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| Thread ID: 72158 | 2006-09-02 00:18:00 | Vista for the Rich | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 482068 | 2006-09-04 07:18:00 | But new OS does have some new features in there. OK, I am curious. What "new features" grab you enough to have you fork out more $$ to poor old impoverished MS? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 482069 | 2006-09-04 07:41:00 | But Metla, its not the average home user wanting to upgrade that makes all the sales. Its companies. Akld Uni is going to install it, they are going to have to get new PCs but they are almost at the end of their 3 yrs anyway so they don'tt care. A lot of other big businesses will too. And it will become the O/S when you buy a new Dell, Compaq, etc. Thats how it gets out to begin with, regardless of whether the rest of us avoid it. Look how prevalent XP is now.... And MS will encourage it by not supporting it, drivers will become harder to find for newer hardware etc.... Its why I now have XP on this PC - no Win98 drivers for everything - especially the MB. None of that contradicts anything I said in the least, Yes companies will get it when they next upgrade, And yes no matter if they upgraded a year ago or in years time they would still get whatever MS is currently available. The point is whether or not they will create an upgrade cycle just for Vista, and the proof in the pudding is that it didn't happen as expected with XP. And try not to discount the home users, There are literally hundreds of millions of comps in peoples homes. Windows 95/98 gave us a usable gui, huge driver database and multi-media capabilities plus intuitive internet capabilities. NT/W2K gave stability and networking features for businesses. XP gave us both rolled into the single package. What does Vista bring?............DRM? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 482070 | 2006-09-04 07:44:00 | None of that contradicts anything I said in the least, XP gave us both rolled into the single package. What does Vista bring?............DRM? So he will sell millions as always. Yes Vista brings DRM, more bloat, more tech headaches and less money in the pockets of those who buy it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 482071 | 2006-09-04 09:28:00 | Metla........Cough, Cough. PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 482072 | 2006-09-04 10:08:00 | Believe me PJ I have been trying, but between the long hours at work, the nightly ritual of dinner, shower,spend some time with the family and the 50 billion things I have to get done on the weekends my time has been sparse. Your not the only ones that I have let down lately and I'm certainly not happy about it, Though Im doing my utmost to catch up with the people who Ive told I'll call in on. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 482073 | 2006-09-04 10:19:00 | At the end of the day most people will stick with ms cause its been round for years and people who dont want to bother with linux and such will have to put up with it,as their are not many free OS systems available this is why Bill gates is so rich.Obviously 90% of people are happy with ms systems they keep making them so they must be selling them so their cant be that much wrong with what ms does. | Hitech (9024) | ||
| 482074 | 2006-09-04 21:23:00 | Obviously 90% of people are happy with ms systems they keep making them so they must be selling them so their cant be that much wrong with what ms does. Why does how widespread something is automatically mean its great? Slavery was widespread not so long ago. Ford sold heaps of Pintos in the US. Thalidomide was widely popular as a morning sickness drug. Widespread means good marketing, not necessarily the best product. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 482075 | 2006-09-04 22:43:00 | Widespread means good marketing, not necessarily the best product. Or peer pressure/keeping up with the Jones's - "It must be good because Tom, Barb, Pete and Mary have one of those so I want one too!" :rolleyes: :groan: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 482076 | 2006-09-05 00:43:00 | I am still using Windows 2000. Windows XP in relation to Windows 2000 was much like Windows 98 is to Windows 95. Windows XP Features and how to get them in Windows 2000 Windows XP Firewall: Windows 2000 + third party firewall (free) Windows XP Media Player: Windows 2000 + third party players (free) Windows XP Internet Explorer: Windows 2000 + Firefox (free) Windows XP Security: Windows 2000 + ProcessGuard (free) Windows XP DirectX: Windows 2000 + DirectX 9.0c (free) So why do I need Windows XP. And why would I need Vista. Once I no longer wish to play my old games. I will migrate to Linux (also free) Why pay US$400 to upgrade to Vista when I could not find a valid reason to upgrade to XP |
KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 482077 | 2006-09-05 01:42:00 | Windows XP Features and how to get them in Windows 2000 Windows XP Firewall: Windows 2000 + third party firewall (free) Windows XP Media Player: Windows 2000 + third party players (free) Windows XP Internet Explorer: Windows 2000 + Firefox (free) Windows XP Security: Windows 2000 + ProcessGuard (free) Windows XP DirectX: Windows 2000 + DirectX 9.0c (free) So why do I need Windows XP. And why would I need Vista. Yep, all those things you list first are crap anyway. As for the last - thats what will force me to it probably - not 9.0c - DX10. |
pctek (84) | ||
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