Re: Windows Vista

On Mon, 12 May 2008 16:03:30 +0100, "Knot" <Knot@xxxxxxxx> wrote:



"Loren Pechtel" <lorenpechtel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 May 2008 10:37:34 -0700, "NoSpam" <fake@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Curious question:

Why would anyone buy Windows Vista? I understand that it is not
backwards compatible with my present software and being version 1 it's
very 'buggy's.

Forget about dual booting - too much trouble for the simple home user.
I just cruise the net and play games. Nothing complex.

1) Fools who don't realize upgrading is optional.

2) Those who buy new machines that came pre-loaded with it.

I have a new machine with Vista pre-loaded. I have installed 43 games and
there is only one I have, so far, not got to work. That is Call of Duty 2
multiplayer.
I haven't tried very hard with that as I don't often play multiplayer. The
single player works fine.
Just a few examples from the 43 games currently installed: Gothic 2,
Disciples 2, Fallout, Combat Mission 1,2 and 3, Mafia.

So far I've had one run-in with it: The salesman in question had
connected his machine to a bunch of different printers around the
office (management snafu--he didn't have a proper setup when he
arrived) and it decided it wasn't going to print anymore.

I nuked all the various printers it had created and it worked fine. It
just choked on having a handful of identical printer defintions and
tried to print to one that wasn't there.
.

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