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