If MS is to be believed from the QA after their tech stop they will offer no 'upgrade' versions at any price break
True of both Vista and anyone going from SBS2003 to SBS2003R2 will also pay full boat all over again Unless you purchased within 180 days at which point some sort of mail in rebate / mailed version may be sent to you CW Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -----Original Message----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:41:45 To:"The Hardware List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 8:57 AM Subject: RE: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage. > > And how many laptops have 128MB of video RAM or more? Not many. So Vista > isn't for laptops, clearly. Of course, they're looking to the future, > when we all buy new ones. :) > In my opinion, operating system upgrades are a huge gamble, pure and simple. The customer bets at least $90.00 (the street price in the stores for Win 95 Upgrade, Win 98 Upgrade, Win Me Upgrade and Win XP Home Upgrade) against the odds of getting $90.00 in value. If it does not work out, Microsoft keeps the $90.00 if the package has been opened. True, Microsoft will allow it to be migrated to another computer if it was never authenticated. Only the high end computers that were purchased close to the tail end of the change by Microsoft from one OS to a new OS, run well with OS upgrades. For example, high end computers purchased in 2005 or 2006 are most likely to take an upgrade to Vista decently. Around Albany, GA over 90% of computers are very low end. The low end ones barely handle the OS that came on them. The problem is the customer does not know this and often buys and upgrade to their OS. Microsoft gets paid twice for the OS on the same computer when it is upgraded. Again, my opinion. I would love to see all those low end computers denied an upgrade by their owners. They can be passed on to the kids or sold, thus providing the poor who can not afford a new computer a used computer. Even if this advice is followed, if the customer does not learn how to spec. a computer and buy well above the low end one, they will get poor performance from whatever OS that comes on it. So what can be worse than a sluggish low end desktop that has received and OS upgrade? A low end laptop that has received and OS upgrade, as they are more sluggish than desktops with the same specs. anyway. Chuck
