Vista? Anyone go back to XP?

[Boris]

Hi,

I'm on the fence as to if I should buy my next machine with XP or Vista.
Anyone use Vista and gone back to XP? Anyone gone to Vista and would never
go back?

Thanks.

 

[jonathan perreault]

50 % of this group has gone back to xp, 25% is happy with vista(i'm one of
them), and 25% are going to linux.

hope this helps


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#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
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[Richard Urban]

Yes and yes.

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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Q. "Anyone use Vista and gone back to XP?"

A. Not very many.

Q. "Anyone gone to Vista and would never go back?"

A. Yes, there are now over 60 million very satisfied Vista users.


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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<Boris> wrote:

Hi,

I'm on the fence as to if I should buy my next machine with XP or Vista.
Anyone use Vista and gone back to XP? Anyone gone to Vista and would never
go back?

Thanks.

 

[PapaJohn]

My son lives with his notebook computer... working away from home 5 days a
week and wearing out his computer every few months. Over the years he's used
every version of Windows and about every brand of laptop.

The new twist came yesterday. His Toshiba laptop running Vista had been
acting up lately so he bought a MacBook Pro 15. I asked about his
programming business being Windows-based. He said he got VM Ware - Fusion
with it so he can run XP on the MacBook. I guess that counts as one who went
from Vista back to XP....

'never' is bit too long to forecast....maybe a month

 

[Boris]

Yes and yes.

That's what I was afraid of.

 

[jonathan perreault]

it just takes time to get used to i'm sure after a while there will be
features about vista you will miss

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

 

[Frank]

Hi,

I'm on the fence as to if I should buy my next machine with XP or Vista.
Anyone use Vista and gone back to XP? Anyone gone to Vista and would never
go back?

Thanks.

Only one known idiot has gone back to using XP after he was totally
confused by Vista.
All the rest of us, (billions & billions of Vista users) will never go
back to XP and we know for a fact, that linux is just a toy POS os.
Frank

 

[Charlie Tame]

Only one known idiot has gone back to using XP after he was totally
confused by Vista.
All the rest of us, (billions & billions of Vista users) will never go
back to XP and we know for a fact, that linux is just a toy POS os.
Frank

Quite so, almost nobody uses Linux, thousands use XP, Billions have
switched to Vista and Frank is very happy with his Etch a Sketch now we
wrote Vista in felt tip pen on the "Screen".

It amazes me how these so called MS fans can openly criticize the
previous version of an OS as if it's a real piece of crap when in fact
the opposite is true just because MS have now released a new system that
still has bugs and huge compatibility issues with hardware that MOST
users of the previous system could not work around without new hardware.

By all means buy a machine that will be Vista compatible, if anyone can
tell you what that is (The Microsoft guide is mostly no guide at all in
my experience so best to cross your fingers) which means a decent memory
(2 Gig minimum, 4 will do not harm even if XP can't use it all) and a
good Graphics card. Good = the most expensive you can afford, not on
board GFX.

Then install XP while you can still get it on one drive and consider
Vista (But always keep the XP drive) when MS have actually finished
writing it.

 

[DP]

Oh, come on now.
I seriously doubt that you've counted all the responses to come up with
those figures.
Yes, there is a significant portion of Vista users who have gone back or
would like to go back to XP. Is it 50 percent of this group? Really no way
to tell, since users of this group tend to come in and out and you'd have to
have been keeping tabs since whenever it was this group was created.

 

[Alias]

Only one known idiot has gone back to using XP after he was totally
confused by Vista.
All the rest of us, (billions & billions of Vista users) will never go
back to XP and we know for a fact, that linux is just a toy POS os.
Frank

Billions? Sure, Frank, pull the other one, it has bells on it. Even MS
admits it's only 40 million and they are counting unsold OEM computers.

Just because you are unable to install Ubuntu doesn't mean it's a toy.
It's a far stabler, safer and groovier OS than *any* Windows would ever be.

 

[Alias]

Hi,

I'm on the fence as to if I should buy my next machine with XP or Vista.
Anyone use Vista and gone back to XP? Anyone gone to Vista and would never
go back?

Thanks.

Check out www.ubuntu.com for an OS that's better than both XP and Vista.

 

[dennis@home]

Check out www.ubuntu.com for an OS that's better than both XP and Vista.

Disregard anything alias says as he frequently gets it wrong.
Have a look at www.linux.org for lots of linux distributions that have
different feature sets to Ubuntu if you are interested.
Look at www.apple.com for an easy to use OS if you want to but a new
machine.
Don't forget FreeBSD which is more secure than linux if it runs on your
hardware.
Remember that an OS is only better if it does what *you* want.. something
alias can't grasp.

 

[Alias]

Disregard anything alias says as he frequently gets it wrong.
Have a look at www.linux.org for lots of linux distributions that have
different feature sets to Ubuntu if you are interested.
Look at www.apple.com for an easy to use OS if you want to but a new
machine.
Don't forget FreeBSD which is more secure than linux if it runs on your
hardware.
Remember that an OS is only better if it does what *you* want..
something alias can't grasp.

My, the young man thinks that he can out debate me with insults. How
mature and convincing.

 

[jonathan perreault]

you obviously failed to read the fine print

--
Jonathan Perreault

Personnal Advice To You:
#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You

Best Comments From Users:
No Matter The Problem Even With Linux, It's Microsoft's And Windows's Faults

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

 

[MICHAEL]

* jonathan perreault:

50 % of this group has gone back to xp, 25% is happy with vista(i'm one of
them), and 25% are going to linux.

hope this helps

Jonathan,

I really hate to come across as a posting cop- but, your sig is
entirely too long. Also, you need to drop an 'n' out of "Personnal"
in your sig.


Take care,

Michael

 

[MICHAEL]

* Carey Frisch [MVP]:

Q. "Anyone use Vista and gone back to XP?"

A. Not very many.

How in the he!! do you know that?

Q. "Anyone gone to Vista and would never go back?"

A. Yes, there are now over 60 million very satisfied Vista users.

How in the he!! do you know that?

There very well may be over 60 million Vista users-
but, you have no way of ascertaining their satisfaction.


-Michael

 

[MICHAEL]

* Charlie Tame:

Quite so, almost nobody uses Linux, thousands use XP, Billions have
switched to Vista and Frank is very happy with his Etch a Sketch now we
wrote Vista in felt tip pen on the "Screen".

It amazes me how these so called MS fans can openly criticize the
previous version of an OS as if it's a real piece of crap when in fact
the opposite is true just because MS have now released a new system that
still has bugs and huge compatibility issues with hardware that MOST
users of the previous system could not work around without new hardware.

By all means buy a machine that will be Vista compatible, if anyone can
tell you what that is (The Microsoft guide is mostly no guide at all in
my experience so best to cross your fingers) which means a decent memory
(2 Gig minimum, 4 will do not harm even if XP can't use it all) and a
good Graphics card. Good = the most expensive you can afford, not on
board GFX.

Then install XP while you can still get it on one drive and consider
Vista (But always keep the XP drive) when MS have actually finished
writing it.

Charlie,

As our beloved Craig over at Securecomp would so eloquently put it-
Frank is an idiot.

P.S.
You and I are going to have to have a word of prayer if you keep
replying to that fat goober. ;-)


-Michael

 

[Adam Albright]

Disregard anything alias says as he frequently gets it wrong.

Oh... another Frankie. First Dennis lies he called Alias "crazy" then
tries to tap dance his way out of his lie, now this. You ARE leaving
little doubt you're just another psycho. They have a habit of
stumbling into this newsgroup it seems.

 

[dennis@home]

My, the young man thinks that he can out debate me with insults. How
mature and convincing.

I have no need to "out debate you", whatever you think that means, and I
have yet to insult you and I am unlikely to.
The only insults have been from you, which is much as expected from someone
who has lost and doesn't know when to stop.