Paying for Vista help

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"agree with others"
What others?
Only one out of the many posts unless I missed something.

"does not necessarily mean I agree with it."
Not really relevant.
Many have accepted agreements they may not agree with such as interest
rates on loans, contracts etc. But once it is accepted, whether you
later "agree" or not is not relevant.

You are tying sold and support together and they can not be.
Microsoft in fact sold the licenses to the OEMs to install on the OEM
computers.
Along with that, it is agreed no support comes from Microsoft.
That of course leaves off limited free support for Windows Update
issues, Activation, knowledgebase on the website etc.

The choice is simple, if you want the full potential benefits,
purchase retail.
If on the other hand, you feel you need less, purchase OEM as many do
and save the $.
The choice is for the consumer to decide and choice is good.

 

[David]

The choice is for the consumer to decide and choice is good.

I wouldn't consider the retail or the OEM version of Vista to be
"good". The only reason I use Vista--it came on my new PC. No way will
I install it on my older desktop. In fact, if I decide to buy a faster
desktop for gaming, you can bet the farm that OEM XP will be going on it.

I've had trouble with sleep and hibernation modes, shutdown fails
frequently...
Search is a joke, on both Vista machines we have in the family. Had to
turn off the indexing service so that explorer could find files.
I could go on, but u get the point...

 

[Frank]

I wouldn't consider the retail or the OEM version of Vista to be
"good". The only reason I use Vista--it came on my new PC. No way will
I install it on my older desktop. In fact, if I decide to buy a faster
desktop for gaming, you can bet the farm that OEM XP will be going on it.
I've had trouble with sleep and hibernation modes, shutdown fails
frequently...
Search is a joke, on both Vista machines we have in the family. Had to
turn off the indexing service so that explorer could find files.
I could go on, but u get the point...

Yeah...you're an incompetent whiner!
Frank

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Choice is good.
I did not mean to restrict any choices to just Windows Vista.
There are other options besides retail and OEM Windows Vista and some
consumers are better off with other choices.