Zero said:
And Microsoft is offering free disks of XP to people completely pissed
with
Vista issues. So what is your point? Isn't that just as much an
admission
of guilt on their part?
I think it's called, Making the Customer Happy.
Business 101, if that's what the customer wants, that's what the customer
gets.
WinXP costs the same as Vista, I'm sure it's no skin off their teeth to swap
your Vista for an XP, if that's what you want. Keep in mind though a lot of
hardware that is coming pre-installed with Vista does NOT have drivers for
Windows XP. Mainly laptops. I had several Sony Vaio notebooks I tried to
downgrade from Vista to XP, and it flat out did not work.
Just something to keep in mind when you finally decide to downgrade Zero.
I'd contact Dell before you decide to make the switch and make sure drivers
for your hardware are available under XP. Shouldn't be a problem with a
Desktop, but you never know.
Not saying XP is the wrong way to go, I mean XP will be supported for years
down the line, at least until it becomes financially less viable to support.
I think Win2K is still officially supported, so I don't think you have much
to worry about.
Doesn't BF2.142k have a Linux client? There could be another option if you
want to venture into Linux territory, I think Dell supports Ubuntu now which
means Dell could probably tell you if your system has drivers for Linux.
-A.