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[frlwinslow]

Upgrade to Windows 7 OR do a real upgrade and move to UBUNTU 12.04!!!!

[Evildave]

frlwinslow, on 10 April 2012 - 03:36 PM, said:

Upgrade to Windows 7 OR do a real upgrade and move to UBUNTU 12.04!!!!

I think most of the people who used Vista who were clueful enough to even consider Linux, already did.

People who are still left running Vista at this point are probably stuck with what they have.

So now Microsoft is giving them the shaft, because they probably can NOT upgrade (can not afford to, or stuck in a business/institution that uses shista, or not 'technical' enough to know how).

No 'two year countdown' for Vista, like XP. Because Microsoft wants to bury it in the litter box of history.

Don't feel too bad for them. They're likely to give the same kind of sudden-death shaft to Windoze 7 users, too, to try to get people to 'upgrade' to 8.

Cattle.

[LiveBrianD]

Who actually uses that anyway? I would've thought that most people just search the internet for solutions and perhaps ask on online forums.

Also, although I don't see why they need to drop support for ie10 on Vista (come on, browsers like Firefox and Chrome support XP and up, firefox even supports Windows 2000, and yet they are a lot better than IE in most ways).

[DougAlexander]

Have you noticed that everybody else will let you focus on your apps but Microsoft wants you to focus on their operating system?

[NickRudd]

Microsoft will stop Windows Vista before Windows XP?!! Fine with me I like Windows XP or Linux better!!

[YellowEagle]

Evildave, on 10 April 2012 - 04:15 PM, said:

frlwinslow, on 10 April 2012 - 03:36 PM, said:

Upgrade to Windows 7 OR do a real upgrade and move to UBUNTU 12.04!!!!

I think most of the people who used Vista who were clueful enough to even consider Linux, already did.

People who are still left running Vista at this point are probably stuck with what they have.

So now Microsoft is giving them the shaft, because they probably can NOT upgrade (can not afford to, or stuck in a business/institution that uses shista, or not 'technical' enough to know how).

No 'two year countdown' for Vista, like XP. Because Microsoft wants to bury it in the litter box of history.

Don't feel too bad for them. They're likely to give the same kind of sudden-death shaft to Windoze 7 users, too, to try to get people to 'upgrade' to 8.

Cattle.

Sorry but I'm not Cattle and don't think that people that like a Operating System for some reason or another as cattle. That's a very shallow way to think of people just because they might use one or another Operating System. I use a variety of Operating Systems even Windows 7, It functions well does what i want. Vista never did in my book, though i do know people that really like it and use it every day. I used Vista just one year and it was shelved. And I Beta tested it. Didn't like it then and don't like it now. I do like Windows 7, and i like Linux, though I'm no Apple fan and i do have a mac, it's still in the Garden shed i think.

And many people just want something that works Period. They don't want to be a techy type person. They don't want a large learning curve. They just want it to do what they want, no if's and's or but's about it.

The real problem is that Microsoft Thinks that everyone should change just because they want them to. Even big Business. This hurts Small Business to, it can really cut into the bottom line. And with Big Business this can amount to Millions of dollars both in IT, hardware, Software and Training. Many people don't have the Moneys or the expertise to make changes to there operating system, they just want something that works. Though to me Vista wasn't ready to come out when it did. And Microsoft's history has proven time and time again that every other operating system they come out with is a failure. I don't think Windows 8 will be any different. But as far as thinking people are cattle? Wonder if that's what the vendor of your favorite Soft drink thinks about you. After all Windows is just a product and Microsoft is a vendor. Well if they do just remember it's just business right.

[hoosier1956]

My Cousin at IU got my a Windows 7 Ultimate Disc which I can use on my Dell Desktop but,I'm using a USB 600 TV Tuner & there's no driver for W7. If Walmart.com hadn't lied to me about my Compaq SR5510F qualifying for the Windows 7 Upgrade, I would have Home Premium.
By the way, the Windows 8 Comsumer Preview is no good w/o a touch screen desktop PC. I'm not impressed.

This post has been edited by hoosier1956: 11 April 2012 - 06:30 AM

[hoosier1956]

Edited the message before w/ what I had on here.

This post has been edited by hoosier1956: 11 April 2012 - 06:31 AM

[mseyf]

I'm not sure why this is such a big story - it just means that Vista is going to enter the same status that XP has been is since April 2009. Vista will still get updates just like XP still does. Just as with XP, when Vista goes off mainstream support, the vast majority of users won't notice a thing.

[RickDobbelmannqbtt]

frlwinslow, on 10 April 2012 - 03:36 PM, said:

Upgrade to Windows 7 OR do a real upgrade and move to UBUNTU 12.04!!!!

Dont bother with Windows 7 BASED on the same old insecure Windows NT kernel

Go to Ubuntu 12.04 Amazing safe free OS

[PCWReader]

I'm actually a satisfied user of XP, Vista, 7, and OS X Snow Leopard. All of my computers work well, and I maintain them. Vista tweaked has served me very well. Recently gave a presentation using my Vista laptop and the audience was shocked and impressed with its performance. Any computer that works well is a good computer in my eyes. I have repaired computers with every OS, and if they don't work well, who cares what the OS is? Sign me a satisfied user.

[hotonehere]

Evildave, on 10 April 2012 - 04:15 PM, said:

frlwinslow, on 10 April 2012 - 03:36 PM, said:

Upgrade to Windows 7 OR do a real upgrade and move to UBUNTU 12.04!!!!

I think most of the people who used Vista who were clueful enough to even consider Linux, already did.

People who are still left running Vista at this point are probably stuck with what they have.

So now Microsoft is giving them the shaft, because they probably can NOT upgrade (can not afford to, or stuck in a business/institution that uses shista, or not 'technical' enough to know how).

No 'two year countdown' for Vista, like XP. Because Microsoft wants to bury it in the litter box of history.

Don't feel too bad for them. They're likely to give the same kind of sudden-death shaft to Windoze 7 users, too, to try to get people to 'upgrade' to 8.

Cattle.

Why do a countdown when they supporting it until 2017! XP won't have any support from MS as of Apr 2014 so that's why there is a countdown on it. Why do someone have to be stuck and not just want to use it? Real hard to believe someone wants to used a MS product. You know that after XP and W7 Vista is the most used "OS" in the world right?

[tonyatn]

Seems to me Windows is coming out with a new system every one and a half years or about 18 months.
I’m still enjoying XP and I will be using Win7 for the next 5 years AT LEAST.
They want you to buy, buy, and buy.

[LiveBrianD]

NickRudd, on 11 April 2012 - 04:42 AM, said:

Microsoft will stop Windows Vista before Windows XP?!! Fine with me I like Windows XP or Linux better!!

Actually, XP entered extended support on 14 April 2009. Vista is now doing the same thing.

[zeth006]

This is just idiotic. Microsoft released a half-baked OS just a few years ago and now it's ending support just to pad its profits? Even when much of its source code is similar to Win7's?

[wth1954]

I don't have any issue with Microsoft's OS support policy/timelines. Nobody is making you dump whatever you like running. I'm writing this on a XP computer but I have a Vista computer and a W7 computer. It is obvious that Vista is an intermediate OS between XP and W7. They all work just fine but W7 has some nice UI features.

I have tried the W8 consumer preview and the biggest shock is that you don't find things where you used to find things. No big deal. I don't know what the mouse/touch-screen fuss is all about. Just bring up the desktop view and mouse away and for that matter you can click on the tiles just fine too.

[MiMo]

You Linux fans are getting me going...
I'm gonna do Kubuntu again!!!

[MiMo]

DougAlexander, on 11 April 2012 - 03:14 AM, said:

Have you noticed that everybody else will let you focus on your apps but Microsoft wants you to focus on their operating system?

I've noticed Apple with OS X does.
But generally Microsoft's OS's get support for years beyond most other
OS's.

[Kuiske]

zeth006, on 11 April 2012 - 07:06 PM, said:

This is just idiotic. Microsoft released a half-baked OS just a few years ago and now it's ending support just to pad its profits? Even when much of its source code is similar to Win7's?

A few years ago? They released vista back in 06. That was 6 years ago! Not to mention that there not dropping vista entirely. They'll still release updates and patches. Also while vista and win7 are very similar there sill completely different beasts, and I imagine that supporting them requires two completely different approaches. Not to mention Microsoft is a business and their ultimate objective is to make money. Why people act surprise when Microsoft tries to make more money, I will never know.