Re: OT: Another Vista story regarding SP1

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:56:03 -0500, Journey <journey@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:36:02 -0500, RnR <rnrtexas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206904736

What a shocker .....

I wonder if a lot of MS's trouble now is a result of the fact that
Windows grew up from DOS and is a kind of "patched together" operating
system?

If I compare my Windows experience with my Mac OSX experience, the
Mac's is far better. The Mac OS, I think, is very solid and was
designed keeping changes in mind, and has a varient of Unix (I think)
as the solid underlying architecture, rather than a DOS legacy.

I think MS should say that they will support XP far later than what I
think someone here said -- 1/1/09. If I were a corporate customer,
forced into a Vista upgrade because of a support cessation deadline, I
would only see CO$T without any real benefits. To change an OS for a
corporation is a HUGE undertaking, and there should be some benefits.

MS is possibly ruining its reputation which might lead companies to
look at other options. It's probably not practical though because MS
has things like Exchange (which I don't completely understand) and
other "infrastructure" advantages (Outlook for meeting scheduling,
etc) that Linux or Mac OSX doesn't have.

I have one PC running Vista Ultimate now. I am going to do the
upgrade to SP1 now and see how it goes ..... It's a non-critical
laptop and I'll probably put XP on it anyway so no harm if it doesn't
work.


Let us know how your experience with SP1 goes (both installation and
first impressions compared to pre SP1). thanks.
.

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