Our university does not support (nor recommend) Vista. However, Microsoft's
marketing has now made it impossible to buy a computer at commercial outlets
which has any OS except Vista. Hence, unless they shop at the unviersity
computer store, our students have little choice but to buy Vista systems,
even though the software is not available.
Could the university have done more? Probably, yes.
Should Microsoft provide people with more options? Definitely yes.
Including the option to convert any Vista computer to XP without having to
buy a separate XP license. This is the issue raised by the first poster - do
they have any recourse when the only operating system on the computer they
bought (the only OS option which they were offered by the computer vendor) is
inappropriate for the task?
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:
Quote:
> "buying Vista-based machines are finding themselves unable to run key
> statistical analysis software."
> Did these students check with the university to determine requirements
> before purchasing a new computer?
>
> This type of problem is not new.
> Students have been purchasing inappropriate computers and later
> finding out they are unsuitable for their specific university
> requirements for many years.
>
> Among other things, perhaps schools should be more proactive in
> letting students and prospective students know their computer
> requirements as easily and quickly as possible.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
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