> I do understand your position. Really, but, let us agree to disagree. > This is my personal rant. I really do mean no disrespect, really. > Let's consider this my personal spew....
No problem... I personally and use it in business apps as well. > And, I still use Win2KProSP4 as my basic OS. Why? It just flat works. 24/7. > Yes, I am testing WinXP. I do know I may have to move there. Still searching > for vendors willing to sell it w/o having to buy ~$1500 worth of "new" > computer > stuff just to be able to buy a stinking MS CD of WinXP. Sheesh! > Yes, OK. I do have limited contacts and search criteria. My bad....... Am > working with my older Brother on this ATM.... :) I still use Windows XP SP2 on my work computer main machine. Why? Well, the Data Recovery software I use only supports Windows XP. > I do know that you need to stay on the bleeding edge of OS technology because > of the service and experience you have. How many personal versions of > Vista have > you actually bought for personal use? If you got your personal use copies > via your > work-20, all bets are off. From everything I have read, Vista is very > expensive. > And, not just the base OS. It demands additional expense in hardware also > for some > of us. Are we just supposed to toss out our own old personal computers? > Do you honestly think this will happen? ........... :) I have bought the complete DVD version of Vista Ultimate, includes 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the OS for my XPS Laptop. The Cost was like $399 I think. I also, purchased an OEM version of the OS in 32-bit version and it cost like $135, I think. > OK. You like Vista. Fine. Many on planet Earth do not. If MS wants to > push this, > I suspect Apple and *nix will most likely get many, many more converts. > And, this is JMHO too. And, /rant......... :) I do have issues with Vista as well. Many people do as well. Once SP1 of Vista comes out it should address some issues with Vista. At 09:52 01/15/2008 -0800, you wrote: >This is getting to be ridiculous. Yes, Vista is different. A lot of PC >users do not grasp on how to use Vista. There are ways to turn off certain >warnings and what not. In fact, if you have the hardware for it why not go >vista? You'll miss out... > >The one thing I do not like about vista is the Audio control. No more >Directsound to hardware. It's all done in HAL (Not the 2001 Computer >either). This makes a lot of gamers pissed off, especially when they use >SDPIF to connect to their speaker system. > >I remember not so far back that XP was getting the same, if not more of the >same treatment. BTW, I've been told Mac's new OS is faster than Vista. Who >knows. > >Regards, > >Tim "The Beave" Lider >MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.myspace.com/dowbeave > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington >Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:19 AM >To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com >Subject: [H] Save XP! > >Go to this page and sign the Save XP petition. Friends don't let >friends get stuck with Vista. > >http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/ > >T Tim "The Beave" Lider MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.myspace.com/dowbeave
