And of course, because of this vista mess Apple is gaining market share too. Good.
I love competition; especially with the apple corps.
How many OS’s do they own now? There’s HP-UX, Dec Unix, Dec VMS, and Tandem Himalaya for starters. Plus Compaq was the biggest seller of both Novel and SCO when I worked there. They might be able to field something competitive if they decide to.
Excellent. As people start to use alternative OS’s like Linux, OS X, and whatever HP fields, they will realize they don’t need Microsoft’s garbage.
And, it may even make Windows more competitive.
All good things for the consumer.
I never understood Microsoft’s “partners”. They get screwed over by MS so often, they must have battered woman’s syndrome.
hp has its problems.
hp has its problems.
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As far as I know OEMs have always had the right to modify Windows to suit their needs. Many have done so. Which is why if you own a Dell, or HP, etc., and call MS with a Windows issue they’ll tell you to call the company that built your computer.
If HP thinks they can modify Vista to make it more palatable to a broader market, more power to ‘em.
My “last” PC laptop fried on latest business road trip.
I was sick and tired of corrupt drivers, wireless cards malfunctioning, continual reboots. My HP printer still spits extra paper out when finishing a printing job... not to mention the numerous times I have to slam the lid down in order to get the dreaded “Top Cover Open” window closed.
I am the proud owner of a 2-week old MacBook Pro. I have discovered that the dark side over in Apple country is much, much brighter than in Bill Gatesland.
Sorry, Seinfeld.
And just try calling Customer Support and dealing with an incomprehensible Indian accent. One time that I called - seriously, I'm not exaggerating, I could not understand ONE WORD of what she was saying. But I understand now why they have Indian Customer Support - it's to discourage people from calling.
Mostly because of MSNBC and Olbermann, I’m going back to Mac. That, and I how messed up wireless is using Microsoft.
I still don’t see the problem with Vista. It works great for me.
It’s fast, easy to use and runs everything I want it to.
For the record, I am running a Lenovo 3000 N100 laptop with 2 1.8 gig duel core and 2 gig of memory.
Running equipment made for Vista does help!
I would not buy anything with Visduh on it, but I also would NOT buy another HP machine ever. I had a nice HP laptop, very well equipped. I didn’t buy extendeds, as that is not my habit. The mother board died after a year and a half, so I sold it for parts on ebay. Well, interestingly enough, way over 25% of that model that were for sale on ebay also were dead in the water — being sold for parts, just like mine.
No more HP laptops for me, ever ...
Good. The more operating systems, the better. I was thinking of switching to mac next computer, but apple fanboys have once again totally turned me off on that idea. Go HP.
If HP creates a high-quality desktop operating system based on Linux, I would seriously consider purchasing it. But it would require a huge commitment of their corporate resources - hundreds of software engineer, at least $1 billion of R&D, and at least three years of work. That's what it would take to have a viable desktop competitor for Windows and Mac OS X. I hope they'll do it, but so far they haven't given any roadmap of their plans.