MS gives users 6 months longer to flee from Vista

[namvet]

OEMs have been given an additional six months to sell PCs running Windows Vista with the ability to downgrade to Windows XP using an accompanying recovery disc.



downgrade from a new version???? is this history????

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I think this speaks volumes about vista???? downgrade. this might be a 1st. a few weeks back I went down the street to do some shopping at Sam's wholesale club. they had a HP PC in the middle of the floor powered up and running. of course I couldn't resist. so I monkey'd around with it. I forgot the version. but it was complicated and very user unfriendly. I had trouble just finding "my computer" on the damned thing......

[diuretic]

Oi! Just before I'm kicked out of this thread I have to ask why you'd bother! You have to pay money for it and it's crap so why don't you jus

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[namvet]

Oi! Just before I'm kicked out of this thread I have to ask why you'd bother! You have to pay money for it and it's crap so why don't you jus

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I have XP limy. I don't pay anything. "don't you jus" ???? :laugh2:

[diuretic]

I have XP limy. I don't pay anything. "don't you jus" ???? :laugh2:

Born a Limey, naturalised Australian - Seppo! :laugh2:
Heck that's the first time I've ever used that term "Seppo". You know what?

IT FELT GOOD! :laugh2:

Just kidding, I probably won't use it again.

So how much did your legal copy of Office cost?

Upgrades?

Virus protection?

Need I go on in my pain in the arse oh so proselytising Linux fanbloke manner?

No, I didn't think so. I hate smug too.

But...........:D

[namvet]

Born a Limey, naturalised Australian - Seppo! :laugh2:
Heck that's the first time I've ever used that term "Seppo". You know what?

IT FELT GOOD! :laugh2:

Just kidding, I probably won't use it again.

Need I go on in my pain in the arse oh so proselytising Linux fanbloke manner?

No, I didn't think so. I hate smug too.

But...........:D

So how much did your legal copy of Office cost? free. my wife works for the state

Upgrades? free

Virus protection? free

???????

you did say Linux ???? read on Mcduff

Study: Linux' Security Problems Outstrip Microsoft's

Trojan Horses and Viruses????

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what does WWW mean????? yawn

[April15]

At a computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of
the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. And for some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive, but would run on only five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light.

7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

Linux is a very stable platform. For a home user it is so much better than anything microsuks.