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ForumsFree technical support to small businesses that will buy new PCs from now until the next three months with a Windows Vista operating system are now available from Microsoft. Plus, the company is offering help to downgrade the businesses’ operating system to Windows XP.
“We have such confidence in the state of Windows Vista that we’re going to all U.S.-based small businesses and we’re offering free support, one-on-one coaching and assistance via phone to help them go through and make the transition to Windows Vista,” said Brad Brooks of Microsoft.
Source: COMPUTERWORLD
This is only for the cry babies that cried even when XP was fresh and new and did not want to move from 98 or NT or 2000.
There is nothing wrong with VISTA Period.
Actually…EVERYTHING is wrong with it from a business stand point. Most of all is the amount of Business software currently available that is simply WILL NOT RUN, or runs so poorly it simply isn’t worth the effort.
It’s fine for use by the average Joe home user….but for commercial use it is pretty much useless.
PJ is correct, Vista is fine.
If business software doesn’t work then it is whoever wrote the program that is at fault. Go blame them and ask for Vista compatible applications.
You simply refuse to accept the reality that Microsoft screwed the pooch.
On identical hardware (The recommended hardware for Vista, in fact), XP SP3 is as much as 30% faster than Vista SP1 and uses 40% less memory. Now I’m pretty sure all that means Vista is junk…in every sense of the word when compared to its predecessor.
By the way…I have a PHD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Yes, the famous MIT) to back up my opinion.
And DOS uses even less memory and runs even faster. Thus according to your reasoning DOS rules and everything else is junk!
Go back to MIT, Mr PHD (or should I say Dr PHD).
I work for a relatively large company. Do we want to or plan to go to Vista? No not yet and why? Becuase there are minor issues that make a change difficult on a large scale. I have installed our applications on several Vista computers and they all work fine. The only issue I had is one users has a laptop with Vista Ultimate x64 and yes our software does have issues then. I want x64 software not for Vista but for x64 Servers to run as Terminal Servers and remove the memory caps I have there. I think Vista is fine it is running the same course as XP ran when it started. If MS does intend to release thier next OS in 2010 Vista will never really get to be where XP is today. Remeber XP had what 6 or 7 years it was out so yeah I expect it to be better then one thats been out for 1 year.
Love it when the children who haven’t got a clue sound off…..
Microsoft products are like a new born baby, they need some few years to be come mature….!!
Your all correct in some respect, Vista has worked fine for me even when it first shipped. But, it did involve a rewrite of the entire kernel and break a lot of older business applications. You have the people complaining it’s too similar to XP and the other half complaining it’s too different. Since many enterprises still use 2000, you can’t be surprised when some won’t jump on Vista. For the consumer buying new hardware I advise them to go with Vista and just learn it, it is definitely more secure and has many features that make you more productive. OEM’s are a problem when they load up the cheaper builds with crapware and 6 month old drivers. That’s where we come in, to help clients maximize their experience. XP will run great on the new hardware no mater what they dump on it, it almost 8 years since it launched.