What is the value proposition for Vista?

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Apparently rock and roll didn't catch on. My kids all listen to country. I
am very disappointed in them.

Dale
 
Charlie Wilkes said:
Yes. MS is attempting to extend a revenue cycle that has, in the
past, generated huge returns for the company while also benefiting
consumers.

Replacing a 1993 win3x computer with a 1997 win95 computer was
obviously worthwhile. I don't see that a 2007 machine running Vista
offers comparable improvement relative to a 2003 XP machine.

As you point out, the OEMs are the technical buyers, but consumers are
the end users who complain if not satisfied. If new Vista computers
routinely blue screen or lock up, or don't support hardware,
complaints will go to the OEMs. If the OEMs lose credibility while
their support costs go sky-high, perhaps one or more of the big
players will ditch MS for Linux.

I wonder if MS should postpone the Vista release for another few
months, and work to fix problems like the ones that get posted here.
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There is a huge improvement in security in Vista over XP. It also has
parental controls built in. These two features are the features I get asked
about the most by home users. Most home users want some way to stop their
kids from getting malware and also some way to control when and how younger
children use the computer. This will be a big selling point for many people.
For the expert users you're probably right.
 
I have tried all of them.... I was always a fan of suse.. and mandriva...

Ubuntu is behind those in user friendliness.... although I think ubuntu will
surpass them,
because of its growing userbase.

None is really ready to take over the desktop computer..

There is new hope now however since they are working on a universal
installer
for all various linux's.

That would make things fffaaaaaaarrrrrr better!
 
What people say and what they end up doing are often two very different
things.. it never ceases to amaze at how many bleat for Linux, yet come here
on computers powered by Windows..
 
michail said:
I have tried all of them.... I was always a fan of suse.. and mandriva...

Ubuntu is behind those in user friendliness.... although I think ubuntu will
surpass them,
because of its growing userbase.

None is really ready to take over the desktop computer..

There is new hope now however since they are working on a universal
installer
for all various linux's.

That would make things fffaaaaaaarrrrrr better!
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Well, so far, I haven't had any problems with Ubuntu.

Alias
 
Mike said:
What people say and what they end up doing are often two very different
things.. it never ceases to amaze at how many bleat for Linux, yet come
here on computers powered by Windows..
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Check my headers. Knode doesn't work with Windows.

Alias
 
Mike said:
What people say and what they end up doing are often two very
different things.. it never ceases to amaze at how many bleat for
Linux, yet come here on computers powered by Windows..
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Many of us either use employer-supplied computers, which are still
mainly Windows, or from other PC's because we are still playing around
with various flavours of Linux.

In my case I use Windows XP, Windows Vista and Ubuntu/Kubuntu on my
network PC's. Since my news-client of choice, Xana, will not run under
Ubuntu I use my Microsoft PC's for usenet access. All my business
software, however, is running on Linux faster and better than the
equivalent would on Vista.

You are making the usual mistake often made by Microsoft proponents, of
not being able to understand that many of us are not blind to the
faults of all operating systems and use whatever suits uis at the time.

Horses for courses, dear boy.
 
Paul-B said:
Many of us either use employer-supplied computers, which are still
mainly Windows, or from other PC's because we are still playing around
with various flavours of Linux.

In my case I use Windows XP, Windows Vista and Ubuntu/Kubuntu on my
network PC's. Since my news-client of choice, Xana, will not run under
Ubuntu I use my Microsoft PC's for usenet access. All my business
software, however, is running on Linux faster and better than the
equivalent would on Vista.

You are making the usual mistake often made by Microsoft proponents, of
not being able to understand that many of us are not blind to the
faults of all operating systems and use whatever suits uis at the time.

Horses for courses, dear boy.
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Good points. I use both XP and Ubuntu, depending on what I am doing.
Also, the Ubuntu machine is on the other side of the room. Once I move
it over here, all my posts will originate from Ubuntu.

I don't know where Mike gets his either/or complex from. Maybe he's been
reading Kiergagaard too much lately.

Alias
 
No complex, and I don't remember mentioning names.. purely an observation..
 
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