Switch to Windows XP

Lets all switch to Windows XP(or downgrade). It'll make your life much
easier. We haven't upgraded 1 computer in the whole network yet. Reply with
your experiences!

Access Services
Martin Luther King Jr. Library
San Jose Public Libraries

Eeeks! Heaven forbid. Vista totally rocks when you know what you're doing
and have the right hardware.



"Access Services" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Lets all switch to Windows XP(or downgrade). It'll make your life much
> easier. We haven't upgraded 1 computer in the whole network yet. Reply
> with your experiences!
>
> Access Services
> Martin Luther King Jr. Library
> San Jose Public Libraries
>
>
>
>

I'd sur elove to do that...been looking on info of how to do it. I've had
nothing but trouble.. everything I owned was not compatible.. I bought myself
a laptop for Christmas and made sure i put xp on it.. Now t he vista is just
collecting dust and it's not even a year old!!


"Access Services" wrote:

> Lets all switch to Windows XP(or downgrade). It'll make your life much
> easier. We haven't upgraded 1 computer in the whole network yet. Reply with
> your experiences!
>
> Access Services
> Martin Luther King Jr. Library
> San Jose Public Libraries
>
>
>
>
>

I have a laptop computer with Vista home premium, and a desktop with Windows
XP, and I'm satisfied with that arrangment. So there!

This is my story...

I work at Geek Squad (now that half of you have stopped reading...) part
time, as a "fun job" when I'm not doing my other job.

OK so it's not really a story, it's just what I like to tell customers who
come in and say, Why do you like Vista?

I tell them, "See all these computers behind me (our precinct has 80-90
systems in repair on any given day), they all have 3 things in common. 1>
they are running Limewire, 2> they all have viruses, and 3> they are all
running Windows XP.

It's been well over a year and rarely, if ever do we get Vista machines in
for virus removal or basic software repair. We occasionally get hardware
problems which are easily fixed. The initial setup of Vista can be a pain in
the ass, but once it's done, or done right the OS works really well.

My other job we upgraded half of the computers to Vista. The network has XP
and 2K boxes as well, and they connect to a 2k server. No real issues. The
only issue is we got 1gig of ram, which even in "business mode", meaning we
don't game on them, can occasionally get slow because Vista is just a dog
with RAM, but the OS is stable, it has AMAZING reliability and stability
diagnostic tools built in. It cleans itself and generally does a lot of
thing to prevent problems down the road.

If you've never upgraded your systems, you simply don't know what you're
missing.

I don't recommend upgrading all your systems at once, in fact I don't
recommend upgrading anything. Buy new systems with Vista on it, and
gradually rotate them into your day to day business after through testing.
If you take the time to do an upgrade right, Vista is an extremely pleasant
experience.

Now the question is, do you really need to upgrade? Running a Public Library
is there really any need for state of the art? If your systems suffer from
frequent virus attacks I would say, upgrade. I don't think there are many
reference programs that require DirectX 10, dunno, maybe if you posted your
reqirements we could comment on your phobias.

-A.

"Access Services" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Lets all switch to Windows XP(or downgrade). It'll make your life much
> easier. We haven't upgraded 1 computer in the whole network yet. Reply
> with your experiences!
>
> Access Services
> Martin Luther King Jr. Library
> San Jose Public Libraries
>
>
>
>

"Andy [YaYa]" <> wrote in message
news:5B07718E-C995-4B81-9AA8-...
> This is my story...
>
> I work at Geek Squad (now that half of you have stopped reading...) part
> time, as a "fun job" when I'm not doing my other job.
>
> OK so it's not really a story, it's just what I like to tell customers who
> come in and say, Why do you like Vista?
>
> I tell them, "See all these computers behind me (our precinct has 80-90
> systems in repair on any given day), they all have 3 things in common. 1>
> they are running Limewire, 2> they all have viruses, and 3> they are all
> running Windows XP.
>
> It's been well over a year and rarely, if ever do we get Vista machines in
> for virus removal or basic software repair. We occasionally get hardware
> problems which are easily fixed. The initial setup of Vista can be a pain
> in the ass, but once it's done, or done right the OS works really well.
>
> My other job we upgraded half of the computers to Vista. The network has
> XP and 2K boxes as well, and they connect to a 2k server. No real issues.
> The only issue is we got 1gig of ram, which even in "business mode",
> meaning we don't game on them, can occasionally get slow because Vista is
> just a dog with RAM, but the OS is stable, it has AMAZING reliability and
> stability diagnostic tools built in. It cleans itself and generally does a
> lot of thing to prevent problems down the road.
>
> If you've never upgraded your systems, you simply don't know what you're
> missing.
>
> I don't recommend upgrading all your systems at once, in fact I don't
> recommend upgrading anything. Buy new systems with Vista on it, and
> gradually rotate them into your day to day business after through testing.
> If you take the time to do an upgrade right, Vista is an extremely
> pleasant experience.
>
> Now the question is, do you really need to upgrade? Running a Public
> Library is there really any need for state of the art? If your systems
> suffer from frequent virus attacks I would say, upgrade. I don't think
> there are many reference programs that require DirectX 10, dunno, maybe if
> you posted your reqirements we could comment on your phobias.

Totally agree Andy, and well put, I'll never go back to XP. Plus I seem to
remember all these moans when XP ME 98 were released.
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"VRG Scotty" <vrg-> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Andy [YaYa]" <> wrote in message
> news:5B07718E-C995-4B81-9AA8-...
>> This is my story...
>>
>> I work at Geek Squad (now that half of you have stopped reading...) part
>> time, as a "fun job" when I'm not doing my other job.
>>
>> OK so it's not really a story, it's just what I like to tell customers
>> who come in and say, Why do you like Vista?
>>
>> I tell them, "See all these computers behind me (our precinct has 80-90
>> systems in repair on any given day), they all have 3 things in common. 1>
>> they are running Limewire, 2> they all have viruses, and 3> they are all
>> running Windows XP.
>>
>> It's been well over a year and rarely, if ever do we get Vista machines
>> in for virus removal or basic software repair. We occasionally get
>> hardware problems which are easily fixed. The initial setup of Vista can
>> be a pain in the ass, but once it's done, or done right the OS works
>> really well.
>>
>> My other job we upgraded half of the computers to Vista. The network has
>> XP and 2K boxes as well, and they connect to a 2k server. No real issues.
>> The only issue is we got 1gig of ram, which even in "business mode",
>> meaning we don't game on them, can occasionally get slow because Vista is
>> just a dog with RAM, but the OS is stable, it has AMAZING reliability and
>> stability diagnostic tools built in. It cleans itself and generally does
>> a lot of thing to prevent problems down the road.
>>
>> If you've never upgraded your systems, you simply don't know what you're
>> missing.
>>
>> I don't recommend upgrading all your systems at once, in fact I don't
>> recommend upgrading anything. Buy new systems with Vista on it, and
>> gradually rotate them into your day to day business after through
>> testing. If you take the time to do an upgrade right, Vista is an
>> extremely pleasant experience.
>>
>> Now the question is, do you really need to upgrade? Running a Public
>> Library is there really any need for state of the art? If your systems
>> suffer from frequent virus attacks I would say, upgrade. I don't think
>> there are many reference programs that require DirectX 10, dunno, maybe
>> if you posted your reqirements we could comment on your phobias.
>
> Totally agree Andy, and well put, I'll never go back to XP. Plus I seem to
> remember all these moans when XP ME 98 were released.
> --
> VRG Scotty
>
> www.vistareadygames.com
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> problems

Oh yeah, I totally heard them too, god XP and ME were both nightmares at
launch, but the mainstream didn't hear about it because the Intarweb wasn't
around back then, just the Internet, and it was a much more peaceful place
than it is today. In other words, the only reason Vista sucks so bad is
because the people who have something bad to say have this megaphone called
"the Blogosphere", if the Sphere was around back when XP came out it'd
probably be worse than the Vista launch.

-A.

"Just.some.guy" <> wrote in message
news:BtLkj.1127$pC5.530@trnddc05...
> I have a laptop computer with Vista home premium, and a desktop with
> Windows XP, and I'm satisfied with that arrangment. So there!
>

If more people understood the premise of...

"Use what works best for YOU, and makes YOU most productive",

we wouldn't get threads like this. Personally, I could care less if people
used Goobertronics Buttmonkey OS, or whatever. As long as it gets what you
want to get done, why gripe or post tripe about other people's choices?

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Goobertronics Buttmonkey OS? sounds like a heck of a OS, where can I get it?
:>)

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"DarkSentinel" <> wrote in message
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> "Just.some.guy" <> wrote in message
> news:BtLkj.1127$pC5.530@trnddc05...
>> I have a laptop computer with Vista home premium, and a desktop with
>> Windows XP, and I'm satisfied with that arrangment. So there!
>>
>
> If more people understood the premise of...
>
> "Use what works best for YOU, and makes YOU most productive",
>
> we wouldn't get threads like this. Personally, I could care less if people
> used Goobertronics Buttmonkey OS, or whatever. As long as it gets what you
> want to get done, why gripe or post tripe about other people's choices?
>
> --
> Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.
> http://www.lockergnome.com/darksentinel
> Undo the munge to reply by email
>
>
>
>

"SG" <> wrote in message
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> Goobertronics Buttmonkey OS? sounds like a heck of a OS, where can I get
> it? :>)

Linux forums
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