But would`t I have to have Vista in place in order to upgrade to 7?...Or better stay with XP and wait, if I have to start from scratch with 7 so be it...
Marcio -----Original Message----- >From: mike <[email protected]> >Sent: Apr 30, 2009 5:22 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out? > >Two points here. No, at this point with win 7 on the horizon there is no >reason to go out and buy a copy of Vista. If you are purchasing a new >computer which comes loaded with Vista then good, leave it. Vista has no >more bugs than XP or any other OS. > >As far as her accuracy about Vista being discontinued, bogus. About it >being too expensive to fix...bogus. It's already fixed, the part that isn't >fixed are press reports and MS haters like Tom who continue attack it >without any facts. > > > >On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Marcio <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks to you all. No, she did not say that. She said that Microsoft was >> discontinuing selling Windows Vista (actually that it already discontinued) >> because it would be too expensive to fix it. She meant that Microsoft >> decided to stop selling Windows Vista. That I then would be better off >> staying with the XP Home and wait to see what was coming from Microsoft. I >> have no doubt that this is what she said. Did not mention Premium or >> Business. >> >> I can´t find in Brazil a Windows Vista Upgrade from Microsoft Home XP >> (Portuguese). So to swith to Vista I would have to start from zero... what a >> pain... but I was willing to do so that I would have a Vista and wait for 7. >> But she said that Microsoft had decided to stop selling all Vistas in no >> uncertain terms. >> >> Will stay with the XP Home. Do you all see any good reason for me to buy a >> Vista Home (or Premium) and start from scratch? To prepare for 7? >> >> Marcio >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >From: Tony B <[email protected]> >> >Sent: Apr 30, 2009 4:35 PM >> >To: [email protected] >> >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out? >> > >> >My first reaction was "This guy is an idiot". But I think you may have >> just >> >misunderstood. Perhaps he was saying that, for the cost of him installing >> >it, you might be better off waiting a couple years for Windows 7 SP1. Or >> >something. >> > >> >Anyway, MS has no intention of killing off Vista before XP, but like all >> >versions of Windows, it's an incremental upgrade. I wouldn't buy a new >> >computer today without it. The included UAC is about the only protection >> you >> >have against malware these days. >> > >> >PS The version you want is Vista Home *Premium*. Do NOT get Vista Home. >> >Maybe that's what he meant? >> > >> > >> >On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Marcio <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Talk with my computer shop today and wanted to buy from them the Windows >> >> Vista Nome SP1 to install on my new computer. The nice owner told me >> that I >> >> should not buy it because Microsoft is taking Vista out of the market >> >> because it would cost them too much to fix all the bugs. Recommended >> that I >> >> stay with my Windows XP Home until we learn what microsoft is going to >> do. >> > >> > >> >************************************************************************* >> >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> >************************************************************************* >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
