Re: [Thinkpad] VISTA S*CKS!

To the list members in this thread who said that Vista is a major OS release
I would say this.

Judging from how little it actually achieves (as opposed to how much it
breaks) and its price tag I would think it should more properly be called an
(expensive) XP SP3 (and a broken SP at that).

On 27/11/2007, Bruce Markowitz <scosgt@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> Careful, that might be another moronic post.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Lagreca" <joe@BIGnetOnline.com>
> To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: "Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS) [E]" <rosenr@mail.nih.gov>;
> <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 8:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] VISTA S*CKS!
>
>
> > CNet rates Vista one of "worst products in history":
> >
> > http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49293700-10,00.htm
> >
> >
> > On Nov 26, 2007 3:32 PM, Bruce Markowitz <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
> > > Which means, IMHO, that they have bit the big one on this!
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS) [E]" <rosenr@mail.nih.gov>
> > > To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 5:58 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] VISTA S*CKS!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > > IBM even has to offer an XP
> > > > > DWNGRADE, Vista is so awful for so many people.
> > > >
> > > > Actually no. They had to offer it because it is taking longer for
> > > > people to validate that their corporate applications work under
> Vista
> > > > than they thought (and that was dumb on the vendors part) and if
> they
> > > > didn't, people wouldn't buy new machines. Not to mention, many
> > > > companies won't migrate until SP1. Again if XP wasn't available, no
> > > > computer sales.
> > > >
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> > > > Robert Rosen
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