Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Jan 2008 11:59 UTC
"Windows Vista didn't make a smooth market entrance; in fact, nearly every aspect of the operating system has been attacked since its release on January 30, 2007. Multiple SKUs allegedly confused customers, anti-DRM groups disliked Vista's Protected Video Path and its overall DRM friendliness, and Microsoft's definition of 'Vista Capable' got the company sued. Toss in a plethora of bugs and the usual consumer backlash over GUI changes, and you'd think consumers would be avoiding Vista in droves. According to new information, however, they aren't - Vista's adoption rate over the past year actually exceeded XP's in 2001, and consumers apparently choose Vista over XP by a 7:1 margin."
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2005-07-06
"If all you plan to ever do with your computer for is to go online (web browsing), a Pentium III 650MHz, with 512Mb-1Gb RAM, running XP Pro and a nVidia GeForce 3 video card is all you need."
I am a certified HP Technician and I can tell you that if your customer said he is going to use the computer for the internet then ask him what are you planning to browse? Because some web sites use a very graphics demanding Flash animation that would eat all GPU processing and some of CPU as well; and some web sites stresses the system too if it would use gaming; while if you use your browser to open a NASA or High resolution medical images then your RAM is bye bye.
You have to be alittle bet more detailed in questioning the guy who askes you for an advice; plus you have to give him a little more than he demands to keep him in the safe side.
Thanks for reading