I will vote for him but will use these on my nose..........
Posted on 04/14/2008 6:23:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
Were you given the choice during the ordering process? I wasn’t. I purchased a Dell 1501 for my daughter last year and I was given the option at that time.
Thanks, I’ll look into it!
Purchased a computer a few weeks ago with Vista installed. It’s an HP. with c. 750GB hard drive. So far it’s been running fine. At the same time, one can tell it’s loaded with bloat. So many programs running when idle.
I’m told the biggest issue with Vista is oversensitivity to DRM to the extent it will not run programs with drivers not compatible with DRM. This has not been an issue for me, but it may cause problems where companies network on a large scale. I just have a small home network with a couple computers on board - the other one having XP.
Bet on the "or so." A move to try to prevent the bleed to Linux and Macs.
You have to go to the “Small Business” Computer section on the Dell site. The Home computers generally won’t offer you a choice, but for some of the Business computers, they do. Of course after June 30, that may not be the case.
It was so hated and despised that new computers came with the option of 4.01 or 3.31 until DOS 5.0 came out.
Don't forget that DOS 5.0 worked so well and was so well-liked that Microsoft concluded there was a pressing need to give us... DOS 6.0... /grin
I will vote for him but will use these on my nose..........
Yes, I purchased my daughters’s laptop through our small business account. When I bought mine, I used my personal Dell account. Oh well........
I don’t have personal gripes because I’ve avoided buying it. I didn’t make up the gripes, smart guy, they’ve been made by computer professional and industry experts and trade media.
You can continue to sprinkle sugar on your dirt sandwich if you like, but the real world has rejected Vista.
PC World slammed it in this or last months edition. Ran some tests showing how XP is superior.
So glad I have been a late adopter on this one, but then I have always been that way on OS software.
“What a bunch of crybabies.”
So it works for you, thus it must work for everyone else? What a provincially idiotic response, especially given all of the industry backlash against it. A lot of people are having not only annoying problems with Vista, but debilitating problems.
But hey, it works for you so all is well.
“As each new OS is introduced, it is probably a good idea to look at more memory, or a new configuration in equipment. My P4 is at it’s limit and I will need to upgrade equipment soon, but as a test bed, it is not working any harder with Vista than it did with XP, and in some cases, it is a lot more efficient. “
Well that’s part of the problem. Vista is coming on both budget machines and laptops that are simply not up to snuff...and since many don’t offer an alternative, you’re left with a machine that actually runs slower with Vista than it would have with XP.
Perhaps a Vista Lite is in order.
YUP:
I would take “OVER” on a bet whether it would be more or less than 2 years for W7... I might even give up odds on that bet, too. Remember vaporware “longhorn”, and how long “vista” was delayed - even less than six months from delivery.
XP FOR ME
Do you have Vista re-installation discs? Make sure you have them and don’t monkey with your Vista recovery partition. This is crucial if you install XP along with Vista
It looks like you will get a new hard drive for XP. That’s your best bet
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