Its nice to see people that can realize what's really going on....
Its also good that you are exploring other alternatives.. indeed Mac sales
are booming
as for the wi-fi, are you sure its not the drivers or something?
I personally decided to not allow vista on a production machine..
this conclusion came out of trying to use vista as the platform for video
editing...
LOL BIG MISTAKE...
vista is so horrible its like windows Me bloated to smithereens.
"Frank Oz" <> wrote in message
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> Here in Australia it's almost impossible to get a laptop with XP
>
> Dell has some and I ordered one and returned it as it can't connect to Wi
> Fi, 2 hours help from India no success.
>
> Further I don't think it's attractive to order from via the net from an
> overseas outlet , warranty etc.
>
> The Dell I got was only partly loaded with XP and never tested before
> shipping, it came from Malaysia!!!!.
>
> I had Vista on 3 computers before all off now and peace in the shop.
>
> I am an investor and Vista can't really handle large data files with 1500
> small dir.'s the transfer of it takes a hour and the data get damaged
>
> Monday I get from a shop my Apple Mac and I will run dual Leonard and XP
> on it and let's hope the best of it
>
> I understand that many go now for an Apple Mac
>
> Looking back Vista has given me so much problems and it never stops
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> "Tie Various" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Oh com on....
>>
>> vista is not really being used on that many computers....
>>
>> its being formated, replaced or dual booted with other OS like XP.
>>
>> This is just a hype-number for the sheeple, and to keep the stock price
>> high...
>>
>> Its not exactly a lie... but it is misleading.. by selling vista on a
>> comptuer does not mean it will remain on it.
>>
>> You cant get a non vista comptuer in many places, perhaps dell has the
>> power to get XP still, but in other places- countries all you see is
>> vista computers... so you are forced to get it, or at least they dont
>> ask you if you want XP... many people dont know what the differences is
>> between OS versions and get the new one.
>> This is logical normally.. but in the case of vista its a horrible
>> mistake that many have paid for.
>>
>> Business is business. MS is good at that. It just has forgotten how to
>> make OS's that are good. lol
>>
>> I would say that if Vista was running on even half that number it should
>> be consider to be fortunate as an OS,
>> since it has so many problems.
>>
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