Ping!.........
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.
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.
"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
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.
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.
>> 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.
“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.
“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.
I have decided to hold on a new laptop just cause I dont want to deal w Vista
BTW your screen name now has me thinking
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Thought I would just pass that along ;)
Ha ha now someone else has it .... ;0
I have three computers. Two with XP, one with Vista.
I haven’t really had any problems 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.
A thread posted yesterday had Apple computer profits at a record high. I wonder why...
Two friends who are writers had nothing but problems with Vista for whatever reason - neither is skilled in computers and they swore never to have anything to do with Vista.
My computers at home run Linux and Windows 2000 Pro. I'm typing this on my work computer...a brand new MacBook Pro that I just got earlier this week (a first time Mac user)!
I plan on keeping XP as long as possible. I’ve built two PC’s recently and used XP for both. I’ve had NO problems with networking, or older hardware, or anything else for that matter.
It seems like whenever I upgrade, the newer operating system(Vista), is such a resource hog, that it feels like I’ve taken a step backwards performance wise.
There are such people?
And I thought the complainers were just like me and did not want an inferior product SHOVED down their throats.....
But now I know, I am really a ‘fan’.....learn something new everyday.
/s
/johnny
I think Bill Gates got out just in time. Balmer and Vista will rip Microsoft up.