Microsoft to Windows XP: Please Die, Already

[Patok]

Here is the article:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/242575/microsoft_to_windows_xp_please_die_already.html

Based on this blog entry:
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/...and-now-what-10-years-with-xp-looks-like.aspx

Is she for real? If ever there was a juvenile, wrong-footed and snobby
piece of writing, this is it! Instead of advocating the true advantages
of 7 (such as they are), we are treated with this tripe:

"Think about phones – would you even carry a flip phone now?"
- Duh, what *else* would I carry? Why would I want an annoying
smartphone? I use it to talk, and (very rarely) to snap pictures of
interesting things I see, not to surf or watch movies or listen to music.

"would you still claim that Destiny’s Child is your top favorite band"
- *Why* would I ever claim such come-lately no-name to be my favorite
band? That honor went then, and still does, to the Beatles!

"Think about hair – are you still rocking the same cut?"
- *What* other cut would I be sporting? It is the one that goes with
who I am, and I don't change overnight! Admittedly, I changed the cut of
my beard a little bit since then.

"Why then are you still on Windows XP when Windows 7 is so much better?
Now you can use Snap to compare open windows, you can edit movies in a
few simple steps, pin your favorite websites to your taskbar with
Internet Explorer 9, effortlessly create screen “snips” and more!"
- As if I can't do the things from this list that are worth doing
even now in XP! And the rest are just bleh. If I pinned my favorite
sites to the taskbar, there wouldn't be place left for anything else! I
never felt a need to compare open windows! And I can very nicely edit
videos now, thankyouverymuch, and I'm sure I wouldn't get the results I
want from the edit in "a few simple steps", no matter XP or 7.

 

[VanguardLH]

Here is the article:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/242575/microsoft_to_windows_xp_please_die_already.html

Based on this blog entry:
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/...and-now-what-10-years-with-xp-looks-like.aspx

Is she for real? If ever there was a juvenile, wrong-footed and snobby
piece of writing, this is it! Instead of advocating the true advantages
of 7 (such as they are), we are treated with this tripe:

"Think about phones – would you even carry a flip phone now?"

No, of course not. Instead I want to carry an oversized phone sporting
hundreds of functions that I never use and costing hundreds more than
the non-expiring minutes for which I could prepay. And, of course, I
want no protection for the display so it gets all scratched up rather
than having a flip cover to keep it protected.

Here is an obvious boob that has been thoroughly drilled in the
marketing mantra that newer is better and you must have the toy with the
most gadgetry whether you use them or not. That this boob even thinks
it is a necessity to carry around a cell phone at all times shows how
well trained she is by marketing to control what she thinks is critical
to her existence.

I carry a Motorola flip phone that gives me double-minutes that never
expire and that I never use up since I'm not grafted to the cell phone.
I've seen boobs spending over $200/month whereas I don't even use up my
prepaid $100 of 1000 minutes in a whole year. Yeah, I should spend
money on stuff that I don't need - like upgrading to an OS that give
*me* no bang for the buck. Oh yes, like a lemming I should just follow
the crowd to fall off the next Windows version cliff.

"would you still claim that Destiny’s Child is your top favorite band"

Yeah, its bigoted, but here you have an example of female logic: toss in
something not relevant to the argument. Apparently her newest toy won't
play tunes older than 5 years ago.

"Think about hair – are you still rocking the same cut?"

Yep, it's a woman (well, girl) making the argument. Only they are
concerned about what is "in" for hairdo at the time. They go to a party
and get pissed that some other gal is wearing the same dress while all
the guys are all dressed the same and don't care.

When I was a teen in chemistry class, the teacher thought to insult me
by saying that I'll go bald in my early twenties. That was when long
hair was in (but not with me since I had been sporting a crew cut since
I was 6). My retort was "Great, that means I won't have to bother with
any haircuts anymore". He looked at me a bit surprised and realized his
insult didn't land. Now in my mid-fifties, I've still got the hair and
still considering to shave it off but keep it short for now. Yep, same
do for over 30 years while this fashion fearful has to worry about
what's in this month.

"Why then are you still on Windows XP when Windows 7 is so much better?"

Now there shows the stupidity of the author. Better only applies if it
is better for YOU, not for Microsoft's bottom line. In fact, when
pushed, users that bought Windows 7 (rather than those that got stuck
with what the prebuilt computer maker put on the host) are hard pressed
to come up with legit reasons why they upgraded. All they can really
say is that it is new. Big deal. My old shovel still works the same
way it always did and I don't need to buy a new shovel to do what I
already do with the old one.

Now you can use Snap to compare open windows,

Don't need it.

you can edit movies in a few simple steps,

3rd party movie editors are far superior. Oh yes, no one has been able
to do any of that before Windows 7, uh huh.

pin your favorite websites to your taskbar with Internet Explorer 9,

Yeah, make the desktop really noisy rather than efficient. Yeah, don't
bother using Start -> Favorites to see them pop up in your face. I've
seen lots of users pile tons of junk on their desktop, in the taskbar,
and not bother to organize their Start menu in hierarchical fashion
because they're too lazy or think a flat view is easier. Then stand
there waiting while they're hunting around trying to find the right
place to click when you tell them to load a particular program. Their
mouse goes flying all over the place. Here, no there, maybe over there.

effortlessly create screen “snips†and more!"

Been doing that for years now with Windows XP and 3rd party software.
So I'm suppose to pay Microsoft to finally play catch up, huh?

Some users just don't realize how well they expose themself as ignorant.
Trivia is not why you get a new OS and incur another learning curve.

I might end up using Windows 7 on my personal hosts, like maybe I get it
as a perk for a new job/contract or seminar. Unlike this twit author, I
evaluate an OS to see if it'll do what *I* want to do, not how someone
else wants me to do it, and I don't turn trivia in critical need. I've
been disappointed in Microsoft's efforts in both Vista and 7. Just no
wow-factor yet, nothing special to make me part with my money.

I bet this boob buys a whole new car just because the new one comes with
electically-adjustable sun visors, more cup holders with warmer plates
for her coffee, a differently patterned dash plate, and the driver seat
rotates 90 degrees for easy exit. Ooooh, yeah, just the reason to
discard an already-paid vehicle and start a whole 'nother loan on a new
one. Yeah, toss a working OS that meets all your needs and can perform
all your tasks because the skin changed in new version and more non-OS
fluffware got added.

If you have a provable requirement for Windows 7 then get it. From what
I've seen of most Windows 7 users, they didn't need it. When asked what
Windows 7 gives them that they really needed that Windows XP couldn't do
for them, they look like deer caught in headlights. That consumer
throng to a product doesn't prove intelligence is employed by those
consumers. Look at all the boobs that stood in long lines at the malls
to buy beany babies and cabbage patch dolls. It's about marketing, not
about need.

 

[Mayayana]

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| Here is the article:
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/242575/microsoft_to_windows_xp_please_die_already.html
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| Based on this blog entry:
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http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/...and-now-what-10-years-with-xp-looks-like.aspx
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| Is she for real?

I'd like to move to Windows 7 myself. Those transparent
window frames are so... useful. But instead I'm saving up
to buy an iPhone 4 so that I'll have something to throw
away when I buy an iPhone 4s. ...It's not cheap staying
on the cutting edge.

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Mayayana:

I'd like to move to Windows 7 myself. Those transparent
window frames are so... useful. But instead I'm saving up
to buy an iPhone 4 so that I'll have something to throw
away when I buy an iPhone 4s. ...It's not cheap staying
on the cutting edge.

Well said.

Thankfully I didn't have a mouth full of coffee when I read it -
or I'd be shopping for a new keyboard....-)

 

[Paul]

Here is the article:
http://www.pcworld.com/...


Based on this blog entry:
http://windowsteamblog.com/...


Is she for real?

They write articles like that, for the viral distribution
of the URL, and the resulting page hits.

It's all about money, and the more outrageous thing you write,
the more money you make.

And I think this one worked

Paul

 

[Patok]

They write articles like that, for the viral distribution
of the URL, and the resulting page hits.

It's all about money, and the more outrageous thing you write,
the more money you make.

And I think this one worked

Oops. This aspect never crossed my mind.

 

[Al Sparber]

Oops. This aspect never crossed my mind.

Yes it is pretty easy to overlook these things especially if you are not
used to earning money. I run my own business so I don't have such problems.

 

[John John MVP]

Here is the article:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/242575/microsoft_to_windows_xp_please_die_already.html

From that article:

"Redmond usually supports its operating systems for 10 years after their
introduction. However, it made an exception in XP's case, extending the
OS's lifespan by three years due to XP's popularity in the enterprise
market."

Complete bullsh!t! Microsoft's simply followed its support policy for
business operating systems:

Microsoft will offer a minimum of 10 years of support for Business and
Developer products. Mainstream Support for Business and Developer
products will be provided for 5 years or for 2 years after the successor
product (N+1) is released, whichever is longer. Microsoft will also
provide Extended Support for the 5 years following Mainstream support or
for 2 years after the second successor product (N+2) is released,
whichever is longer.

[end quote]

http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy

Vista was released to retail in 2007 so the mainstream support for XP
(Pro) was until 2009 (2007 +2 years = 2009). Add 5 years extended
support (2009 +5) and you get support until 2014. That being said
Microsoft did make an exception for the XP home consumer version, under
its support policy this OS would have had its support ended earlier but
Microsoft extended its support to match that of the business version.

John

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per VanguardLH:

I'm already having to more seriously look at alternate web browsers
since Microsoft chose to make IE9 unusable under pre-Vista versions...

I switched to Chrome over a year ago and haven't looked back.

 

[James D Andrews]

Patok banged his head on his keyboard to write :

Here is the article:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/242575/microsoft_to_windows_xp_please_die_already.html

Based on this blog entry:
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/...and-now-what-10-years-with-xp-looks-like.aspx

Is she for real? If ever there was a juvenile, wrong-footed and snobby piece
of writing, this is it! Instead of advocating the true advantages of 7 (such
as they are), we are treated with this tripe:

"Think about phones – would you even carry a flip phone now?"
- Duh, what *else* would I carry? Why would I want an annoying smartphone?
I use it to talk, and (very rarely) to snap pictures of interesting things I
see, not to surf or watch movies or listen to music.

"would you still claim that Destiny’s Child is your top favorite band"
- *Why* would I ever claim such come-lately no-name to be my favorite
band? That honor went then, and still does, to the Beatles!

"Think about hair – are you still rocking the same cut?"
- *What* other cut would I be sporting? It is the one that goes with who I
am, and I don't change overnight! Admittedly, I changed the cut of my beard a
little bit since then.

"Why then are you still on Windows XP when Windows 7 is so much better? Now
you can use Snap to compare open windows, you can edit movies in a few simple
steps, pin your favorite websites to your taskbar with Internet Explorer 9,
effortlessly create screen “snips†and more!"
- As if I can't do the things from this list that are worth doing even now
in XP! And the rest are just bleh. If I pinned my favorite sites to the
taskbar, there wouldn't be place left for anything else! I never felt a need
to compare open windows! And I can very nicely edit videos now,
thankyouverymuch, and I'm sure I wouldn't get the results I want from the
edit in "a few simple steps", no matter XP or 7.

It could be worse. She could be promoting Windows 8.

--
-There are some who call me...
Jim


"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's
troublesome."
- Isaac Asimov

 

[VanguardLH]

Patok wrote :


It could be worse. She could be promoting Windows 8.

She'll love Windows 8 desktop. With her penchant for the newest
gadgets, she's probably an excellent 2-finger "typist".