The Japanese computer supplier NEC has officially launched a product to let network administrators downgrade machines running Windows Vista to XP. The OEM first made the product, NEC FlexLoad, available to customers on 25 January. However, the product was officially launched on Tuesday. Customers with a Vista licence can purchase the two-DVD pack for GBP 7, according to David Newbould, NEC UK's product marketing manager. The first DVD sets up a partition on the hard drive and installs core XP files and drivers, while the second DVD installs the remaining XP files in the partition, said Newbould. NEC recommends that customers burn a Vista recovery CD before installing the XP partition.
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Member since:2007-02-17
Someone decides to pick 5 obscure dos games and complains that they dont work in vista.. well I wonder why? Name one game made for windows xp that works on linux but not windows vista (From this decade, not some 16 bit windows 3.1 game, or dos game that just barely works in xp). One. Name it. Whoa! I did put a smiley in there. I wasn't being serious.
If you really want to play games like that, however, I do have an alternative question for you. Name one game made for Vista (and directx 10) that works on XP. One. Name it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX#DirectX_10
Edited 2008-02-06 02:50 UTC
Member since:2006-03-26
I wasnt really being totally serious either. But games made for direct x 10 that dont work on xp are a very different situation all together. That isnt an accidental flaw, that is a purposely manufactured incompatibility between xp and directx 10 made by microsoft in an attempt to force people to upgrade.
Im not a microsoft fan boy, im just a bit tired of seeing people stretch facts far beyond the border of imaginary to push whatever thing they happen to be pushing. It happens everywhere, microsoft, apple (especially apple), and yes, even in the linux community.
It just drives be nuts to sit by and watch these huge glaring turds people try to pass off as reality go unchallenged. And if that means defending microsoft at times, well.. 
Edited 2008-02-06 03:07 UTC
Member since:2007-03-01
"Name One Windows Game that Works on XP and Linux that doesn't under Vista":
Battlefied 1942-Only about 5 yrs old(in fact they still sell it) runs perfect in XP and more then decent with wine in linux. But under Vista, logging into an oniline game more then 50% of the time produces a total crash with an error message telling me to "contact my software manufacturer". I have also had issues with Star Trek Starfleet Command 3, Rise of Nations(The game won't update under vista..and an MS game no less)and Red Faction...which is filled with bugs and crashers that were never present on XP.
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2006-03-26
I dont think so, I have yet to find a single piece of software that doesn't work. Im not saying that there isn't software that doesn't work, but most of it is hype because its popular to hate MS.
Yeah, I think I made my opinion known on that Linux has better game compatibility than windows.. In short, its utter b.s.
Hell, none of the games listed on the article you posted work in linux either
Someone decides to pick 5 obscure dos games and complains that they dont work in vista.. well I wonder why?
Name one game made for windows xp that works on linux but not windows vista (From this decade, not some 16 bit windows 3.1 game, or dos game that just barely works in xp). One. Name it.
Edited 2008-02-06 02:39 UTC