Journalist seeks computer buyers

[watha]

We're doing a story about people trying to decide whether to buy a new
PC now or wait until Microsoft releases the new Vista operating system.
Computer makers are slashing prices and promising free Vista upgrades,
but some buyers don't want the hassle of upgrading sometime next year.
Which side are you on? I want to include your views in a story I'm
doing. I'd like to include your name, age, occupation and the
community where you live.

This is for real; check the links below for some of my recent work.

Interested? Please contact me ASAP. Thanks.

Hiawatha Bray
Technology Reporter
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd.
P.O. Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819 USA
617-929-3119 voice
617-929-3183 fax
(e-mail address removed)
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Blog: www.monitortan.com
Recent writings: www.boston.com/business/technology/bray

 

[Contumeliorus Florius]

I'd like to include your name, age, occupation and the
community where you live.

What are you? The census bureau? Get stuffed.

 

[Jon]

We're doing a story about people trying to decide whether to buy a new
PC now or wait until Microsoft releases the new Vista operating system.
Computer makers are slashing prices and promising free Vista upgrades,
but some buyers don't want the hassle of upgrading sometime next year.
Which side are you on? I want to include your views in a story I'm
doing. I'd like to include your name, age, occupation and the
community where you live.

This is for real; check the links below for some of my recent work.

Interested? Please contact me ASAP. Thanks.

Hiawatha Bray
Technology Reporter
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd.
P.O. Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819 USA
617-929-3119 voice
617-929-3183 fax
(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed)
Blog: www.monitortan.com
Recent writings: www.boston.com/business/technology/bray

It's a good time to buy, but I suspect your average consumer is currently
far more excited by other technology, such as the new Wii, and / or has
other matters on their mind, such as Christmas and the New Year.

For those who have already decided to buy a new PC in the near future, I
don't think the 'hassle of a Vista upgrade' is a major issue. Those buying
for the first time are unlikely to have thought of it, and the savvier PC
buyer would probably realise that he's effectively getting 2 operating
systems for the price of one (or at least one, plus one at a greatly reduced
rate).

Name: Jon
Age: 6th Age of Planet Earth
Occupation: Avoiding media fame.

 

[Roy Coorne]

We're doing a story about people trying to decide whether to buy a new
PC now or wait until Microsoft releases the new Vista operating system.
Computer makers are slashing prices and promising free Vista upgrades,
but some buyers don't want the hassle of upgrading sometime next year.
Which side are you on? I want to include your views in a story I'm
doing. I'd like to include your name, age, occupation and the
community where you live.

This is for real; check the links below for some of my recent work.

Interested? Please contact me ASAP. Thanks.

Hiawatha Bray
Technology Reporter
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd.
P.O. Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819 USA
617-929-3119 voice
617-929-3183 fax
(e-mail address removed)
(e-mail address removed)
Blog: www.monitortan.com
Recent writings: www.boston.com/business/technology/bray

I will buy a Systems Builder edition of Vista Business 32bit next year
for one of my test computers. For a productive system, one has to wait
for Vista SP1 or even SP2... on verra;-)

Roy Coorne, 66, retired senior civil servant, Brandenburg, Germany (at
present Vista Ultimate RC2 b5744 ENU and DEU)

 

[Tim Slattery]

What are you? The census bureau? Get stuffed.

FWIW: Hiawatha Bray is the real deal. His work is first-rate.