Re: Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months
> XP just has a lot more history behind it, and people tend to have very
> short memories.
I for one don't have short memory, but I tend to think that going through
the same routine for every few years is rather foolish.
It means we haven't learned anything from the past and no "progress".
The best talents prevent mistakes, the middle ones fix it once for all, and
the worst repeats with pride.
"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> nemo wrote:
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>> On Oct 8, 11:05 am, "John John (MVP)" <audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
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>>>Frank wrote:
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>>>>Plato wrote:
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>>>>>the granter of sina wrote:
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>>>>>>Microsoft is sending some very confusing signals about Windows Vista
>>>>>>- the
>>>>>>latest of which it issued via a statement on October 3.
>>>
>>>>>>The Register reported on October 2 that Microsoft was going to extend
>>>>>>again
>>>>>>the date until which PC makers would be allowed to continue to offer
>>>>>>Windows
>>>>>>users "downgrade rights," enabling them to switch from Vista to XP on
>>>>>>new
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>>>>>I'm also a bit confused. The other Sunday I was watching NASCAR with a
>>>>>neighbor and was considering bringing my laptop over after signing up
>>>>>with their special service, which required a high end pc/laptop, so I
>>>>>went to Dell and looked for laptops as it was about time for me to get
>>>>>in shape, and they all seemed to come with Vista, but for $100 _more_
>>>>>you could get a _downgrade_ to XP.
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>>>>>Too weird for me. I closed the page.
>>>
>>>>"Downgrade" is the operative word.
>>>>But why would anyone pay $100 to "downgrade" anything?
>>>>Are there that many stupid people out there?
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>>>You don't have to pay to downgrade, it's part of the Vista business
>>>license as it was part of the XP Professional license as it was part of
>>>the Windows 2000 Professional license as it is and was part of different
>>>Server versions.
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>> So if the laptop I bought came with a Home version, what are my
>> options? Unfortunately most PCs sold in the US, and certainly nearly
>> *ALL* laptops, come with a choice of exactly one version of the OS.
>> Is there a path to put XP on my machine? I am using it for design
>> work and a fair percentage of the software I run is very cranky under
>> Vista or some of it won't even install. So I may have to shell out
>> thousands of dollars more to get new versions of applications... if
>> they are even available for Vista.
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> The only issue I see is that Microsoft didn't replace XP soon enough. Up
> until Vista, they were releasing operating systems every 2-3 years. XP
> just has a lot more history behind it, and people tend to have very short
> memories.
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