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[furrbear]

Even though it's "officially" no longer a retail product,

Windows XP Still Outselling Windows Vista

"While Microsoft excitedly tries to sway public opinion by touting that Windows Vista License sales top 180 Million units, Hewlett-Packard (HP) was busy smacking Microsoft down — reportedly shipping PCs with a Vista Business license but with Windows XP pre-loaded in the majority of business computers sold since the June 30 Windows XP execution date established by Microsoft — casting a lot of doubt over how many copies of Vista have actually been sold."

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[danthered.livejournal.com]

See here.

[gordreece.livejournal.com]

You know. I want to bash Bill Gates over the head with my partner's PC laptop. I have been using computers since marking optically read Hollerith cards in high school. This is the first time EVER that I couldn't trouble shoot basic issues on a computer.

I HATE VISTA!!

I want to book Bill Gates on a bus in Canada.

[injustifiiable.livejournal.com]

I love this option, though. I buy the Dells at work and we've been ordering them with Win XP preinstalled on a Vista license...Vista is a pain in the ass and we aren't ready to migrate over just yet...

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

I'm totally not surprised. Big businesses are notoriously slow about this - there are distinct advantages to having lots of essentially identical machines all running the same software. And when they've got hundreds or thousands of machines... it's not exactly a minor expense to "upgrade."

Interestingly, I remember seeing something a while back about M$ planning a Vista-based version of Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs - I don't think they DARE do that now. WinFLP has very loose keycode checking - to make it easy for IT staff repurposing/reimaging older machines. If they put out a version of Vista that actually performed decently (but only to their major license clients, as with WinFLP) - it would be SO pirated SO fast it wouldn't even be funny.

And let me ask - IS there a point to M$'s obsession with menus that rearrange themselves? I want items in the same place every time - I don't want the OS second-guessing me and moving stuff around, screwing up my habit of flicking to just there to get to a certain application. Why do I have to keep turning OFF the idiocy known as "Personalized Menus"???

[hanover.livejournal.com]

I bought two new PCs (Toshiba Laptop and HP Desktop) with Vista and have had no problems.

In fact, unlike XP, I didn't even have to jump through hoops to get my Cannon GL-1 Digital Video Camera to be recognized. The first time I plugged it into the firewire port, it loaded the correct drivers without a problem. Same with my powered microphone.

To be honest, I havent stumbled upon an application that I use that had a problem with Vista...Audacity, TVersity, Game Tap, various games, etc. all work without a problem. I use my PC as a media server to stream videos to my PS3 downstairs (using powerline LAN adapters) and it transcodes video without a problem...fast too.

Maybe there's a difference between trying to upgrade an old PC to Vista versus buying a PC with it already installed?

[hereticsoul.livejournal.com]

I just today got one of those spiffy HP workstations with the Vista license and XP loaded on the box. Our IT dept won't allow us to put Vista computers on the network. Which is fine with me.

[cubziz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've loved Microsoft trying to convince people that it's just bad press that has been causing so much problem with Vista.

Sure, and the Y2K bug was just hype.

Microsoft has serious problems and it had better get Windows 7 done within the next year, or it's going to start losing more to the Linux and OS X camps.