Vista newsgroup?

[MikeB]

Sorry for being OT, but I can't find the Vista newsgroup in the Google
Groups hierarchies. Does it exist?

I'm wanting to ask a question about upgrading between the various
versions of Vista and whether that is cost-effective.

I'm looking at getting a new PC and if I get is with Either Vista
Ultimate or Business, I can get a downgrade license to run Windows XP
on it. So the cheapest is to get Business, but if, in the longer term
I decide to run Vista, then I might want the phot stuff thats in
Ultimate.

I think the upgrade cost on the MS Vista home site is something like
$139, whereas the incremental cost in the OEM pre-install between
Business and Ultimate is merely $59.

What are the odds that XP will fall out of favor or that Vista will
become the defacto OS before Win 7 is released?

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

There are a bunch of them:
Listing of Microsoft Public Newsgroups:
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

: Sorry for being OT, but I can't find the Vista newsgroup in the Google
: Groups hierarchies. Does it exist?
:
: I'm wanting to ask a question about upgrading between the various
: versions of Vista and whether that is cost-effective.
:
: I'm looking at getting a new PC and if I get is with Either Vista
: Ultimate or Business, I can get a downgrade license to run Windows XP
: on it. So the cheapest is to get Business, but if, in the longer term
: I decide to run Vista, then I might want the phot stuff thats in
: Ultimate.
:
: I think the upgrade cost on the MS Vista home site is something like
: $139, whereas the incremental cost in the OEM pre-install between
: Business and Ultimate is merely $59.
:
: What are the odds that XP will fall out of favor or that Vista will
: become the defacto OS before Win 7 is released?
:

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "MikeB" <[email protected]>

| Sorry for being OT, but I can't find the Vista newsgroup in the Google
| Groups hierarchies. Does it exist?

| I'm wanting to ask a question about upgrading between the various
| versions of Vista and whether that is cost-effective.

| I'm looking at getting a new PC and if I get is with Either Vista
| Ultimate or Business, I can get a downgrade license to run Windows XP
| on it. So the cheapest is to get Business, but if, in the longer term
| I decide to run Vista, then I might want the phot stuff thats in
| Ultimate.

| I think the upgrade cost on the MS Vista home site is something like
| $139, whereas the incremental cost in the OEM pre-install between
| Business and Ultimate is merely $59.

| What are the odds that XP will fall out of favor or that Vista will
| become the defacto OS before Win 7 is released?


That's what you get by using Google instead of a News Client.

The following NNTP URL will take your default News Client to;
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.general

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Sorry for being OT, but I can't find the Vista newsgroup in the Google
Groups hierarchies. Does it exist?

There are many, as Tom [Pepper] Willet pointed out.

I'll just add that Google Groups is an excellent place to search the
groups for information you're looking for, but, like any web-based
method, a poor way to participate in them.

Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as Outlook
Express, which comes with Windows XP, or Windows Mail, which comes
with Vista. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[Richie Hardwick]

Sorry for being OT, but I can't find the Vista newsgroup in the Google
Groups hierarchies. Does it exist?

You are search-impaired to the MAX.

http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=usenet=microsoft.public.windows.vista,&

Richie Hardwick

 

[Hiram B Culpeper]

Sorry for being OT, but I can't find the Vista newsgroup in the Google
Groups hierarchies. Does it exist?

I'm wanting to ask a question about upgrading between the various
versions of Vista and whether that is cost-effective.

I'm looking at getting a new PC and if I get is with Either Vista
Ultimate or Business, I can get a downgrade license to run Windows XP
on it. So the cheapest is to get Business, but if, in the longer term
I decide to run Vista, then I might want the phot stuff thats in
Ultimate.

I think the upgrade cost on the MS Vista home site is something like
$139, whereas the incremental cost in the OEM pre-install between
Business and Ultimate is merely $59.

What are the odds that XP will fall out of favor or that Vista will
become the defacto OS before Win 7 is released?

microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
And it's on Google Groups as well as 'the correct method of access' - via a
newsreader e.g. Microsoft Outlook Express.