Alias

It is way more capable.. live with it, or say nothing..

"Alias" <alias@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
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> Mike Hall - MS MVP wrote:[color=green]
>> Vista was released as the next stage up in Windows OS, just like all of
>> the others.. it flies in the face of lower end computers no more than XP
>> did on its release..
>>
>> To have a more capable OS requires more capable hardware.. it is that
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>
> "Capable"? You mean more resource hungry, not more capable.
>
> Alias[color=green]
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>>
>> "Wrecklass" <wrecklass1******.com> wrote in message
>> news:ONwSnxebHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> Valid points. It seems to me that there is a lot of truth in the Rumors
>>> that Vista
>>> was designed to help sell more hardware. Totally flying in the face of
>>> the new
>>> lower priced PC's being made by the bigger hardware vendors. I suspect
>>> Dell
>>> is happily selling these cheap systems knowing full well that they will
>>> end up
>>> selling expensive upgrades on every one.
>>>
>>> I am sad, and a bit surprised by the number of people I see saying "But
>>> Vista
>>> is newer, so it should be faster, right?" I can only look at them in
>>> disbelief. MS
>>> really sold people on this idea, but they were banking on most people
>>> buying
>>> higher end systems, which would mask the performance problems in Vista.
>>>
>>> The only WOW I've heard from people is "Wow, this is really going to
>>> cost me
>>> a lot of money, isn't it?"
>>>
>>>
>>> "Gordon Keenan" <gordon@tasystems.org(removeme)> wrote in message
>>> news:E46E012E-B40C-4BD9-BF35-57F8402B899C@microsoft.com...
>>>> I have (over the last three weeks) had the opportunity to work at
>>>> different places that have recently purchased new Dell Computer
>>>> Equipment. A few small business's and some home users, so it's been a
>>>> combinations of Vista Business and Home Edition.
>>>>
>>>> My experiences have left me extremely cold on what Dell considers to be
>>>> an acceptable platform for the Vista operating system.
>>>>
>>>> All of the equipment is way under powered for decent use, though I have
>>>> to say it would be fine for Windows XP.
>>>>
>>>> 512MB RAM - it's crippling the system!
>>>> On-board video - Aero - zero chance of that happening for these users
>>>> and certainly no WOW factor!
>>>>
>>>> The thing is, the people buying the equipment don't know any better but
>>>> they all said the same thing... Why is the new computer running so
>>>> slow? Surely it should be really fast with the new vista on it?
>>>>
>>>> As I run Vista Business on a dual-core Athlon 5600+ with 2GB of ram,
>>>> and I find it sluggish at times, all I could do is tell them that in
>>>> future, they should ask advice before just buying something cheap.
>>>>
>>>> As for Dell, a company that is trying to tell people that it KNOWS
>>>> about computers, they should hang their heads in shame.. but the good
>>>> thing is that independent computer builders now have a chance of making
>>>> good spec pc's that will work better for the end user!
>>>>
>>>>
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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
[url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/[/url]