[antiRepublicrat]

Remember, this is by people who make a living programming for Windows.

[ASOC]

LOL

Tried the same thing for a New dell laptop, but have yet to find all the drivers & some look to be Vista only.

Now looking for drivers that support Linux.

[advance_copy]

Ouch! Microsoft has blown it big-time with Vista.

[jdm]

When I read the headline, I thought this was an article about a guy who finally took the plunge and updated his Windows98 to XP.

[joshhiggins]

Infomercial?

[Hostage]

It is true that XP is a lot better than Vista.

The blogosphere is full of a backlash against Vista.

I bought a new laptop with Vista and Vista is really bad. By bad I mean hundreds of issues too numerous to detail in a single posting.

XP is much better. And sad to say the outfit that sold me my Vista computer advised me to get the same computer with XP because XP was better. But I thought I would get the latest and greatest and that the world would go Vista in the next year.

Well I was wrong, very wrong. Vista is really that bad. And now I am in the process of purchasing XP and figuring how to wipe the new computer with a reformat, then install the new XP. I was thinking of copying and storing my version of Vista for later but I have a feeling as many do in the blogosphere that Vista will go the way of Windows ME.

[Petronski]

I have finally decided to take the plunge. Last night I upgraded my Vista desktop machine to Windows XP, and this afternoon I will be doing the same to my laptop.

LMAO

[Cicero]

I like to see what people are saying about these things. Usually I prefer to go with the latest updates, but there have been times when MS screwed up—WindowsME, for instance.

So far, I have seen only ONE user who says he prefers Vista to XP. I bought my daughter a new laptop for college this fall with XP on it, and next computer I buy I may do the same thing. It does indeed look as if Vista is a big-time screwup.

I am not speaking from experience, because from what I’ve read about it, I don’t dare try it.

[JoJo Gunn]

ping

[goldstategop]

That's DOWNgrading. Isn't Vista supposed to be the latest and greatest Microsoft OS?

"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

[PatheticLoser]

Now this is tiresome, I hope the guy who wrote this realizes he’s not been half as clever as he supposes he is. In fact, he might not be very clever at all.

I know everyone wanted something crazy sexy and fun in Vista but it’s not a mistress, it’s an OS. You wouldn’t (at least shouldn’t) run XP without a virus checker. Vista’s main feature is Security. I know security isn’t sexy or fun and it does require computer resources but there’s hardly any point in keeping all your financial data on your computer if Chinese hackers are downloading your credit card numbers. Security vulnerabilities can turn all a persons, company’s or country’s computing resources from an asset to a liability.

So MS didn’t make Vista sexy and it requires more resources. And, like all new OS releases, you must wait for the drivers and the inevitable service pack. But MS made a strategic decision. If you disagree with their strategy okay, but this guy doesn’t even seem to be aware of their strategy.

[gondramB]

>>Remember, this is by people who make a living programming for Windows.<<

There is one key thing Vista does better than XP - XP does not effectively use more than 2 gigs of RAM while Vista does.

Of course Vista needs 3-4 gigs to runs as well as XP does with 2...:)

[ShadowAce]

[ThomasThomas]

But the name Vista is a better name in several ways. It just seems to roll off the tongue unlike XP. And everybody knows if your working with Jr High boys you you need to avoid saying the letter ‘P’. It just starts them down a path you don’t want to follow. You spend the rest of the day trying to change the subject. Then the letter ‘X’ extreme this, extreme that. Everything needs to be extreme something lately. But they named it XP, we just don’t need to go any futher.

[ShadowAce]

You’re right. I did enjoy this—mainly because I’ve always thought the move from Vista to XP is an upgrade.

[martin_fierro]

Windows XP has quite a cartoony look and feel compared to the slick look of Aero Glass, this is mostly offset by the lack of strange screen artifacts caused by malfunctioning graphics code. You know, almost like static on the screen.

You are there.

[pepperhead]

Lucky for me I didn’t have to upgrade my Vista compatible computer to XP since that is what it had when I got it.

[bannie]

It’s hard to find everything!

[Tribune7]

LOL

[texas booster]

I am tempted to upgrade my new copy of Vista to XP.

Has anyone successfully received a copy of XP from HP and received the required drivers so it runs smoothly?

[dennisw]

bttt