Microsoft offers hope for people who want to keep XP

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

[contemplator]

And I thought Mac owners were ass wipes.

Didn't you say you bought a Mac? Wouldn't that make you.... never mind.

You bought a brand new PC, the networking didn't work out of the box. It's almost a virtual certainty that you had a either faulty or incompatible hardware. Especially if you had other machines on your network and you could guarantee that your network hardware was working and giving out dhcp addresses etc.. Did you take it back to the reseller? Did you call the manufacturer and ask them to honor their warranty? You'd rather blame Microsoft and call me an asswipe because you didnt know how to get your problem taken care of? You are a piece of work.

[reagan_fanatic]

Do Badgers have tails?

If not, then that animation is even more disturbing that I thought.

[JRandomFreeper]

I have one laptop that runs XP, and I do all the heavy lifting with that one. One running Vista, so I can help my clients that have Vista, and this one, which has been on Linux for 4 years. I primarily use it for FR and for server stuff.

/johnny

[Anti-Bubba182]

I think Bill Gates got out just in time. Balmer and Vista will rip Microsoft up.

[AlternateEgo]

“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.”
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It only took 2 minutes to hook up Vista to my home network.

[jude24]

I’m just going to use my old XP installation disks on any new PC.

Drivers could be a problem.

[GingisK]

that "most people who buy PCs today buy them with Vista."

Odd how that happens when they are offered no alternative, isn't it?

[Red Badger]

I primarily use it for FR and for server stuff.

The real important things in life!..............

[Publius6961]

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

That's because they have no #^$&@!(@&#$!$ choice!

That's like stating calmy that people bleed because they have been sliced open...

[Red Badger]

If you work for MS, you must take a course in Obfuscationary Facts.....

[ShadowAce]

[ShadowAce]

That's like stating calmy that people bleed because they have been sliced open...

[KoRn]

"I’m just going to use my old XP installation disks on any new PC."

Then your best bet is to build your own. If you buy a new PC from one of the big PC manufacturers that has been "certified" for Vista, you will likely have hardware compatibility issues, and you won't get ANY support because the computer was made for Vista. I had a client who recently bought a new HP and also purchased XP Pro separately to install on it. I went to do the install for him and the setup would totally crash at the very beginning. If you are able to just get XP installed and running you can probably use another computer to go online and find the drivers for individual hardware components on the new computer, but expect no help from the computer maker.

[orchid]

You have mixed up two proverbs - “Great minds run in the same channels” and “ Fools think alike.” Which is it? LOL

[Nervous Tick]

>> “Great minds run in the same channels” and “ Fools think alike.” Which is it?

Well, in my case, unless “run in the same channels” is a euphemism for “stuck in the same rut”... maybe I’d better plead the fifth. Or at least a six-pack. :-)

[orchid]

A six-pack of Heinekens, I hope.

[Nervous Tick]

>> A six-pack of Heinekens, I hope.

Nah, I'm an Oatmeal Stout kind of guy, myself.

Cheers!

(say... does this beer make me look smarter?)

[msnpatriot]

Same here, one older laptop with XP & one Vista with SP1. Haven’t had any problems, I enjoy the features each offers.

On the Vista system, youtube videos won’t go to full screen, just blank. I read their tutorial and my system appears to comply, so haven’t figured out yet what I have to do.

***I have one laptop that runs XP, and I do all the heavy lifting with that one. One running Vista, so I can help my clients that have Vista, and this one, which has been on Linux for 4 years. I primarily use it for FR and for server stuff.***

[webschooner]

On the Vista system, youtube videos won’t go to full screen, just blank.

Do you mind sharing how you get youtube to go to fullscreen? -- I've never been able to figure out how to do that (We have three brand new machines, all have XP).

Thanks in advance.

[GATOR NAVY]

Personally, I have no desire to switch to Vista because I don’t want to upgrade my hardware. Everything I’ve read says the system requirements Microsoft lists for Vista are on the low side. I have a laptop and two desktops that are running perfectly fine on XP now but they would all be minimum power machines with Vista. No thanks.