> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Acord [mailto:JOn@theacords.biz]
> Posted At: Monday, October 23, 2006 1:28 AM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>
>
> What do mean by: however the level of advantages that Vista gives
> over XP is quite similar to what 95 gave to Windows 3.11.
>
> Bill, tell me HOW Vista has advantages over XP?

Jon,

There's a lot of information on ths subject. Please do some research
will you. A list of new features and enhancements alone would probably
keep you busy reading thru for several minutes.

Here's a couple of links to help you get started:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/vista/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...bc16ebf-4823-4
a12-afe1-5b40b2ad3725&DisplayLang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...te/overvw.mspx

--
Alexander Suhovey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SESSION_EVENT [mailto:session@event.net.net.net]
> Posted At: Sunday, October 22, 2006 5:48 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
> Alexander Suhovey wrote:
> >> "Phil Miller" <philsoft@chartermi.net.nospam> wrote in message
> >> news:uqLJhrZ9GHA.4288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >>>
> >>> Imagine if you went to Kroger and bought 20 lbs.
> >>
> >> Please stop trying to make analogies with physical entities. It
does
> >> not make any sence. Software is not a physical object you buy from
> >> vendor and you don't own it.
>
> Why not make analogy to physical entities?

Do I even need to explain?
You cannot copy a 20 lbs. hamburger. You cannot make a backup just in
case you are not sure if you're a good cook. You cannot have it for
dinner, then give it to your friend and granma, then go to the
restaurant and share it with everybody.

> Microsoft "ties" the software to hardware.

If software vendors could do that 100% effectively there would be no
need in any EULAs. There would be no piracy too.

--
Alexander Suhovey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ceebezee [mailto:ceebezee@discussions.microsoft.com]
> Posted At: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:55 AM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>
>
> Hi, I am one of the person from a developing nation known for its
rampant
> piracy of windows software. One solution for all this is for
microsoft to
> price its software accordingly. They know the percapita income of the
nation
> and should price it accordingly. This would greatly reduce piracy.

I doubt MS can compete with pirates that way. If a DVD with every
version of MS OSes is available for less than $10, you can't beat that
with any reasonable discount. If people for decades are buying software
for the price near that of physical media, no discounts alone will make
them change their mind.

As for emerging markets, Microsoft already has a couple of options
(watch line wrapping in URLs):

1. Starter Editions
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/n...StarterFS.mspx
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...86-c855-444b-8
02a-22da5ac384b81033.mspx

2. New "FlexGo" licensing model
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/flexgo/default.mspx

--
Alexander Suhovey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Acord [mailto:JOn@theacords.biz]
> Posted At: Monday, October 23, 2006 12:38 AM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>
> Microsoft is telling us according to the EULA that we do not own the
> software. We have very few rights.

Jon, wake up already. It's not MS, it's Copyright/IP law. EULAs are
everywhere and all of them have little to none regarding user rights and
vendor guarantees. If you don't like that go write your congressmen o
whatever it is called in your country, do not waste your and our time
here.

--
Alexander Suhovey

>> Use Linux.
>
> Too complicated for most users.

Interestingly enough I tried out a Linux Distro from freespire.org and it is
amazingly simple and completely free. It also includes a free click and run
with access to hundreds of free applications and games as well as 'for sale'
software. This looks really promising and could be a realistic alternative.

Rick Rogers wrote:
>>> They don't have a monopoly,
>>
>> For all practical purposes they do.
>
> Practical and really having one are two different things.

True. So?

> Microsoft was
> able to successfully market their product regardless of cheaper
> alternatives.

Piracy helped them immensely by saturating the market with 95/98/W2K.

> Part of that was providing interoperability with a wider
> range of applications and hardware support. In an open market, the
> consumer chooses who leads the pack.

Sure. "Customers can have any color they want as long as it's black", H.
Ford.

> As a result, Microsoft now enjoys a
> market dominance, and can command compatibility for any that want their
> product to succeed. At least until the consumer decides to change their
> habits.

They will and Vista will be the catalyst.

>
>>> and they're not the only place in town. Go buy a Mac.
>>
>> Too expensive.
>
> That is a choice issue.

No, it's an *economic* issue.

> Some argue that Windows is too expensive, yet
> people continue to buy it regardless of price. A Mercedes is a choice,
> but many purchase a Ford instead.

I don't think Windows is too expensive if it would allow you to upgrade
your computer. I just don't like the "you're a pirate until you prove
otherwise" trip and there is no good reason why paying customers have to
play the cat and mouse game that MS has with pirates. As someone who is
constantly upgrading his computer, the price of Vista is outrageous,
highway robbery!

>
>>> Use Linux.
>>
>> Too complicated for most users.
>
> Not really, most of the releases in the past 4-5 years are fairly user
> friendly, even for the novice. A bigger problem is porting applications,
> but as more get on board there may be a change in the market. What linux
> needs is a deal with a major manufacturer, given that and ease of use
> they may gain a foothold with the non-geek consumers.

I'm going to be trying out Ubuntu and see if what everyone says is true.

Alias

Phil Miller wrote:
>
>>> Use Linux.
>>
>> Too complicated for most users.
>
> Interestingly enough I tried out a Linux Distro from freespire.org and
> it is amazingly simple and completely free. It also includes a free
> click and run with access to hundreds of free applications and games as
> well as 'for sale' software. This looks really promising and could be a
> realistic alternative.

I just got my Ubuntu CD in the mail and soon I will be testing it on
another box.

Alias

THEN you are missing the point of a computer.

A computer is a machine you run software on. Any software you want. Software
isn't "tied" to a machine. The machine runs whatever it is you want it to.
Reprogrammable they call it. "Tying" software to it defeats the purpose, the
very nature of the reprogrammable computer!

Microsoft brought up the issue of "tying" software to a computer and making
the SOFTWARE "one" with the hardware, not me. Sure, it's not hamburger, but
they are attemtpting to make it like hamburger. Only they don't want to be
inspected for the quality of the hamburger, nor held accountable should the
hamburger be bad and poison someone. They want it both was in terms of
limits and restrictions and placed on you and neither way when it comes to
responsibility and accountablility.

Personally, I think software should be strictly copyright as in a book. You
don't need to buy a new book just because you buy a new reading chair. Terms
should be that simple even if it requires legislation to make it so.
Copyright protection should come into place at the time of sale/installation
not as an ongoing invasion of privacy and certainly the SOFTWARE should not
be able to seize your personal documents and papers. That is the job of the
state should it ever have to obtain a warrant to do so.

Alexander Suhovey wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: SESSION_EVENT [mailto:session@event.net.net.net]
>>> Posted At: Sunday, October 22, 2006 5:48 PM
>>> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
>>> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>>> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>>> Alexander Suhovey wrote:
>>>>> "Phil Miller" <philsoft@chartermi.net.nospam> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uqLJhrZ9GHA.4288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Imagine if you went to Kroger and bought 20 lbs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please stop trying to make analogies with physical entities. It
>>>>> does not make any sence. Software is not a physical object you
>>>>> buy from vendor and you don't own it.
>>>
>>> Why not make analogy to physical entities?
>>
>> Do I even need to explain?
>> You cannot copy a 20 lbs. hamburger. You cannot make a backup just in
>> case you are not sure if you're a good cook. You cannot have it for
>> dinner, then give it to your friend and granma, then go to the
>> restaurant and share it with everybody.
>>
>>> Microsoft "ties" the software to hardware.
>>
>> If software vendors could do that 100% effectively there would be no
>> need in any EULAs. There would be no piracy too.
>>
>> --
>> Alexander Suhovey

Just to look at Vista seems much like XP. But under the hood Vista is a big
technical improvement and in several ways more secure against a number of
attacks. Once the Vista driver / software scene is smoother, and if its EULA
returns to good sense, Vista would be a no-brainer upgrade because it would
go far to protect a corporation /small-business/ home from breach.

Alexander Suhovey wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jon Acord [mailto:JOn@theacords.biz]
>>> Posted At: Monday, October 23, 2006 1:28 AM
>>> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
>>> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>>> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>>>
>>>
>>> What do mean by: however the level of advantages that Vista gives
>>> over XP is quite similar to what 95 gave to Windows 3.11.
>>>
>>> Bill, tell me HOW Vista has advantages over XP?
>>
>> Jon,
>>
>> There's a lot of information on ths subject. Please do some research
>> will you. A list of new features and enhancements alone would
>> probably keep you busy reading thru for several minutes.
>>
>> Here's a couple of links to help you get started:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/vista/default.mspx
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...bc16ebf-4823-4
>> a12-afe1-5b40b2ad3725&DisplayLang=en
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...te/overvw.mspx
>>
>> --
>> Alexander Suhovey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SESSION_EVENT [mailto:session@event.net.net.net]
> Posted At: Monday, October 23, 2006 5:35 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>
> THEN you are missing the point of a computer.
> Microsoft brought up the issue of "tying" software to a computer and
making
> the SOFTWARE "one" with the hardware, not me. Sure, it's not
hamburger, but
> they are attemtpting to make it like hamburger. Only they don't want
to be
> inspected for the quality of the hamburger, nor held accountable
should the
> hamburger be bad and poison someone. They want it both was in terms of

> limits and restrictions and placed on you and neither way when it
comes to
> responsibility and accountablility.
>
Maybe you're right on that one. But you said "it's not hamburger" and
that was exactly and only my point.

> Personally, I think software should be strictly copyright as in a
book. You
> don't need to buy a new book just because you buy a new reading chair.
>
That's another example of weak analogy. What does a chair have to do
with anything? Nobody forces you to buy a new OS if your working chair
is broken. OS is not installed on the chair neither a novel is printed
on it.

--
Alexander Suhovey

OK Eye Glasses then.. Just because you get new reading glasses with which to
read the book, and just as you get a new computer with which to read the
software.

i.e. Just because I get a new pair of reading glasses to read the book
doesn't mean I have to get a new book. And just because I get a new computer
to read the software doesn't mean I should have to get new software.

'Have a nice one.



Alexander Suhovey wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: SESSION_EVENT [mailto:session@event.net.net.net]
>>> Posted At: Monday, October 23, 2006 5:35 PM
>>> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
>>> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>>> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>>>
>>> THEN you are missing the point of a computer.
>>> Microsoft brought up the issue of "tying" software to a computer
>>> and making the SOFTWARE "one" with the hardware, not me. Sure, it's
>>> not hamburger, but they are attemtpting to make it like hamburger.
>>> Only they don't want to be inspected for the quality of the
>>> hamburger, nor held accountable should the hamburger be bad and
>>> poison someone. They want it both was in terms of
>>
>>> limits and restrictions and placed on you and neither way when it
>>> comes to responsibility and accountablility.
>>>
>> Maybe you're right on that one. But you said "it's not hamburger" and
>> that was exactly and only my point.
>>
>>> Personally, I think software should be strictly copyright as in a
>>> book. You don't need to buy a new book just because you buy a new
>>> reading chair.
>>>
>> That's another example of weak analogy. What does a chair have to do
>> with anything? Nobody forces you to buy a new OS if your working
>> chair is broken. OS is not installed on the chair neither a novel is
>> printed on it.
>>
>> --
>> Alexander Suhovey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SESSION_EVENT [mailto:session@event.net.net.net]
> Posted At: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:22 PM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>
> OK Eye Glasses then..

So, you didn't bite "neither a novel is printed on it" hint.

Sorry, I cannot continue this conversation, this is starting to be
ridiculous...

--
Alexander Suhovey

LOL

CD-ROM media ??

Alexander Suhovey wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: SESSION_EVENT [mailto:session@event.net.net.net]
>>> Posted At: Monday, October 23, 2006 6:22 PM
>>> Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
>>> Conversation: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>>> Subject: Re: Reasons Why you should not Migrate to Windows Vista
>>>
>>> OK Eye Glasses then..
>>
>> So, you didn't bite "neither a novel is printed on it" hint.
>>
>> Sorry, I cannot continue this conversation, this is starting to be
>> ridiculous...
>>
>> --
>> Alexander Suhovey

Windows Millenium was a heap of crap, (as you rightly, in as many words,
say), so I stick to my contention that XP, (after, in my case, a LONG
acclimatisation), turned out to be significantly superior to W98 / W98se.

If nothing else, the much larger number of drivers bundled with XP made
installation significantly smoother. The efforts in XP to contain a
crash/ing/ed program without halting the whole OS was also a major
improvement.

regards, Richard



"Jon Acord" <JOn@theacords.biz> wrote in message
news:E4C75C2F-C074-4BAD-86A2-B62634EEA90A@microsoft.com...
> Right...I vividly recall when I 'upgraded' from Windows 98 SE to the New
> Windows millinium...after a while, and a few hundred BSODs, I decided it
> was
> not superior to 98. In fact, anything but the word 'superior' came to
> mind... LMAO ;-)
>
> "RJK" wrote:
>
>> ....or should all those "years" have been "months" ?? :-)
>>
>> regards, Richard
>>
>>
>> "RJK" <notatospam********.com> wrote in message
>> news:OzVxRJc9GHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > Trouble is that the "previous" Windows platform only remains usable for
>> > a
>> > finite period of time. I kept my Windows 98se going for several years
>> > after XP was launched, and over a period of a couple of year or so, on
>> > a
>> > 2nd PC, gradually got up to speed with XP - and then finally moved to
>> > XP.
>> > ...and during the following months eventually realised it was far
>> > superior
>> > to XP. BUT, it certainly took some acclimatisation !!!!
>> >
>> > regards, Richard
>> >
>> >
>> > "Jon Acord" <JOn@theacords.biz> wrote in message
>> > news:E84321E3-E2EC-43E4-B81C-FCEEE746644D@microsoft.com...
>> >> 1. UAP. User account protection. This annoying feature will have you
>> >> answering yes or no questions endlessly until you put it out of it's
>> >> misery
>> >> in user accounts. (Turn it off for God's sake). The bad news, then, is
>> >> that
>> >> UAP is a sad, sad joke. It's the most annoying feature that Microsoft
>> >> has
>> >> ever added to any software product, and yes, that includes that
>> >> ridiculous
>> >> Clippy character from older Office versions.
>> >>
>> >> 2. The 'Aero Look'. Another annoying feature. Why? Every single time I
>> >> open
>> >> a program Vista informs me that it is switching to basic windows. The
>> >> screen
>> >> 'pops'. This is very disturbing. (I have tested this since it was
>> >> named
>> >> 'Longhorn'.
>> >>
>> >> 3. Vista requires roughly 3 times the RAM that XP uses to do the same
>> >> thing.
>> >> Unless your PC is at least 3 GHz with 2 Gigs of RAM it'll move like
>> >> molasses
>> >> in the wintertime.
>> >>
>> >> 4. The price. WHY is it so over priced? The upgrade to Vista Ultimate
>> >> alone
>> >> is listed at Amazon.com for $259.00.
>> >>
>> >> 5. No access to basic windows files. I am locked out of folders like
>> >> 'My
>> >> Documents'. Microsoft has decided that the average User is too stupid
>> >> to
>> >> allow access to certain “Windows� files. This is insulting. I am
>> >> offended. I
>> >> know security is an issue and all, but locking a person out of their
>> >> own
>> >> document files is not the answer. The User is locked into a Roaming
>> >> profile,
>> >> thus they are disallowed access.
>> >>
>> >> 6. Broken promises
>> >> Windows Vista was going to include a completely rewritten file system,
>> >> based
>> >> on SQL Server and once called Storage+. Later renamed to WinFS, this
>> >> file
>> >> system was downgraded to a "storage engine," meaning that it would, in
>> >> fact,
>> >> run on top of the decades-old NTFS file system. Then WinFS was
>> >> stripped
>> >> out
>> >> of Windows Vista because the performance was so horrible.
>> >>
>> >> 7. The pain of migration. And why not just stay with Windows Xp? At
>> >> least
>> >> all of my programs work. Think: what big advantage are you getting?
>> >> Security?
>> >> I don't know...with a good Firewall and anti-virus you're all set.
>> >>
>> >> 8. EULA. The EULA on a retail copy now states that VISTA can only be
>> >> activated twice. If I decide to build a new PC a third time,
>> >> Microsoft
>> >> in
>> >> effect is telling me to shell out another $400.00 for Vista Premium.
>> >> My
>> >> original disc becomes a very expensive coaster. XP (and all previous
>> >> WINDOWS) allowed a retail copy to be moved as many times as you
>> >> wished.
>> >> I
>> >> like to upgrade to the latest hardware. In the five years I have
>> >> owned
>> >> my
>> >> retail XP, I have gone from the original P3 ïƒ* P4 2gHz* ïƒ*P4 3gHz ïƒ* P4
>> >> 3.2gHz*
>> >> ïƒ* dual Xeon 2.4gHz* ïƒ* dual Xeon 2.8gHz ïƒ* dual Xeon 3.2gHz* ïƒ* dual Xeon
>> >> 3.4gHz
>> >> (64bit)*. (* are new motherboards too.) That’s 8 different
>> >> processors
>> >> and 6
>> >> motherboards. Oh and several new hard drives along the way as well.
>> >> With
>> >> Vista, I would be stuck at the P4 2gHz.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----------------
>> >> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
>> >> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
>> >> the
>> >> "I
>> >> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
>> >> follow
>> >> this
>> >> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
>> >> then
>> >> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>> >>
>> >> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com....vista.general
>> >
>>
>>

....not sure what your point is, or perhaps you were respponding to the OP
and not me ?

regards, Richard


"Dustin" <mestinkbad@msn.com> wrote in message
news:2AC86E94-62B1-4C67-B72C-BDD638A85FBB@microsoft.com...
>I found this post amusing... so short sighted... "OMIGOD IT'S DIFFERENT
>THEN XP RUN AWAY"... get real. Anyhow I just wanted to respond to each of
>this persons complaints...
>
> "Jon Acord" <JOn@theacords.biz> wrote in message
> news:E84321E3-E2EC-43E4-B81C-FCEEE746644D@microsoft.com...
>> 1. UAP. User account protection. This annoying feature will have you
>> answering yes or no questions endlessly until you put it out of it's
>> misery
>> in user accounts. (Turn it off for God's sake). The bad news, then, is
>> that
>> UAP is a sad, sad joke. It's the most annoying feature that Microsoft has
>> ever added to any software product, and yes, that includes that
>> ridiculous
>> Clippy character from older Office versions.
>
> Yes... this feature is god awful annoying. It's needs a major overhall. As
> of now it does nothing but cause aggrovations.
>
>> 2. The 'Aero Look'. Another annoying feature. Why? Every single time I
>> open
>> a program Vista informs me that it is switching to basic windows. The
>> screen
>> 'pops'. This is very disturbing. (I have tested this since it was named
>> 'Longhorn'.
>
> Well, the only program I've run into that's done this is Windows Media
> Player Classic. And the reason it was doing it was because it was
> displaying video as an overlay. I jsust disabled that and the "popping"
> went away. I am going to assume that Aero works the same way as Quartz
> Extreme for MacOS X. Aero and Quartz are 3rd generation display
> technologies. And basically both render the screen using 3D acceleration.
> Basically everything is 3D textured object. Video would be mapped on to
> the side of an object. An overlay is drawn to the screen completely
> differently, therefore a mode switch is needed.
>
> Anyhow using a 3D object based graphical enviroment you can do some pretty
> nifty things. Like distort, resize, warp, whatever UI objects.
>
>> 3. Vista requires roughly 3 times the RAM that XP uses to do the same
>> thing.
>> Unless your PC is at least 3 GHz with 2 Gigs of RAM it'll move like
>> molasses
>> in the wintertime.
>
> If you have a PC a year old or younger, you should have 2 gigs of RAM.
> Listen... people don't seem to understand that you can never have too much
> RAM. 1GB is puny. I suggest 4GBs or more. Vista supports up to 64 GBs, and
> yes it's likely to reach that amount within it's five year life time.
>
>> 4. The price. WHY is it so over priced? The upgrade to Vista Ultimate
>> alone
>> is listed at Amazon.com for $259.00.
>
> Well it's supposed to last five years,,, Apple sells a new version of OS X
> once a year for $100. Course there is only one version of OS X, and it
> changes much more rapidly then Windows.
>
>> 5. No access to basic windows files. I am locked out of folders like 'My
>> Documents'. Microsoft has decided that the average User is too stupid to
>> allow access to certain “Windows� files. This is insulting. I am
>> offended. I
>> know security is an issue and all, but locking a person out of their own
>> document files is not the answer. The User is locked into a Roaming
>> profile,
>> thus they are disallowed access.
>
> Microsoft has always tried to keep people from browsing disk drive and
> folders such as the Program Files and Windows directories. They are too
> lazy to clean up these folders and make them easy to navigate. So they
> just hide them under a vail of cloth. But they've never limited access to
> user directories.
>
>> 6. Broken promises
>> Windows Vista was going to include a completely rewritten file system,
>> based
>> on SQL Server and once called Storage+. Later renamed to WinFS, this file
>> system was downgraded to a "storage engine," meaning that it would, in
>> fact,
>> run on top of the decades-old NTFS file system. Then WinFS was stripped
>> out
>> of Windows Vista because the performance was so horrible.
>
> Yeah this sucks. They don't ever make use of NTFS very well. I was really
> hoping for better metadata support. But Windows + metadata = wishful
> thinking.
>
>> 7. The pain of migration. And why not just stay with Windows Xp? At least
>> all of my programs work. Think: what big advantage are you getting?
>> Security?
>> I don't know...with a good Firewall and anti-virus you're all set.
>
> Yes migration sucks. It always sucks on Windows. Migration on MacOS X is
> so easy. Why can't Windows be more like that.
>
>> 8. EULA. The EULA on a retail copy now states that VISTA can only be
>> activated twice. If I decide to build a new PC a third time, Microsoft
>> in
>> effect is telling me to shell out another $400.00 for Vista Premium. My
>> original disc becomes a very expensive coaster. XP (and all previous
>> WINDOWS) allowed a retail copy to be moved as many times as you wished.
>> I
>> like to upgrade to the latest hardware. In the five years I have owned
>> my
>> retail XP, I have gone from the original P3 ïƒ* P4 2gHz* ïƒ*P4 3gHz ïƒ* P4
>> 3.2gHz*
>> ïƒ* dual Xeon 2.4gHz* ïƒ* dual Xeon 2.8gHz ïƒ* dual Xeon 3.2gHz* ïƒ* dual Xeon
>> 3.4gHz
>> (64bit)*. (* are new motherboards too.) That’s 8 different processors
>> and 6
>> motherboards. Oh and several new hard drives along the way as well.
>> With
>> Vista, I would be stuck at the P4 2gHz.
>
> Yeah well whatever they said, doesn't mean they're going to inforce it. I
> mean I was able to install a single copy of Windows XP on at least six
> different machines. Microsoft doesn't care. Though this is assuming your
> an end user consumer (the bottem of the food chain).
>
>