nytimes.com — They Criticized Vista. And They Should Know.Microsoft says high prices have been the deterrent. Last month, the company trimmed prices on retail packages of Vista, trying to entice consumers to overcome their reluctance.
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bigfloppyMar 10, 2008
That's funny, i appreciate HP precisely because when i bought my laptop there was absolutely zero crap on it. Didn't even come with a pre-installed anti-virus etc, just a clean windows install (asides from the software for the recovery partition). Maybe different policies for consumer/business departments? I like it almost as much as i like my Thinkpad now.
nydwarfMar 10, 2008
I still haven't seen anyone really come up with a compelling reason to switch (not upgrade) to Vista, there just doesn't seem to be a reason.
linuxpenguinMar 11, 2008
The main thing people hated about XP was the activation thing which they were concerned about. Other than that, people liked it. Everyone who had 98 was ready to get rid of it, and people who had 2000 at least liked XP better. The activation was something everyone disliked, but anyone buying a computer with it preinstalled didn't care since they didn't need to deal with it.Even if you take away the DRM, activation, and the annoying security, people still don't seem to like Vista, at least not over XP. Graphical improvements aside, most people don't see any advantage to it.
cocokr1spMar 18, 2008
this is coming from someone with a penguin icon. How do those games look under linux??? ;)
stix213Mar 20, 2008
I'm no Vista fan, but this article using printer driver support as a Vista issue is a bit unfair. This guy with the printer that won't work after the upgrade should have checked for Vista drivers on the printer manufacturer's website first. This happens on every major OS upgrade for all platforms. (Except Linux of course, but no one can ever expect MS to be that cool...)
feldonMar 21, 2008
Linux that's all I'm going to say