Microsoft offers free Vista-to-XP downgrade help
Microsoft Corp. Monday said it would offer free technical support to small businesses that buy new PCs with Windows Vista in the next three months, its latest attempt to convince users that moving to Vista is a good idea.
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If Vista had quality, there
If Vista had quality, there would be no need for a downgrade to XP option...Microsoft should have stuck to perfecting XP VS the Vista route. Of course, it is not about offering customers quality, in so-much as it is about the quest for my hard earned dollar. To bad they could not give me what they made me think I'm paying for, as oposed to selling me a "bill of goods" that require endless Hot Fixes, Security Patches, and Service Packs.
Phil
Linux is starting to look
Linux is starting to look better every day. I keep hopping that Microsoft will get a clue as to what the "consumer" wants however it doesn't look like that is going to happen. As far as the articles statement about 1GB of RAM don't get your hopes up since there are companies loading Vista on machines with 512MB of RAM. Vista takes for every to boot with that little memory.