WinXP more expensive than Vista?

[Guest zalek]

I wanted to buy new OS - I found that WinXP is more expensive then

Vista.

I wish the same rules apply to my car...

 

Zalek

[Guest cheley_bonstell88@live.com]

Re: WinXP more expensive than Vista?

 

On Jul 2, 6:54 am, zalek <zalekbl...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I wanted to buy new OS - I found that WinXP is more expensive then

> Vista.

> I wish the same rules apply to my car...

>

> Zalek

 

if cost is really an issue, you can go with Ubuntu;

 

Since XP is not being made, and no one wants Vista , Windows XP is

going to be more expensive

[Guest Derek]

Re: WinXP more expensive than Vista?

 

Dell are charging a premium for XP over Vista. £50 extra for a business pc

with XP Pro instead of Vista Business.

 

This is very annoying when you're looking after small businesses with legacy

applications which will not run on Vista, and these small businesses can not

afford to spend time and money training staff on Vista's quirks and new way

of using it.

 

In time Vista will be good, but right now it's easier and simpler for many

to stick with XP.

 

Intel have had an internal memo posted on http://www.theinquirer.net showing they

are not to have Vista on their internal PC's.

 

An example of Vista being a pain: Vista Backup. Try it and see for

yourself. You cannot select files or folders. You can only choose

"pictures" or "movies" or "documents" or a couple of other similar

groupings. That's it. Small businesses use backup in XP Pro for backing up

critical files, it's simple and you can pick the individual files which are

essential and leave all the unnecessary stuff out. Vista will not do this.

 

But sure Vista will be good in time.

 

 

"zalek" <zalekbloom@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>I wanted to buy new OS - I found that WinXP is more expensive then

> Vista.

> I wish the same rules apply to my car...

>

> Zalek

[Guest AW Barton]

Re: WinXP more expensive than Vista?

 

"Derek" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message

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> Dell are charging a premium for XP over Vista. £50 extra for a business pc

> with XP Pro instead of Vista Business.

>

> This is very annoying when you're looking after small businesses with

> legacy applications which will not run on Vista, and these small

> businesses can not afford to spend time and money training staff on

> Vista's quirks and new way of using it.

>

> In time Vista will be good, but right now it's easier and simpler for many

> to stick with XP.

>

> Intel have had an internal memo posted on http://www.theinquirer.net showing they

> are not to have Vista on their internal PC's.

>

> An example of Vista being a pain: Vista Backup. Try it and see for

> yourself. You cannot select files or folders. You can only choose

> "pictures" or "movies" or "documents" or a couple of other similar

> groupings. That's it. Small businesses use backup in XP Pro for backing

> up critical files, it's simple and you can pick the individual files which

> are essential and leave all the unnecessary stuff out. Vista will not do

> this.

>

> But sure Vista will be good in time.

>

Seeing as Vista is now at SP1, presumably all the problems have been ironed

out!

[Guest Bob I]

Re: WinXP more expensive than Vista?

 

They would if you had bought a Prius! ;-)

 

zalek wrote:

> I wanted to buy new OS - I found that WinXP is more expensive then

> Vista.

> I wish the same rules apply to my car...

>

> Zalek

[Guest Dave]

Re: WinXP more expensive than Vista?

 

In article <6d1ba3FaeomU1@mid.individual.net>, me@privacy.net says...

> > But sure Vista will be good in time.

> >

> Seeing as Vista is now at SP1, presumably all the problems have been ironed

> out!

 

LMFAO!

 

If only that were true. I do video work for a living and most of my

video apps (including a couple Adobe apps) crash in Vista all the time

but run perfectly smooth in XP.

 

I WOULD LOVE to go back to XP-64bit, but I can't while I still have to

spend a third of EVERY work day dealing with "Vista issues".

 

Fortunately, I got my free XP downgrade from Dell a year ago.