Vista - Re: Aus. PC World: No good reason to upgrade to Vista

03-19-2008

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:16:18 GMT, Charlie Wilkes
<charlie_wilkes@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

>"At the end of the decade, when Microsoft's executives look back at the
>debacle that was Windows Vista, they'll see that simply slapping a fresh
>coat of paint on an otherwise aging Windows architecture wasn't enough to
>fool anybody. Let's hope they also realize that, as with any major
>update, they needed to make their case to IT. Focusing on consumers while
>ignoring their enterprise customers, and assuming IT shops would simply
>fall in line, was no way to execute a platform migration."
>
>http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index....;1;fp;2;fpid;2
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>This is an interesting article that will put to rest any nagging doubts
>experienced by those who have opted to stick with XP.
>
>Charlie

"No good reason to upgrade to Vista"

True, if you want to use it as an office machine or to run current
games. But some games now, and soon many, require DirectX 10 which XP
doesn't have. That's the only reason i switched, to run FlightSimX and
Crysis.

p.s. just installed SP1 without a hitch, took 57 mins

Graham

03-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
graham1cr n/a posts	Re: Aus. PC World: No good reason to upgrade to Vista On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:16:18 GMT, Charlie Wilkes <charlie_wilkes@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >"At the end of the decade, when Microsoft's executives look back at the >debacle that was Windows Vista, they'll see that simply slapping a fresh >coat of paint on an otherwise aging Windows architecture wasn't enough to >fool anybody. Let's hope they also realize that, as with any major >update, they needed to make their case to IT. Focusing on consumers while >ignoring their enterprise customers, and assuming IT shops would simply >fall in line, was no way to execute a platform migration." > >http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index....;1;fp;2;fpid;2 >________________________________________________________________________ > >This is an interesting article that will put to rest any nagging doubts >experienced by those who have opted to stick with XP. > >Charlie "No good reason to upgrade to Vista" True, if you want to use it as an office machine or to run current games. But some games now, and soon many, require DirectX 10 which XP doesn't have. That's the only reason i switched, to run FlightSimX and Crysis. p.s. just installed SP1 without a hitch, took 57 mins Graham
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