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Here's one fix they should do:
Current "upgrade" prices:
Home Basic - 99
Home Premium - 159
Business - 199
Ultimate - 259
Change that to....
Home Premium - 79
Business - 99
Ultimate - 129
Then it'd be like the XP pricing, without some stupid new crippled version of the OS.
Current "upgrade" prices:
Home Basic - 99
Home Premium - 159
Business - 199
Ultimate - 259
Change that to....
Home Premium - 79
Business - 99
Ultimate - 129
Then it'd be like the XP pricing, without some stupid new crippled version of the OS.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Leisher wrote:Best quote from that one and everything you need to know about Vista:Windows Vista is destined to be compared to Windows Millennium and why Microsoft is already directing significant efforts on producing something to replace it within the next two years.
My prediction is this won't happen. We'll end up with a 2nd Edition/Service Pack 2 solution a year to two years down the line.
I'd also have to argue the point that it breaks most software. So far the only issues I've seen with software is with CD/DVD writing software. From what I've read, MS moved all the CD/DVD driver stuff out of the kernel (which was causing blue screens in XP at times) and that's killed those software packages. Also, Cisco's VPN client doesn't work with it.
If you'll recall, all the modem communications software died when 95 was released because they incorporated all the communications into the OS instead of running it as an outside app as they did w/ Windows 3.0-3.1. People pitched a bitch about that.
Other than that, I haven't had any software fail to run.
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"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
I'd change over a lot faster if this were the case.TheCatt wrote:Here's one fix they should do:
Current "upgrade" prices:
Home Basic - 99
Home Premium - 159
Business - 199
Ultimate - 259
Change that to....
Home Premium - 79
Business - 99
Ultimate - 129
Then it'd be like the XP pricing, without some stupid new crippled version of the OS.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
My prediction is this won't happen.
Time will tell, but I've heard two different rumors:
-The next OS was scheduled to be released in 2011.
-The next OS has been in development since prior to Vista's original release date in 2006.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
I made an error:
. It should obviously say "Vista" instead of "XP" at the end.re-release XP as a viable alternative to XP
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Today at the tire place (fucking Detroit fucking roads ripped up some 3 month old tires....) I was wearing my Gateway jacket. The tire guy asked me if he should upgrade from XP to Vista, because his new Dell came with a 'free upgrade to vista' certificate. I asked, "Does XP do everything you want to do?" "Yes." "Are you a gamer?" "No." Then you have no need to upgrade to Vista." "Cool, thanks!"
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I have a Vista test machine in my office. Basically, just a desktop running Vista that I install our programs on to see if they'll work for when we eventually get stuck with Vista.
So, today I install Office 2007 on it. I then go to grab any updates and get the following error:
Could they have fucked up this launch any worse?
So, today I install Office 2007 on it. I then go to grab any updates and get the following error:
The Office Update service is currently not supported on Microsoft Windows Vista. You can, however, get Office updates for Office XP, Office 2003, and the 2007 Office system by opting into the Microsoft Update service.
Could they have fucked up this launch any worse?
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2003p018id78073.htm
Just to remind people that there's nothing new under the sun.
Just to remind people that there's nothing new under the sun.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
Did XP actually base itself on the idea that it was going to allow the user to do less than he could with Win98? I'm thinking the hardware DRM required to run high def video on Vista.Vince wrote:http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2003p018id78073.htm
Just to remind people that there's nothing new under the sun.
Drivers will catch up, but some things are a dick in the ass no matter how you look at it.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
When XP came out, a LOT of software that talked directly to the hardware under 98 couldn't do that anymore in XP. So in essence, yes. You could do less with XP than you could with 98. But it was way more stable. After a while.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
I never had any problem with XP being stable, except for things related to my SB Live card. From what I could tell, Creative never quite got the drivers right for it. Sometimes while playing a game the PC would just reboot. But from what I've read there were others that had a lot of crashes early on.
But then again, I've been reading a lot of people complain about so much software that doesn't work with Vista and I haven't seen much of that either.
But then again, I've been reading a lot of people complain about so much software that doesn't work with Vista and I haven't seen much of that either.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren