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Boycott Vista in the UK!
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T... XP works perfectly for me, but I will eventually get round to setting up a Linux box when I have time and can be bothered to ****-arse around with configuring it. Think you'll find that current releases of (say) Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS just "work out of the box" and need no more configuring than XP does.....in fact my experience is that an install of either of those is actually EASIER and FASTER than XP, AND that includes a fully-functioning office suite. You have to a) buy Office and b) install it after the XP install... |
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Boycott Vista in the UK!
Gordon wrote:
According to this BBC page http://www.microsoft.com/uk/press/executives/ users in the Uk are going to be ripped off yet again by being charged DOUBLE the prices charged in USA. Let's boycott Vista in the UK until this rip-off culture stops. PS - if anyone has an email address for the Sales Director of MS UK I would like to know so that I can ask him to comment on this. Gordon wrote: Sorry, wrong link! (don't know how that one got in there!) Link is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6309651.stm Phisherman wrote: Worse than that, if you install it you'll find that your computer runs slower than with Windows XP. Rock wrote: I installed it, my computer runs great with it. Triple boot with XP. So there goes your contention. Lots of people installing it now with the public release. If what you said were true as a matter of course, then people would be screaming that in the Vista newsgroups, but that's not happening. Depending on the hardware configuration, problems with the install, lack of drivers, your contention is true for some systems, but not as a general rule. But then there were people saying that XP would be a disaster too. When you make a blanket statement like that, without any credible substantiation (and there can't be any in this case because your statement is in fact not true) all you do is show a bias and lack of knowledge. Frank wrote: I installed it on a test machine and it is SLOOOW. A pretty standard box. 2 Ghz Celeron, 512 MB DDR RAM, 7200 RPM 40 Gb hard drive, 8x nvidia 128 MB, DVD, CD-RW. SLOOOOW and no useful upgrades. Gordon wrote: Isn't a GB of RAM the recommended minimum? Leythos wrote: Everything I've read shows that it's slow on 512MB no matter how fast the CPU. 1GB seems to be the minimum like 256MB is the Min for XP. In Windows XP Basics newsgroup only (not cross-posted)... (Real or not - who knows - but surprisingly little activity on it..) Enigmatic wrote: I contacted Microsoft about this and the reply was as follows: "Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for your email concerning price differences for Windows Vista between the US and the UK. In response to your query, I can confirm that the U.S will usually be cheaper owing to the following reasons: U.S resellers, particularly online ones may be able to sell the product at a lower price owing to them taking a reduction in their margins. They can normally do this more than resellers in smaller countries due to the economies of scale of selling to a larger customer base. I should point out at this stage, that as a result of EU regulations we cannot set prices ourselves. Taxation, which can be substantially lower in the U.S than the U.K. Operation costs such as distribution and manufacturing can be significantly lower in the U.S owing to the same economies of scale as mentioned above. Different Microsoft regional offices can offer promotions and discounts to resellers and consumers that are specific to their own region. Microsoft UK and Microsoft Europe will quite often offer such promotions that are not applicable to our U.S customers. Finally, the differences in price can also vary with the currency exchange rate between the U.S and the U.K. I hope this information has answered your query, but if you have any more questions please give us a call on 0870 60 10 100. Our lines are open from 8.00am to 6.00pm, Monday to Friday. Telephone traffic is at its lowest early in the morning. Of course if you prefer please send me an email. Many thanks for contacting us. Kind Regards, MAMATHA DALEER Customer Service Professional Microsoft Customer Services There you go, folks. Robin Depending on who you are and what you wanted to do with Windows XP/Windows Vista... All those minimum spec Windows (XP or Vista) compatible computers started out outdated. "Minimum" System Requirements for Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314865/ "Minimum" System Requirements for Windows Vista: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...uirements.mspx "Realistic" System Requirements for Windows XP (IMHO)... My suggested hardware requirements for Windows XP are (IMHO): .. 1-gigahertz (GHz) processor or faster .. At least 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM (1+GB is recommended) .. At least 30 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk (40+GB recommended) .. 64+MB Video Card .. Other basic system components as needed/desired by the end-user... "Realistic" System Requirements for Windows Vista (IMHO)... My suggested hardware requirements for Windows Vista a .. 2.4-gigahertz (GHz) processor or faster .. At least 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM (1.5+GB is recommended) .. At least 60 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk (100+GB recommended) .. 128+MB Video Card .. Other basic system components as needed/desired by the end-user... Why the difference? Experience with the operating systems with all sorts of users. Sure - there are many users who could do with MUCH less than what I suggest - there might even be one or two out there who can deal with the actual minimums - although, those people are very few and far-between now. If you want a semi-decent experience with all the bells and whistles everyone else gets to see though - so that if you grow, your computer doesn't have to *too much* - I'd go with my suggested requirements instead. Other opinions *will* differ. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Boycott Vista in the UK!
BTW, what does the number of criminals in jail have to do with the
strength of our economy. Working people commit far fewer crimes than jobless people. |
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Boycott Vista in the UK!
JohnO wrote:
BTW, what does the number of criminals in jail have to do with the strength of our economy. Working people commit far fewer crimes than jobless people. Except, of course, Bush and Cheney's good old boys at Enron. Alias |
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