MBS said nothing to the effect of my question to you. My annoyance with the whole this is having to purchase new hardware to buy a new version of something that I dont need.
Yea, I know, progress, etc, yadda, yadda. But Vista brings nothing to the table for me to justify a corporate upgrade. Its all a financial loss with no outstanding gain - other than continued support. I dont care for or need the dazzle of Vista in the workplace. On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM, HELP_PC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Smith couldn't answer better! > > > GuidoElia > HELPPC > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: sabato 10 maggio 2008 17.59 > A: NT System Admin Issues > Oggetto: Re: R: Why XP is doomed > > And besides being on the "latest" version of Windows, what are you > getting out of your addition investments? Is there something you can do > on Vista that you cant on XP? > > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:50 AM, HELP_PC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think you are right . Windows Xp was sucking a lot on a PentiumIII >> 1ghz machine with 256MB RAM, where Win 98 was really "fast". >> I am now deploying Q6600 or T9300 machines with Vista and 4GB RAM and >> I am quite satisfied. >> >> >> GuidoElia >> HELPPC >> >> -----Messaggio originale----- >> Da: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Inviato: sabato 10 maggio 2008 16.44 >> A: NT System Admin Issues >> Oggetto: RE: Why XP is doomed >> >> >> MS's earnings were disappointing? Welcome to 2008. They can stand in >> line with the other 80% of companies with the same problems. >> >> As for support, XP has been around since 2001 and mainstream support >> goes until Apr. 2009. >> That's a damn long life cycle for any software maker. This is the same > >> whining that went on with Windows 98 and Windows 2000. I don't >> remember the world ending in either case. Think about what other >> software was released in >> 2001 and if it's still support. I wonder if Adobe still supports >> Photoshop 6.0? I'll bet Apple still supports OSX 10.0.0, but Apple >> seems to be living the rock star life these days. >> >> Now Ill also say I'm still a HUGE XP fan. I use XP at home on all my >> machines. My work machine is Vista and while I don't really dislike >> it, it really doesn't do much for me either. But eventually the time >> will come to upgrade, and I'm sure my world won't end either. The >> "Vista sucks" thing has certainly taken on a life of its own. I would >> venture to guess that a very large percentage of the people who say it > >> sucks have never tried it. >> It doesn't totally suck, it's just....slightly sucky. Frankly if they >> could just get it to perform better, it would be great. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:20 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Why XP is doomed >> >> Interesting analysis from Cringely. As always, "follow the money" ... >> >> ------- Included Stuff Follows ------- I, Cringely . The Pulpit . >> Wimpy | PBS >> >> ... >> >> Several readers are concerned about Microsoft's decision to stop >> selling >> >> Windows XP and -- most importantly -- end security updates for the >> venerable operating system. This has everything to do with business > >> and >> nothing at all to do with technology. Wearing my business >> reporter's >> >> fedora, then, I'll point you back a week or so to Microsoft's most >> recent >> earnings announcement, which disappointed Wall Street. This is >> significant >> because it is hard to find a Wall Street analyst who remembers the >> last >> time Microsoft's earnings were disappointing. It simply doesn't >> happen. >> That's because Microsoft has a myriad of tools for adjusting the >> numbers >> >> to look just right. >> >> Because Microsoft has so many tools for fine-tuning its financials >> (primarily the management of expenses, by the way -- Microsoft >> makes so >> much money that it tunes the numbers by throwing cash away), the >> fact that >> this last set of numbers disappointed suggests to me that they, >> too, could >> have been avoided. Microsoft probably decided to deliberately take >> an >> earnings hit precisely so they could play the "we have to get the >> earnings >> up" card to justify the final death of XP. >> >> Microsoft has been under huge pressure from its hardware OEMs to >> dump XP, >> thus forcing millions of customers who have been avoiding Vista and >> Vista's inevitable hardware upgrade to finally buy new computers. >> Dumping >> XP will help Dell and HP AND Microsoft, big-time. It won't do >> anything for >> you or me, though, since Vista still sucks, but we obviously don't >> matter. >> >> Those customers who think they'll keep XP going on their own will >> probably >> be out of luck, too. With Microsoft abandoning security upgrades, >> hackers >> will eat holes in the old OS practically overnight. And if one or >> more of >> the security companies like Symantec or McAfee think they can make >> a >> >> business out of defending XP, I simply doubt that customers will >> pay. >> >> --------- Included Stuff Ends --------- Other topics also discussed in > >> his column here: >> http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20080509_004880.html >> >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> >> ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ >> > > > > -- > ME2 > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
