 Fortch
Da Mechanic
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Tuesday April 1st 2008 01:08 PM - Post#98147
DailyTech:
- Microsoft, however, isn't exactly singing XP's praises anymore. While the Redmond-based company is putting the finishing touches on Service Pack 3 (SP3) for the nearly seven-year-old OS, the company announced last year that it would cease the sale of new XP licenses on June 30, 2008 -- this date itself was extended from January 31, 2008 due to incessant pressure from its customers.
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matt619
enthusiast
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Loc: San Diego, CA
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Friday April 25th 2008 02:43 AM - Post#98270
In response to Fortch
Ya, its kinda funny, XP, does its job, and for a whole lot of people out there, its the only OS they've ever known....and without a successor for over 5 years, its become ingrained into daily life. Going from XP to something different, just for the sake of being different.....its almost like trying to get America to go Metric, without the benefit of decimal. The biggest problem I have with Vista, is driver and program incompatibilities. I can disable UAC, and I can re-learn where they hid all the necessities, like when the grocery store re-arranges the shelves......buy I'm sitting here typing this while watching TV on a 4 year old Dell craptop running the same install of XP I've been running for the past 2 years......but there's just no NEED for Vista. There was a need for '95 over 3.1, there was a need for '98 over '95, and XP was a revolution.....but it does what a computer should do. That's the problem with a computer in every home and on every desk......there's a whole lot more inertia behind an OS when its in every home and on every desk.
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Lanwizard
Mostly Harmless
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Friday April 25th 2008 04:52 AM - Post#98271
In response to Fortch
The only version of Vista I would ever intentionally buy would be the business edition, specifically so I could exercise the downgrade rights to XP Pro.
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Lanwizard
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Friday April 25th 2008 05:44 PM - Post#98274
In response to Lanwizard
Further info:
http://www.crn.com/software/207401680
Somebody told me to go to Hell, I replied back that I can't. He asked me why and I said that the Devil has taken out a restraining order against me.
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