Where SWMBA works, there is a 36 month cycle for upgrading. If it
comes with the new OS, that is kept sealed and the prevalent OS is
installed/cloned on. When enough hardware has accumulated and IS is
happy, there is a big change over to the new OS. Took them until y2k
to finally move to win98SE. Still running Win2k, and no expectation of
Vista going on any machines until 2012.
On Mar 15, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Loren Faeth wrote:
not much of a surprise: Lets see: $130 for a full version of OSX, or
$300-400 for a poor imitation? This article is from Jan 4, 2007
Information Week:
1. Editor's Note: Vista Lagging, XP Unflagging
Cost of upgrading to business versions of Vista: $199, $299, or $399,
depending on which edition you choose.
Cost of staying with Windows XP? Apparently priceless.
That's one logical conclusion based on the stories that InformationWeek
readers are clicking on fast and furiously these days.
Take two of our most popular stories this week (both by Fred Langa):
<http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/
n3EQ0GMfjL0G4n0Ebl50EP>XP's
No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option, in which Langa shows
you
how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP
installation
without losing data or having to reinstall user software, reformat, or
otherwise destructively alter the setup; and
<http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/
n3EQ0GMfjL0G4n0EyAF0EM>XP
On Your Thumb Drive, in which he offers a step-by-step guide on how to
boot
XP from an ordinary USB drive.
These stories about an old operating system are no spring chickens
themselves: The first was published seven months ago, and the latter a
full
year ago. Perennial news about what appears might be a perennial
operating
system.
The XP lovefest doesn't stop there. This week we also published Bill
O'Brien's very helpful hands-on piece
<http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/
n3EQ0GMfjL0G4n0EyAG0EN>Make
Mine Media: How To Upgrade To Windows Media Center Edition, in which he
berates Microsoft for only releasing Windows XP MCE to OEMsÂand shows
you
how to turn your XP PC into a full-fledged media center. XP MCE! You
can
just hear the crowds chanting.
And the seemly inexhaustible delight that pollsters take in asking CIOs
about their Vista upgrade plans continued this week with Deutsche Bank
Equity Research surveying IT chiefs about their 2007 plans. The
majority
(63.6%) say they have absolutely no intention of upgrading to either
Vista
or Office 2007 in 2007. Only 10% definitely say they will upgrade to
Vista
this year. Sounds like it's XP for dinner again tonight.
What do you think? If you're not thoroughly exhausted from being asked
about your Vista plans, give us your opinion by responding to
<http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/
n3EQ0GMfjL0G4n0EyAH0EO>my
entry in the InformationWeek Weblog.
Alice LaPlante
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-2007>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.informationweek.com
AND, Information Week has had a LOT of articles about how Windows
users are
going to Mac. I myself have moved to an ibook with a windows remote
desktop client on it. Does everything I need on the road, for a small
price and a very small and light unit. And as a bonus, the 4-5 year
old
iboook still lasts twice as long on a battery charge as any windows
laptop
I have ever seen or used. THe Macbook is awesome SWMBO has a Macbook
with
both OSX and XP Pro. It is flat out the best value in a windows
laptop!
At 08:13 PM 3/15/2007, you wrote:
Seems that folks are not happy with Vista in Seattle.
Loren Faeth
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