Windows Vista RE: Reasons to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

[Casanova Fly]

RE: Reasons to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Don't listen to what people say about Vista not being a gaming OS. I think
they just assumed the backwards compatibility would be non-existant. Vista
has a clean interface that looks very nice. It's can utilize DirectX 10
(which is key unless you plan on having a system specifically to play games
from the 1990s). I was going to stick with XP because I listened to the
negativity, but my friend told me to go for it and so I did and I'm not
looking back. It's terrific. And in terms of playing old games, I bought
Hitman the week it came out back in 1999/2000. Before XP even existed, and it
installed on Vista no problem. I couldn't install it on XP either. So THERE.
The only game I couldn't play was original Doom, the original Windows 95
version. So it's your decision, Doom or Crysis. Crysis rocks the house, by
the way. Go Vista, you won't regret it. And it's not as buggy (for your
typical above-average-knowledge user like myself) as people, or those stupid
lame Mac commercials suggest.

 

[cheley_bonstell88@live.com]

Re: Reasons to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

On Jun 17, 8:59 pm, Casanova Fly
<Casanova...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Don't listen to what people say about Vista not being a gaming OS. I think
> they just assumed the backwards compatibility would be non-existant. Vista
> has a clean interface that looks very nice. It's can utilize DirectX 10
> (which is key unless you plan on having a system specifically to play games
> from the 1990s). I was going to stick with XP because I listened to the
> negativity, but my friend told me to go for it and so I did and I'm not
> looking back. It's terrific. And in terms of playing old games, I bought
> Hitman the week it came out back in 1999/2000. Before XP even existed, and it
> installed on Vista no problem. I couldn't install it on XP either. So THERE.
> The only game I couldn't play was original Doom, the original Windows 95
> version. So it's your decision, Doom or Crysis. Crysis rocks the house, by
> the way. Go Vista, you won't regret it. And it's not as buggy (for your
> typical above-average-knowledge user like myself) as people, or those stupid
> lame Mac commercials suggest.

- So ,

what advantages are there with Vista for the average user ?

- Check out the link below . .

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html

 

[oscar]

Re: Reasons to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

In the spirit of good conversation I submit:

I have Vista on a Sony machine that was designed for Vista.

In the beginning, I didn't have time to learn Vista so I stumbled around
with it and had some frustrating experiences. But now that I've had time to
learn more and more about Vista's features, I question the test results that
shows XP to be 40% faster than Vista. I have 3 XP machines that are running
to the max speed (lots of memory, clean OS and no bloatware.) In contrast to
XP, my Vista machine which is running full speed with all the eye-candy,
including slide show gadgets, is faster than my XP's in most apllications.
For example, when I turn on my wireless adapter switch on Vista, my Vista
connects to the internet in 5 seconds or less. That's right. 5 seconds or
less. In contrast to my very fast, clean XP's that take much longer (30-60
seconds) and in many cases, I have to help XP connect by using XP Network
connect menus. The only problem I have with Vista is that the media player 11
can not handle some of my old video clips but the MP on XP can. I remedy that
with GOM.

In conclusion, I'm having good experiences with Vista since SP1 download and
with a few driver updates from my computer manufacturer.

I haven't even mentioned how Live Mail is performing incredibly well... and
fast. Or how the search functions of Vista make XP seem like a DOS based
system. Vista is more complicated and is asked to do more work that XP and in
most cases it does it faster.

So, as normal user/consumer, I say Vista is getting better.

One last thing- I've worked with a few Macs. They have their problems, too.

MS is going into the right direction with Vista.

cheers,

oscar

"cheley_bonstell88@live.com" wrote:

> On Jun 17, 8:59 pm, Casanova Fly
> <Casanova...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Don't listen to what people say about Vista not being a gaming OS. I think
> > they just assumed the backwards compatibility would be non-existant. Vista
> > has a clean interface that looks very nice. It's can utilize DirectX 10
> > (which is key unless you plan on having a system specifically to play games
> > from the 1990s). I was going to stick with XP because I listened to the
> > negativity, but my friend told me to go for it and so I did and I'm not
> > looking back. It's terrific. And in terms of playing old games, I bought
> > Hitman the week it came out back in 1999/2000. Before XP even existed, and it
> > installed on Vista no problem. I couldn't install it on XP either. So THERE.
> > The only game I couldn't play was original Doom, the original Windows 95
> > version. So it's your decision, Doom or Crysis. Crysis rocks the house, by
> > the way. Go Vista, you won't regret it. And it's not as buggy (for your
> > typical above-average-knowledge user like myself) as people, or those stupid
> > lame Mac commercials suggest.
>
> - So ,
>
> what advantages are there with Vista for the average user ?
>
> - Check out the link below . .
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>
>
>

 

[harvey]

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

On Jun 18, 10:04 am, gringott <gring...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> "Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:07:06 -0700 (PDT),
> > cheley_bonstel...@live.com wrote:
>
> > >what advantages are there with Vista for the average user ?
>
> > >- Check out the link below . .
>
> > >http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>
Infoworld has apparently taken that article down. I certainly
could not open it at 2008-06-18 09:35 UTC.
>
> > Hans-Georg
> > --
> > No mail, please.

Works here >

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html


Sad to see XP go away and, due to Vista,

force would -be PC users over to MAC and Linux

 

[Bob I]

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time



harvey wrote:

> On Jun 18, 10:04 am, gringott <gring...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:07:06 -0700 (PDT),
>>>cheley_bonstel...@live.com wrote:
>>
>>>>what advantages are there with Vista for the average user ?
>>
>>>>- Check out the link below . .
>>
>>>>http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>>
> Infoworld has apparently taken that article down. I certainly
> could not open it at 2008-06-18 09:35 UTC.
>
>>>Hans-Georg
>>>--
>>>No mail, please.
>
>
> Works here >
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>
>
> Sad to see XP go away and, due to Vista,
>
> force would -be PC users over to MAC and Linux
>

XP isn't "going away", get a grip!

 

[harvey]

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

On Jun 18, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> harvey wrote:
> > On Jun 18, 10:04 am, gringott <gring...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
>
> >>>On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:07:06 -0700 (PDT),
> >>>cheley_bonstel...@live.com wrote:
>
> >>>>what advantages are there with Vista for the average user ?
>
> >>>>- Check out the link below . .
>
> >>>>http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>
> >  Infoworld has apparently taken that article down. I certainly
> >  could not open it at 2008-06-18 09:35 UTC.
>
> >>>Hans-Georg
> >>>--
> >>>No mail, please.
>
> > Works here >
>
> >  http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>
> > Sad to see XP go away and, due to Vista,
>
> >  force would -be PC users over to MAC and Linux
>
> XP isn't "going away", get a grip!


- Says here it is !!

http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/winxp_inspndt?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

Per the Microsoft® Windows Life-Cycle policy, Direct OEM and Retail
License Availability for Windows XP will End-Of-Life (EOL) on June 30,
2008. To meet Microsoft’s June 30 last-day-to-ship OEM Windows XP
deadline, June 18 is the last time to purchase a Dell laptop, desktop,
or workstation with an OEM Windows XP license.

- After That 'It's Vista, which is unacceptable, MAC, Linux or keep
feeding your current XP new parts.

- So, after June 30'th if you want a PC with a Decent Microsoft
Operating system
- You're totally hosed

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/

 

[Bob I]

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time



harvey wrote:

> On Jun 18, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>harvey wrote:
>>
>>>On Jun 18, 10:04 am, gringott <gring...@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>>wrote:
>>
>>>>"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
>>
>>>>>On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:07:06 -0700 (PDT),
>>>>>cheley_bonstel...@live.com wrote:
>>
>>>>>>what advantages are there with Vista for the average user ?
>>
>>>>>>- Check out the link below . .
>>
>>>>>>http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>>
>>> Infoworld has apparently taken that article down. I certainly
>>> could not open it at 2008-06-18 09:35 UTC.
>>
>>>>>Hans-Georg
>>>>>--
>>>>>No mail, please.
>>
>>>Works here >
>>
>>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>>
>>>Sad to see XP go away and, due to Vista,
>>
>>> force would -be PC users over to MAC and Linux
>>
>>XP isn't "going away", get a grip!
>
>
>
> - Says here it is !!

XP isn't "going away", you can use what you have, get a grip!

 

[The Ghost In The Machine]

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Bob I
<birelan@yahoo.com>
wrote
on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:47:53 -0500
<ufrtVSY0IHA.4364@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>:
>
>
> harvey wrote:
>
>> On Jun 18, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>harvey wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Jun 18, 10:04 am, gringott <gring...@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>>"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:07:06 -0700 (PDT),
>>>>>>cheley_bonstel...@live.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>what advantages are there with Vista for the average user ?
>>>
>>>>>>>- Check out the link below . .
>>>
>>>>>>>http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>>>
>>>> Infoworld has apparently taken that article down. I certainly
>>>> could not open it at 2008-06-18 09:35 UTC.
>>>
>>>>>>Hans-Georg
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>No mail, please.
>>>
>>>>Works here >
>>>
>>>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/17/12TC-vista-versus-xp_6.html
>>>
>>>>Sad to see XP go away and, due to Vista,
>>>
>>>> force would -be PC users over to MAC and Linux
>>>
>>>XP isn't "going away", get a grip!
>>
>>
>>
>> - Says here it is !!
>
> XP isn't "going away", you can use what you have, get a grip!
>

I dunno....I get the feeling "stealth upgrades" will
eventually transform XP into a crippled version of Vista
Home Basic. Of course one can forestall that by shutting
off access to update.microsoft.com or some such -- but
there's a few issues if one does so, mostly having to do
with security patches.

--
#191, ewill3@earthlink.net
Windows. Multi-platform(1), multi-tasking(1), multi-user(1).
(1) if one defines "multi" as "exactly one".
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

 

[Linonut]

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

* The Ghost In The Machine peremptorily fired off this memo:

>> XP isn't "going away", you can use what you have, get a grip!
>
> I dunno....I get the feeling "stealth upgrades" will
> eventually transform XP into a crippled version of Vista
> Home Basic. Of course one can forestall that by shutting
> off access to update.microsoft.com or some such -- but
> there's a few issues if one does so, mostly having to do
> with security patches.

And driver updates, application updates, library updates.

(Was just listening to guy at work telling me about a couple of friends'
machines losing some functionality due to up-yours^Wdates. Been there,
done that.)

But it can happen even in Debian (though it hasn't happened to my
boxes).

--
If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have
crossed it years ago?
-- Bill Gates

 

[Hadron]

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Linonut <linonut@bollsouth.nut> writes:

> * The Ghost In The Machine peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>>> XP isn't "going away", you can use what you have, get a grip!
>>
>> I dunno....I get the feeling "stealth upgrades" will
>> eventually transform XP into a crippled version of Vista
>> Home Basic. Of course one can forestall that by shutting
>> off access to update.microsoft.com or some such -- but
>> there's a few issues if one does so, mostly having to do
>> with security patches.
>
> And driver updates, application updates, library updates.

So?

>
> (Was just listening to guy at work telling me about a couple of friends'
> machines losing some functionality due to up-yours^Wdates. Been there,
> done that.)

Sure... Sure ....
>
> But it can happen even in Debian (though it hasn't happened to my
> boxes).

Exactly ... so your point is what?

--
"There is no such thing as Intellectual Property"
Mark Kent
Head of Technology Strategy, BT Global
COLA Hypocrite

 

[Milt]

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Re: Reasons Not to Buy Microsoft Vista at this time

Bob I wrote:
>
> XP isn't "going away", you can use what you have, get a grip!
>

Now now, there is no place for common sense, apparently in this
newsgroup. My copy of XP will work just fine after June 30th. Heck, I
had a computer around here last year that still ran WFW 3.11 It still
worked fine. As for "forcing people" to use Vista, no one is forced to
that and it sure doesn't mean they HAVE to go use Linux or Mac. (Heck,
why on Earth would anyone WANT to?)