Going back to XP

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The thing that gets my goat is that this all happened with XP when it came
out and you would think this time Msoft released a new operating system that
they would not go down the road they have been down before when they first
released XP and the thing is everyone seems to be blaming companies for not
bringing out drivers and patches quick enough for Vista (including me) but
if we just sit back (including me) and think about why MS brings out Vista
without being able to use existing programs and drivers that ran with XP
then I think that MS has a lot to answer for rather than blaming hardware
and software manufacturers all the time when their stuff don't run with
Vista.

Sounds to me like Vista was just put out on the market because it was late
in coming, was not tested fully enough and not enough thought went into
trying to make sure that nearly everything that worked with XP will
effortlessly work with Vista.

I mean what would be the biggest problem with people buying Vista now or
getting a new PC with vista? - well I tell you what I am hearing: well if I
get Vista now I will have to go out and buy a new printer, scanner whatever
and new programs because my old ones wont work with Vista. And that to me is
all wrong that people should be worried or 'forced' into buying this stuff
because a lot of the existing XP stuff is not compatible with Vista at the
moment!
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How can you expect MS to make sure EVERY piece of hardware and EVERY
piece of software in the world works with thier new OS? Seriously do
you have any idea how many devices and apps are out there?
On top if that many companies don't want to update their products
just to sell you new stuff. It hppens everytime MS releases a new OS
it's no different this time.
 
bp said:
How can you expect MS to make sure EVERY piece of hardware and EVERY
piece of software in the world works with thier new OS? Seriously do
you have any idea how many devices and apps are out there?
On top if that many companies don't want to update their products
just to sell you new stuff. It hppens everytime MS releases a new OS
it's no different this time.
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Very true. In addition, they'd have to ensure there were no conflicts
between all possible combinations of software & hardware.
 
bp said:
How can you expect MS to make sure EVERY piece of hardware and EVERY
piece of software in the world works with thier new OS? Seriously do
you have any idea how many devices and apps are out there?
On top if that many companies don't want to update their products
just to sell you new stuff. It hppens everytime MS releases a new OS
it's no different this time.
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I have used a lot of Windows 98 drivers and applications with Windows XP
(Jesus even windows 95 & dos stuff I have got to work with XP) - so Why
should I not expect a lot of XP stuff to work with Vista?

Andy.
 
Andy said:
I have used a lot of Windows 98 drivers and applications with Windows XP
(Jesus even windows 95 & dos stuff I have got to work with XP) - so Why
should I not expect a lot of XP stuff to work with Vista?
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Because they're now locking the doors. More security means less freedom.
It's a lot easier getting through doors that aren't locked, so why not leave
them all unlocked? Well, you know, that turned out to have drawbacks.
 
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