The future is bleak without XP
In just under two weeks, Microsoft will discontinue Windows XP and make way for a new era in the world of operating systems. The days of Start bars will give way to wonky buttons and a refreshed design, stable operation will give way to frequent crashing, and XP will die at the hands of a misguided killer: Microsoft.
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I believe MS is not
I believe MS is not definitely making loses with Vista, infact most people will be forced to buy the more expensive vista business premium edition to be able to get a downgrade to XP.I definitely know from my university that they are buying Vista licences only, but then install XP on more than 90% of the PCs and notebooks and thus make use of the downgrade option. That not only lets M$ make many dollars, but also fakes the statistics of sold Vista licences, since they sell more, but acutally much less vista installations are running.
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gotta say ive been using
gotta say ive been using vista for about a month after it came out, so a long time.never had a problem, has never crashed, and looks nicer.
on home premium with the lowest spec and still is fast.
and after usin macs at college all im goin to say is 'program unexpectedly quit' every few mins!
Service pack 3 means
Service pack 3 means nothing. Business is notoriously slow in adopting a new version of windows, so the notion that business users will go to vista if they want the "enhanced security features" is wrong.These new features are Network Access Protection compatibility, a product key-less install option, a Kernel Mode Crypto Module and "Black hole" router detection.
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We started replacing our XP
We started replacing our XP machines with Dell's Ubuntu operating system computers. We plan on saving bunches of money, compared to the Vista and Office software licensing. You can download the software to try on your own computer, and it works great on old computers, too. So there is also the fact we will not have to keep purchasing new computers for future Windows operating system versions.I strongly disagree with
I strongly disagree with this article. Though the author has a strongly negative opinion of Windows Vista, I personally believe he is mistaken. I have had a nice Windows Vista laptop for over a year now, and it has never crashed, runs much faster, looks much better, and is wholly superior to Windows XP and Mac OS X. Windows XP will not really die, anyways. It will still be available for ultra-low-end computers and the downgrade option still exists. The author should really get his facts straight before writing a wholly biased, uninformed, and useless article. It seems that the quality of articles in journals like this one have degraded substantially, and I, for one, find that unacceptable.How much memory are you
How much memory are you running in the laptop? What is the processor speed?If your running a gig or more memory Vista will run faster. If you have one with the bare minimum to run (i.e. 512MB) you will be wondering if Christmas is going to arrive before the computer finish booting.
I disagree with the crashing of Vista as the only instances of this I have either heard about or seen were either after the SP1 fiasco or were user caused.
Jury is still out on Vista on the enterprise side. Home use on the other hand, I'll stick with XP for a while yet.
Excellent article; clear and
Excellent article; clear and very informative. Like too many big American corporations MS appears to have lost their corporate minds. For example, like the US automobile industry caught unprepared to field higher mpg vehicles from their assembly lines. Ford, GMC, and Chrysler through its own business practices and long term decisions have already allowed Toyota and others to catch up and blow past them.MS OS planning appears to be driving Windows PC users to Linux, Macintosh and now rapidly exposing its dominance to unforeseen forces by others (i.e. China or India) creating a new scalable/stable OS.
I'm now exhausted by MS; going from DOS, 3.1, W2K and XP. Vista is a barrier for me. We will continue with effective software programs running on XP OS. Further, we have started testing alternative OS to Windows.