Posted on 02/27/2007 11:28:24 AM PST by ShadowAce
Most enthusiasts and IT groups are not touching it. For good reason -- an overpriced, "abusive", warmed-over XP that is slower and a resource hog. And for what??
Billy, you really blew this one. And you had five years to make it.
"Microsoft General Manger Brad Brooks argues that Windows is a bargain, noting that it keeps getting more features for the same price."
Correction:
More BS for the same price.
I have one XP in my house, because I got a $99 deal with $60 rebate. I have 98SE on four other machines, and it has never bit me or betrayed me...I find it easy to troubleshoot, and have so much time in on that rev that I seem a wizard to my friends. Vista? I would have to spend so much money to upgrade my way to the power needed that it has no interest for me at all.
I have to ask some computer people here this question: I use Nero to copy movies I check out of the library and have heard that there is some copy protection software in Vista that would not allow me to do this anymore. Anyone else familiar with this issue? Thanks
Just look at all the HIDDEN costs!
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
That's not entirely true, at least for XP (never looked into Vista). At my previous job I once had to replace a motherboard & CPU, all it took to activate the same copy of XP was a five-minute phone call. Microsoft assumes that a software pirate would not go to the trouble of phoning for an activation and just gives the codes to any registered user who does.
Almost the entire article is BS.
Windows upgrades have pretty much stayed the same (I have 1 XP pro machine and 1 Windows Vista business), but MS Office upgrades (I use Access, so I have to get Office Pro) are getting more expensive.
I believe the copy protection in Vista applies to Blu-Ray and HD DVDs. Just one more reason to avoid Vista.
Author misses two key factors: total cost of ownership (management, care and feeding of windows) and real value (what features would cause me to pay more, how does vista help increase productivity and/or save money).
Care to elaborate? It seems it is tryig to balance inflation with lowering cost of hardware. What is BS about it?
No offense, but if you have four 98SE machines, then you aren't Microsoft's target audience anyway (because, apparently, you implicitly said the same about ME, 2000, and XP).
DRM is the new wave, so yeah, you're going to have problems copying ANYTHING from Vista to blank media. Lots of stuff on non-DRM-protected hardware that is disabled in Vista. For instance, if you have a disk drive attached to your machine that is not "DRM Approved" or capable of copying over protection schemes, it will be automatically disabled. I read an article on FR about it, I'll have to dig it up.
And oh yeah...
Linux Fedora Core 6 - FREE
So you're upset that Vista doesn't let you break the law?
Which is another reason I've stuck with my copy of Office Pro 2000 through three hardware upgrades.
I've noticed the same thing- the OS's are getting cheaper but the useful apps cost a small fortune. The only MS app that I consider reasonably priced is Streets and Trips- there's better navigation software out there but Streets is half the cost of the nearest competitor.
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