Windows XP just refuses to die. Have you ever notice that in movies they hit the bad guy just hard enough to stun him, then go about their business with their back turned to him while he slowly gets up and surprises them by attacking again? In this allegory, Microsoft management is the cute couple and XP is the villain: "Microsoft's deadline for allowing OEMs to sell PCs with systems that are "downgraded" from Windows Vista to XP is still a moving target. Initially planned to expire on June 30 of this year, Microsoft at first granted an extension to July 31. However, OEMs are still selling the downgrade option (often for a premium) and, according to new reports, the deadline apparently has been officially extended for six more months to January 31, 2009. The information is based on one leaked email sent to an OEM."
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Member since:2005-12-15
Microsoft fixes the driver compatibility problems? How about the hardware vendors fix their own driver problems?
The things people will try to blame Microsoft for never ceases to amaze me.
Member since:2007-05-18
What driver problems? For my PC Vista has better driver support than XP. And its more reliable. The only driver that sucks is the ATI driver for my Radeon card, but even that is better on Vista, as Vista just restarts the graphics-subsystem when the graphics driver crashes (just a flickering screen for a moment). Windows XP shows me a bluescreen and all work is lost.
Member since:2005-12-31
> Microsoft fixes the driver compatibility problems? How about the
> hardware vendors fix their own driver problems?
And what if they don't? Microsoft would lose even more customers that migrate to Linux or OS X. The Linux people have tried pointing their fingers at the hardware vendors for crappy drivers, and it didn't work. I don't see why it should work for Microsoft. Customers are staying with Windows because it solves a problem well enough, but that is no longer the case when even drivers don't work.
> The things people will try to blame Microsoft for never ceases to
> amaze me.
There is no point at all in *blaming* somebody for the problems, since that would not solve them.
Member since:2008-09-18
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2007-07-03
Another interim method would be to run windows XP under Vista until MS finally fix the drivers compatibility problems in Vista
You can use a solution such as ThinServer XP
http://www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htm