Re: windows os - reality - dilemma

2009-08-04 Thread Dana
why are you being guided by college students? For what it is worth though, I say that the smart ones are running XP still. Many people loathe Vista and 7 is still quite new. On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Don L do...@yahoo.com wrote: So, I took the courage to have wiped out everything on a

Re: windows os - reality - dilemma

2009-08-04 Thread Casey Dougall
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Dana dana.tier...@gmail.com wrote: why are you being guided by college students? For what it is worth though, I say that the smart ones are running XP still. Many people loathe Vista and 7 is still quite new. Wish i had a computer when I went to school.

Re: windows os - reality - dilemma

2009-08-04 Thread Don L
thank you for your input. Most new laptops will have Vista home premium because that is what the hardware vendors are installing but you could install multiple os on multiple partitions and have a testbed for all them. On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Don Ldo...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: windows os - reality - dilemma

2009-08-04 Thread Don L
nope, it's because this demographics is a part of target market... why are you being guided by college students? For what it is worth though, I say that the smart ones are running XP still. Many people loathe Vista and 7 is still quite new. On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:46 PM, D

Re: windows os - reality - dilemma

2009-08-04 Thread Dana
ah ok I did not realize it was a mrketing question. That makes better sense. On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Don L do...@yahoo.com wrote: nope, it's because this demographics is a part of target market... why are you being guided by college students? For what it is worth though, I say

windows os - reality - dilemma

2009-08-03 Thread Don L
So, I took the courage to have wiped out everything on a hard drive running xp pro from compaq bought zillions years ago (2001), and have it reformatted with recovery cd for laptop for want of its own recovery cd, so, as far as OS goes, it's a dead animal. Chatting with HP rep, found out, oh

Re: windows os - reality - dilemma

2009-08-03 Thread Maureen
Most new laptops will have Vista home premium because that is what the hardware vendors are installing but you could install multiple os on multiple partitions and have a testbed for all them. On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Don Ldo...@yahoo.com wrote: So, I took the courage to have wiped out

Re: windows os - reality - dilemma

2009-08-03 Thread Robert Munn
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Don L do...@yahoo.com wrote: So, I took the courage to have wiped out everything on a hard drive running xp pro from compaq bought zillions years ago (2001), and have it reformatted with recovery cd for laptop for want of its own recovery cd, so, as far as OS