<SNIP> I almost forgot to add, Vista is noticeably slower than XP on the HP laptop. God only knows what kind of progress that is supposed to be. <SNIP>
The next thing M$ will release is a update patch that will supposedly fix a problem with their "anonymous" user information reporting service that runs completely hidden in the background that reports to M$ every day about what you are doing on your computer and that the problem with the service was that in one instance, which they call a pandemic breakout the service ran in the foreground and allowed the user to see what was going in. Luckily the user was not present when it was visible. LOL Mike Wohlrab Computer Technology Solutions 585-944-3823 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ComputerTechnologySolutions.org FTP://MikeWohlrab.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Ramey Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 7:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [NF]was Dell once again offers Windows XP - Vista upgrade I just clean installed Vista on my old HP ZD7000 laptop, 1.5GB RAM, 64MB Video, 2 1400X900 monitors, and 3GHz Pentium. Likewise I turned off all the pretty video stuff (went to control panel and set video for best performance). I also installed Office 2007. Networking went very smooth with the only glitch a little extra effort in Local Security Policies to connect with a Linux server running Samba. The machine is for my teenage daughter so if it's a pain --- well she can be one too so it's payback time ;) Actually, it seems to be working fairly well once I went to HP on the web and downloaded the XP video driver. I know Vista is inevitable because of my line of business so after learning from this install I'm getting a second HD for my Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop (which has even slower integrated video). Then I'll try some software development stuff and see how that works. I almost forgot to add, Vista is noticeably slower than XP on the HP laptop. God only knows what kind of progress that is supposed to be. Regards, Scott Ramey BDS Software > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Paul Hill > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:23 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [NF] Dell once again offers Windows XP > > On 4/20/07, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MB Software Solutions wrote: > > > This has to piss off M$, as it means less adoption (at this time) of > its > > > Vista OS! > > > > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_on_hi_te/dell_xp > > > > > > > > I see they've slapped a Jan 2008 killswitch on XP for OEMs. > > > > Oh well, I've just upgraded my XP laptop with an MSDN copy of Vista > > Enterprise so I'll let you all know how I got on. Despite taking 4 hours > > to upgrade, it's been very painless, requiring only updated WLAN drivers > > after the install was done. > > I installed Vista on Thursday. I chose not to upgrade but rather to > install in a new partition and duel boot. I was forced to really > because we've had at least 5 customers this week phoning to query > about Vista. > > Installation was painless and very quick (faster than XP). On > Thursday I got frustrated and switched back to XP because I needed to > get real some work done. > > Today, after switching off all the visual garbage (and the god damn > blurry fonts!) and finally getting explorer to work like I wanted it's > growing on me. There's still some things I still haven't got right but > it's usable. I really hate that new font, looks like it was designed > by a kid, the spacing is far too wide. A bit like MS Comic. > > So far I've spotted a few problems with our main app, but nothing show > stopping. Scrollbars look a bit odd for some reason. > > -- > Paul > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAADyR4uiGpE1FtAx5QVhP+dICgQAAEAAAACIh1KJedFdHmmlv7P/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
