Why should you upgrade to Windows Vista

This is the best Microsoft marketing can do ?
I got this email:
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TechNet Flash: Special Edition: Why should you upgrade to Windows Vista?

Welcome to the special bonus edition of TechNet Flash featuring content
specifically selected to inform and ease your Windows Vista deployment.
.....

Every 10 PCs that switch to Windows Vista is the equivalent of taking an
automobile off the road, in terms of greenhouse gases.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...Conserv.mspxOH, in that case let me toss my current OS .

- Bobb - wrote:

> This is the best Microsoft marketing can do ?
> I got this email:
> ==================
>
> TechNet Flash: Special Edition: Why should you upgrade to Windows Vista?
>
> Welcome to the special bonus edition of TechNet Flash featuring content
> specifically selected to inform and ease your Windows Vista deployment.
> ....
>
> Every 10 PCs that switch to Windows Vista is the equivalent of taking an
> automobile off the road, in terms of greenhouse gases.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...Conserv.mspxOH,
> in that case let me toss my current OS .


Does this mean that Vista is to bloated, clunky and inefficient that
every 10 PC's running it will deprive an automobile of a tank of gas?

"Ghostrider" <-00-@fitron.142> wrote in message
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> - Bobb - wrote:
>> This is the best Microsoft marketing can do ?
>> I got this email:
>> ==================
>> TechNet Flash: Special Edition: Why should you upgrade to Windows Vista?
>>
>> Welcome to the special bonus edition of TechNet Flash featuring content
>> specifically selected to inform and ease your Windows Vista deployment.
>> ....
>>
>> Every 10 PCs that switch to Windows Vista is the equivalent of taking an
>> automobile off the road, in terms of greenhouse gases.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...Conserv.mspxOH,
>> in that case let me toss my current OS .
>
>
> Does this mean that Vista is to bloated, clunky and inefficient that
> every 10 PC's running it will deprive an automobile of a tank of gas?

THEY HAVE IMPROVED IT THAT MUCH WITH SP1? LOL

"M.I.5¾" <_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message
> news:u$R%...
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>> " Every 10 PCs that switch to Windows Vista is the equivalent of taking
>> an automobile off the road, in terms of greenhouse gases."
> =======
>
> Either the URL is wrong or the page has been deleted.

You're right - it changed:
I reclicked my links and they have forwarded URL's - try these:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9033354

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...rgyConserv.doc

"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message
news:u$R%...
> This is the best Microsoft marketing can do ?
> I got this email:
> ==================
>
> TechNet Flash: Special Edition: Why should you upgrade to Windows Vista?
>
> Welcome to the special bonus edition of TechNet Flash featuring content
> specifically selected to inform and ease your Windows Vista deployment.
> ....
>
> Every 10 PCs that switch to Windows Vista is the equivalent of taking an
> automobile off the road, in terms of greenhouse gases.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...Conserv.mspxOH,
> in that case let me toss my current OS .


typo:
s/b
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...gyConserv.mspx

"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in
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> "- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message
> news:u$R%...
>> This is the best Microsoft marketing can do ?
>> I got this email:
>> ==================
>>
>> TechNet Flash: Special Edition: Why should you upgrade to Windows
>> Vista?
>>
>> Welcome to the special bonus edition of TechNet Flash featuring
>> content specifically selected to inform and ease your Windows Vista
>> deployment. ....
>>
>> Every 10 PCs that switch to Windows Vista is the equivalent of taking
>> an automobile off the road, in terms of greenhouse gases.
>>
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...staEnergyConse
>> rv.mspxOH, in that case let me toss my current OS .
>
>
> typo:
> s/b
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system...staEnergyConse
r
> v.mspx
>

All of my XP systems are set to turn off the monitors and disks when
they are idle. (I think monitors default to power off even in XP.)

95% of the article compares how much energy is saved with a monitor
powered off versus not powered off. That doesn't only happen in Vista!
I configured my Windows 95 computers to do the same thing, 14 years ago.

The rest of the info in that article is what I would call "fluff". The
group policy and corporate settings have to be set by someone.


David Walker

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:08:38 -0700, David Walker <>
wrote:

>95% of the article compares how much energy is saved with a monitor
>powered off versus not powered off. That doesn't only happen in Vista!
>I configured my Windows 95 computers to do the same thing, 14 years ago.

I noticed the same thing. Ther comparison of Vista savings is to a
system left full time with no power saving features at all. Very
realistic.

VISTA IS EEEEEVVVIILLLLLLLL I TELL YO

there is no reason to upgrade, i did and i have been having so man
problems its not funny..

that marketing thing is the worst excuse yet :

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