[Flexradio] Q18. Why isn't the FLEX-5000C loaded with Windows Vista?

2007-04-12 Thread Philip Covington
Please see: http://apcmag.com/5835/vendors_in_no_rush_to_ditch_xp_for_vista How does this affect Flex Radio's decision to supply the SDR-5000C with Windows XP? It looks like XP will not be available before the SDR-5000C even hits the streets. Phil N8VB

Re: [Flexradio] Q18. Why isn't the FLEX-5000C loaded with Windows Vista?

2007-04-12 Thread W2AGN
Philip Covington wrote: Please see: http://apcmag.com/5835/vendors_in_no_rush_to_ditch_xp_for_vista How does this affect Flex Radio's decision to supply the SDR-5000C with Windows XP? It looks like XP will not be available before the SDR-5000C even hits the streets. Phil N8VB I for

Re: [Flexradio] Q18. Why isn't the FLEX-5000C loaded with Windows Vista?

2007-04-12 Thread k5nwa
About a year ago we had a talk with the Microsoft reps, we have a corporate license for XP and several other products, the outcome was that Microsoft has no problem with downgrading a license to a older product. In our case we needed a version of the software no longer for sale, we purchased

Re: [Flexradio] Q18. Why isn't the FLEX-5000C loaded with Windows Vista?

2007-04-12 Thread Ray Andrews
Jim, You are absolutely correct. We have hundreds of PC's on our production floor, all running Windows 2000. We have not even moved to XP yet for our production machines., nor do we have any plans to do so in the foreseeable future. Yes, we have a site license and load the Win2K image