I think you missed the point of all the ThinkPad buyers who paid $75 to DOWNGRADE back to XP. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RBay" <canyonla...@gmail.com> To: "Matt" <mwt...@ameritech.net> Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 64 bit Vista
> Good grief, you guys don't think Microsoft is making these computers and > software for you, do you? > > This is an enormous industry... When VISTA came out, it made an incredible > amount of money for nearly everybody in the industry... > > 64 MB vs 4 GB.... Pshaw!!! 30 GB hard drives replaced by 500 GB hard > drives... soon to be replaced by 750 GB flash drives that require no moving > parts... > > This is about making money for manufacturers... for Microsoft... for online > retailers... for tech shops and Value Added Retailers all over the world.. > > And you can afford it... > > So quityourbitchin, for it will never go your way... We are all just > players... complaining is OK but it changes nothing... Windows 98 is still > available, but I'll bet no more than 2 percent of this forum use it any > more... > > Sure there is Linux and Unix and Ubuntu... and all that other fluff... but > look at the sales... negligible... and most of you sneak back to WXP or > VISTA and cannot wait for Windows 7 or whatever they decide to call it. > > VISTA kept a lot of computer component manufacgturers alive... and that > benefits you as well... keeps you from becomming bored. > > RayBay > > > > ________ > > The problem with Socialism is that you > eventually run out of other people's money. > > .. ... .... ..... ...... ....... ........ Margaret > Thatcher > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Matt <mwt...@ameritech.net> wrote: > > > Same experience - RAM wise. > > > > Vista - One Gb at idle, XP Pro SP3 - 350Mb at idle. > > > > The Vista sidebar isn't worth the difference. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Bruce Markowitz > > To: thinkpad@stderr.org ; Aryeh Goretsky (home) > > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:52 PM > > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 64 bit Vista > > > > > > Operating system and background programs use about 1.2GB of RAM when cold > > booted > > > > That's a SIN. There was a time when you could run Win98 on 64MB very > > nicely. > > Now it takes 1.2 gigs just to boot up. > > _______________________________________________ > > Thinkpad mailing list > > Thinkpad@stderr.org > > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > Thinkpad@stderr.org > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
