Re: Save Windows XP! The clock is ticking

On Tue, 20 May 2008 22:20:39 -0400, BDK <BDK@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>In article <MCJYj.4003$KB3.2026@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, rhyam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
>> On Tue, 20 May 2008 11:38:10 -0700, David wrote:
>> 
>> > Save Windows XP! The clock is ticking
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Microsoft will end OEM and shrink-wrapped sales of Windows XP on June
>> > 30, 2008,
>> > 
>> So what!, you can use XP as long as you want to. You don't HAVE to get
>> Vista. It's a myth that we have to keep up with the latest hardware and
>> software. If your system is producing satsfactory results, why
change???
>> You could be using 98SE and the same thing applies.
>> So your choice is simple, keep XP or get a real operating system !!
>
>The whole point is that people who build PCs don't want XP to go away.
>
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> The manual said to install Windows Vista or better...
>> So I installed Debian.
>> 
>> To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Window$
>> box, you just need to work on it.
>> 
>
>I have a few friends who went to Linux a while back when they built new 
>PC's. They all went back to XP after a while. Too many hassles to do 
>stuff they wanted to do. I've dealt with a few clients at work running 
>Linux, and sometimes the simplest thing is a pain in the ass to 
>accomplish. Finding a solution IS slightly easier than using Microsoft's 
>so called help, so that's a plus for it.

Yeah. I tried Linux a few years back. Very clunky to install (and the
version I
had was sold as easy installation). In the end I had to ignore the
installation
instructions completely and manually install it. Once going it showed
potential,
but as you say, things that should have been simple to do were just too
much of
a pain in the arse.

Using Vista now and after the initial "Why do I have to do it your way?"
and
"How do I change this back to the way I like it?" it seems to be ok.

****ll #2
--
The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day
they
start making vacuum cleaners.
 Ernst Jan Plugge