Microsoft offers hope for people who want to keep XP

www.physorg.com ^ | 04/24/2008 | By AOIFE WHITE

[Red Badger]

The tunnel at the end of the light.......

[Red Badger]

Ping!.........

[toddlintown]

Too late. I went out and bought a MacPro. I spent 3 weeks trying to get Vista to connect to my home network. Never got it to work.

It took 2 minutes with the Mac.

[King of Florida]

I’ve reinstalled XP the two times I’ve replaced the hard drive on my current, 3-year-old PC. I usually upgrade to a new computer every four years. If I don’t switch to a Mac next year — a distinct possibility — I’m just going to use my old XP installation disks on any new PC.

[Red Badger]

I’m seriously considering a Mac................

[goldstategop]

Vista is pretty good. But not all software written is compatible for it and that's when system crashes occur.

"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

[NCjim]

But Ballmer was adamant that "most people who buy PCs today buy them with Vista."

Doh!

That's because unless you either buy a Dell (through their obscure links for XP systems) or buy one preloaded with Vista then blow it away and install XP, you're stuck with Vista - warts and all.

[knittnmom]

But Ballmer was adamant that "most people who buy PCs today buy them with Vista."

Well, duh. If most of the pcs have Vista preloaded, it stands to reason people will buy Vista with the pc. It's not that they're all WILLING buyers.

[Nervous Tick]

>> But Ballmer was adamant that “most people who buy PCs today buy them with Vista.”

LOL! That’s a good one, Steve.

Most people who kill their parents with an axe are orphans, too — and for the same reason.

[L98Fiero]

“But Ballmer was adamant that “most people who buy PCs today buy them with Vista.”

“That’s the statistical truth,” he told reporters at a press conference at Louvain-La-Neuve university.”

Because you don’t give the manufacturers any other choice of OS, you misleading scum-bag.

[EyeGuy]

“If customer feedback varies, we can always wake up smarter,” he said.

The thuggish Balmer definitely needs to get smarter.

Abusing and making your customers jump through hoops is a business modeal that can only survive because of Microsoft’s monopoly status.

Customers should be SERVED by a company not yearn for “a glimmer of hope” that their basic needs will be met.

I don’t know much about Balmer but he has always struck me as a condescending bully.

[Nervous Tick]

All three of us posted essentially the same thing within 20 seconds of each other!

Great minds think alike, although clearly I’m the slowest of them. :-)

[Red Badger]

I detest having to (FORCED TO IS MORE LIKE IT) buy “new” software versions for a new version of Windows. I spent hundreds of bucks just to get where I am and now they move the goalposts................

[freedomlover]

I have decided to hold on a new laptop just cause I dont want to deal w Vista

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Thought I would just pass that along ;)

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[ArrogantBustard]

I'm no fan of Vista, but getting it on the network is not my beef with it.

Far from it.

Now ... the lack of print drivers for older hardware is another matter.

[adorno]

Too late. I went out and bought a MacPro.

I won't go that far, but I am going to give Linux a try. If enough Windows users convert to Linux, I believe that Linux will eventually get even more developers involved and that could only lead towards improving the OS and making it a true and larger competitor to Microsoft and even Apple.

[L98Fiero]

“or buy one preloaded with Vista then blow it away and install XP”

If you can get XP drivers for it. I tried that with a HP media center. The HP people lied and told me that there were no XP drivers for it even though that model PC was in production before the official release of Vista.

I returned the PC. No sale.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I have three computers. Two with XP, one with Vista.

I haven’t really had any problems with Vista.

[contemplator]

I spent 3 weeks trying to get Vista to connect to my home network. Never got it to work.

Vista's networking works straight out of the box. Sounds like your problem likely had more to do with the hardware and it's drivers you purchased and not the OS. I find it interesting how PC owners want to blame all of their woes on Microsoft and none of it on the makers of their hardware.

[bcsco]

But Ballmer was adamant that "most people who buy PCs today buy them with Vista."

"That's the statistical truth," he told reporters at a press conference at Louvain-La-Neuve university.

That's because there are few avenues the public's aware of where a new PC with XP installed can be available. Also, many may not know the option exists.