I'd wait, 7 is close enough, stick with XP for now. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Marcio <m...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> But would`t I have to have Vista in place in order to upgrade to 7?...Or > better stay with XP and wait, if I have to start from scratch with 7 so be > it... > > Marcio > > -----Original Message----- > >From: mike <xha...@gmail.com> > >Sent: Apr 30, 2009 5:22 PM > >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out? > > > >Two points here. No, at this point with win 7 on the horizon there is no > >reason to go out and buy a copy of Vista. If you are purchasing a new > >computer which comes loaded with Vista then good, leave it. Vista has no > >more bugs than XP or any other OS. > > > >As far as her accuracy about Vista being discontinued, bogus. About it > >being too expensive to fix...bogus. It's already fixed, the part that > isn't > >fixed are press reports and MS haters like Tom who continue attack it > >without any facts. > > > > > > > >On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Marcio <m...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > >> Thanks to you all. No, she did not say that. She said that Microsoft was > >> discontinuing selling Windows Vista (actually that it already > discontinued) > >> because it would be too expensive to fix it. She meant that Microsoft > >> decided to stop selling Windows Vista. That I then would be better off > >> staying with the XP Home and wait to see what was coming from Microsoft. > I > >> have no doubt that this is what she said. Did not mention Premium or > >> Business. > >> > >> I can´t find in Brazil a Windows Vista Upgrade from Microsoft Home XP > >> (Portuguese). So to swith to Vista I would have to start from zero... > what a > >> pain... but I was willing to do so that I would have a Vista and wait > for 7. > >> But she said that Microsoft had decided to stop selling all Vistas in no > >> uncertain terms. > >> > >> Will stay with the XP Home. Do you all see any good reason for me to buy > a > >> Vista Home (or Premium) and start from scratch? To prepare for 7? > >> > >> Marcio > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> >From: Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> > >> >Sent: Apr 30, 2009 4:35 PM > >> >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > >> >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out? > >> > > >> >My first reaction was "This guy is an idiot". But I think you may have > >> just > >> >misunderstood. Perhaps he was saying that, for the cost of him > installing > >> >it, you might be better off waiting a couple years for Windows 7 SP1. > Or > >> >something. > >> > > >> >Anyway, MS has no intention of killing off Vista before XP, but like > all > >> >versions of Windows, it's an incremental upgrade. I wouldn't buy a new > >> >computer today without it. The included UAC is about the only > protection > >> you > >> >have against malware these days. > >> > > >> >PS The version you want is Vista Home *Premium*. Do NOT get Vista Home. > >> >Maybe that's what he meant? > >> > > >> > > >> >On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Marcio <m...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Talk with my computer shop today and wanted to buy from them the > Windows > >> >> Vista Nome SP1 to install on my new computer. The nice owner told me > >> that I > >> >> should not buy it because Microsoft is taking Vista out of the market > >> >> because it would cost them too much to fix all the bugs. Recommended > >> that I > >> >> stay with my Windows XP Home until we learn what microsoft is going > to > >> do. > >> > > >> > > >> > >************************************************************************* > >> >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > >> >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > >> > >************************************************************************* > >> > >> > >> > ************************************************************************* > >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > >> > ************************************************************************* > >> > > > > > >************************************************************************* > >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > >************************************************************************* > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
