firmly at the feet of MS. They released betas to hardware companies, and charged the public for their RTM version. Vista SP1 will be what should have been the public release of Vista. Yes, MS has pulled this before, but this release has been a debacle, even for them.
The price of Vista alone will send many for the cover of Linux. Still others will run for Macs, because unlike MS, Apple knows how to market a product, and therefore isn't blinded by the bright light of arrogance that a decade of total domination of the desktop market shines in their eyes.
All in all, Vista isn't going anywhere. Mac has virtually no chance, or even the interest to enter the business computing environment. Linux will make wide in-roads into the non-critical arena of business computing, and even more so into critical but simple server-side tasks.
What does all of that mean?
In the greater scheme, not much. MS will continue to be the dominant player, and while more systems will go Linux, that doesn't necessarily mean that those have to come out of MS's hyde. The future of computing and technology is bright, and I don't think any of the present platforms are destined to failure, or that one or more has to fail in order to move forward. I've never understood the platform wars, or the feeling that one has to 'win' while others 'lose'.
I will tell you this....in five years, MS will still be the dominant platform, Linux will be getting more popular by the day, and Apple will continue to be a force in consumer computing and tech gadgetry. The more things change, the more they stay the same......
I’m not about to do Me2 (Chock Full O’ Bugs).
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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