Ten Reasons Not to buy Microsoft Vista at this time

1: Windows XP is still for sale

http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/re...s%20XP&tabid=1


2: You can still buy PC's with Good old reliable Windows XP installed


3 There are other more reliable Operating systems available

Others?

wrote:
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> 1: Windows XP is still for sale
>
> http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/re...s%20XP&tabid=1
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>
> 2: You can still buy PC's with Good old reliable Windows XP installed
>
>
> 3 There are other more reliable Operating systems available
>
> Others?

Because it takes you 4 months to raise the funds to buy Vista ?

Because your Mom said ... "No, I will not give you $100"

Because your archaic relic PC has no mission of running it?

"" wrote:

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>
> 1: Windows XP is still for sale
>
1.= Not 4 Long: (Monday, June 30th, 2008, Is The Drop Dead Date), Just FYI.
>
> http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/re...s%20XP&tabid=1
>
>
> 2: You can still buy PC's with Good old reliable Windows XP installed
>
2.= Not 4 Long: (Again, Monday, June 30th, 2008 Is The Drop Dead Date, Also
Just FYI).
>
> 3 There are other more reliable Operating systems available
>
> Others?
>
3.= Sure Apple And Linux Are Reliable, But Some Programs Like IE 7, Office
2007, Windows One Care Live, Windows Defender, And Windows Media Player Will
Not Work With Those Operating Systems, With The Sole Exception Of Apple
(Apple Boot Camp, Which I Have Heard Is Not All That Easy 2 Set Up), Also
Just FYI.

> 2.= Not 4 Long: (Again, Monday, June 30th, 2008 Is The Drop Dead Date, Also

Not really. More like February 2009. See:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/...cgd=2008-06-06

I do not know how to do a "foot note" in an eMail, so consider
the above link a footnote.

From the above article:

Some PC makers are taking care of that hassle for you. They'll
"downgrade" their business PCs to XP Professional, and ship you the
discs to install Vista later if you choose. (Microsoft requires that
they ship you those discs, as technically you bought a Vista PC, so you
can "upgrade" to Vista later under the same license.) Dell, HP, and
Lenovo will all offer the "downgrade" option on select business (and in
Dell's case, some high-end gaming-oriented systems) at an additional
cost. How long they'll make this option available is unclear, though.
Dell is committing only until February 2009 to have the "downgrade"
option available on its Vostro and select XPS lines of PCs, for example.

The "downgrade" option will not be available from either Best Buy or
Circuit City.

Businesses that have a Vista site license can also "downgrade" their
systems to XP, such as InfoWorld has previously outlined.

System builders -- those who make custom PCs, such as at local computer
repair shops -- can sell XP until February 2009. And XP will be
available on ultra-low-cost laptops and desktops until 2010.


-T

Overall, I'm happy with my Vista. I've had Vista for 8 months. It was
installed on my new computer. I've had had no major problems. No reinstalls.
No blue screens. No big crashes. No malwares or viruses. Vista has some
quirks (as all OS do including Mac). In some case, problems were due to the
computer manufacturer's poor software installation and not Vista's fault.

I have 3 XP machines and they run FAST. But my Vista runs just as fast as
they do and in most cases- 15-25% faster.

I would advise against installing Vista in a computer that was originally
buit for XP a couple years ago. And you definetly need at least 2GB RAM. I
met a guy who is trying to run his Vista on an older computer with 512MB RAM
and complains that Vista runs slow. Duh.

The only reasons not to buy Vista are:
1) can't afford it.
2) don't want to put in the time to learn a new OS.

cheers....

"ToddAndMargo" wrote:

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> > 2.= Not 4 Long: (Again, Monday, June 30th, 2008 Is The Drop Dead Date, Also
>
> Not really. More like February 2009. See:
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/...cgd=2008-06-06
>
> I do not know how to do a "foot note" in an eMail, so consider
> the above link a footnote.
>
> From the above article:
>
> Some PC makers are taking care of that hassle for you. They'll
> "downgrade" their business PCs to XP Professional, and ship you the
> discs to install Vista later if you choose. (Microsoft requires that
> they ship you those discs, as technically you bought a Vista PC, so you
> can "upgrade" to Vista later under the same license.) Dell, HP, and
> Lenovo will all offer the "downgrade" option on select business (and in
> Dell's case, some high-end gaming-oriented systems) at an additional
> cost. How long they'll make this option available is unclear, though.
> Dell is committing only until February 2009 to have the "downgrade"
> option available on its Vostro and select XPS lines of PCs, for example.
>
> The "downgrade" option will not be available from either Best Buy or
> Circuit City.
>
> Businesses that have a Vista site license can also "downgrade" their
> systems to XP, such as InfoWorld has previously outlined.
>
> System builders -- those who make custom PCs, such as at local computer
> repair shops -- can sell XP until February 2009. And XP will be
> available on ultra-low-cost laptops and desktops until 2010.
>
>
> -T
>

Actually I have it running on a 2000 machine that has only a CPU upgrade
and new Video card and it works quite well. It also runs under
virtualbox (with Ubuntu as Host) at the same time as XP on the same
machine but of course you lose some graphics like Aero.



oscar wrote:
> Overall, I'm happy with my Vista. I've had Vista for 8 months. It was
> installed on my new computer. I've had had no major problems. No reinstalls.
> No blue screens. No big crashes. No malwares or viruses. Vista has some
> quirks (as all OS do including Mac). In some case, problems were due to the
> computer manufacturer's poor software installation and not Vista's fault.
>
> I have 3 XP machines and they run FAST. But my Vista runs just as fast as
> they do and in most cases- 15-25% faster.
>
> I would advise against installing Vista in a computer that was originally
> buit for XP a couple years ago. And you definetly need at least 2GB RAM. I
> met a guy who is trying to run his Vista on an older computer with 512MB RAM
> and complains that Vista runs slow. Duh.
>
> The only reasons not to buy Vista are:
> 1) can't afford it.
> 2) don't want to put in the time to learn a new OS.
>
> cheers....
>
> "ToddAndMargo" wrote:
>
>>> 2.= Not 4 Long: (Again, Monday, June 30th, 2008 Is The Drop Dead Date, Also
>> Not really. More like February 2009. See:
>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/...cgd=2008-06-06
>>
>> I do not know how to do a "foot note" in an eMail, so consider
>> the above link a footnote.
>>
>> From the above article:
>>
>> Some PC makers are taking care of that hassle for you. They'll
>> "downgrade" their business PCs to XP Professional, and ship you the
>> discs to install Vista later if you choose. (Microsoft requires that
>> they ship you those discs, as technically you bought a Vista PC, so you
>> can "upgrade" to Vista later under the same license.) Dell, HP, and
>> Lenovo will all offer the "downgrade" option on select business (and in
>> Dell's case, some high-end gaming-oriented systems) at an additional
>> cost. How long they'll make this option available is unclear, though.
>> Dell is committing only until February 2009 to have the "downgrade"
>> option available on its Vostro and select XPS lines of PCs, for example.
>>
>> The "downgrade" option will not be available from either Best Buy or
>> Circuit City.
>>
>> Businesses that have a Vista site license can also "downgrade" their
>> systems to XP, such as InfoWorld has previously outlined.
>>
>> System builders -- those who make custom PCs, such as at local computer
>> repair shops -- can sell XP until February 2009. And XP will be
>> available on ultra-low-cost laptops and desktops until 2010.
>>
>>
>> -T
>>

In article <3EA63471-E4F5-4839-8634->,
oscar <> wrote:
>
>The only reasons not to buy Vista are:
>1) can't afford it.
>2) don't want to put in the time to learn a new OS.
>

Hmmm, let's see... 2GB ram $60.00, DX10 video card $60.00
OEM Vista $180.00 Three hundred bucks to...run as fast as XP...

I suggest reason #3: it's illogical.

Charlie Tame wrote:
> Actually I have it running on a 2000 machine that has only a CPU upgrade
> and new Video card and it works quite well. It also runs under
> virtualbox (with Ubuntu as Host) at the same time as XP on the same
> machine but of course you lose some graphics like Aero.

Mine is a Xeon 5130 running CentOS 5.1 and XFce 4.4.2 as the
base operating system and GUI. I run Windows under Virtual
Box as well. Xp, Vista, ReactOS, Bart PE so far.

XP-SP3 running fairly nice. Some what slower due to the virtual machine.

Vista drags. No Aero, but I don't like Aero anyway.

I like my OS to get out of the way and let me concentrate
on my applications. I despise "eye candy". Cute once, interesting
the second time, annoying the third ... If I want a
"multimedia experience", I will run a "multimedia application".
When I am tired of it, I will exit the program.

The application base is where XP reins supreme. Vista has
tons of problems with non-Microsoft applications (Quick Books,
UPS World Ship, yada, yada) not to mention it is slower running them.

The question one should ask is, will my O.S. run the applications
I need? Pick your O.S. this way. Do not pick your O.S. and then
go look for what will run on it.

My 2 Cents,
-T

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:38:24 -0700, cheley_bonstell88 wrote:

>
>
> 1: Windows XP is still for sale
>
> http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/re...s%20XP&tabid=1
>
>
> 2: You can still buy PC's with Good old reliable Windows XP installed
>
>
> 3 There are other more reliable Operating systems available
>
> Others?

Reasons to buy Vista:

1) You built a new computer with a dual/quad core processor, multiple hard
drives on RAID, high-end video card, high-end sound card, several
gigabytes of RAM, and a nice widescreen monitor. Get the best of it with
Vista.

2) A lot of new features like SuperFetch, isolated kernel, better 64-bit
support, revamped network stack, new audio stack, a better UI, among
others

3) Support for DirectX 10 games

4) **** off idiots who are stuck in the past with XP or advocating
server/development operating systems for desktops