Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Mar 2 17:46:23 CST 2007
Hi Peter OK, if he did the test and wrote the article to show if MS is trying to make a fool of you, he proved it, and the article served the purpose very well. It should scare any non-techie to death. Sorry if I misunderstood the article at first sight. /gustav >>> peter.brawley at earthlink.net 02-03-07 22:27 >>> Gustav, LOL, Microsoft says <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/default.mspx> "Moving to Windows Vista just got easier. Whether you plan to purchase a new PC or upgrade the one that you currently own, we've got the information you need to make it a smooth transition". Perhaps it's definitionally stupid to believe such statements from Microsoft, whose Upgrade Advisor told him Vista would run on his machine, and _not_ that it would take him several working days to make it work. The article is on the Beeb's _business page_, where non-techies look for evidence on how new stuff works. The writer followed MS's advice, and his article provides good evidence that, in fact, such MS claims ought to be tested before being accepted. Independence from advertisers is such a Good Thing. PB ----- Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi Peter > > In this case, yes. There has been endless writing about the excessive hardware requirements, and he is not a common man being fooled by the MS marketing machine but a "sucker for technology" (his own words). > So a little homework could have saved this sucker a lot of money and even more time ending up with a machine performing worse than before. > > If he is just testing, he now has to reinstall XP (from a CD that probably is missing from his Dell OEM package), and all he would have gained was an old graphics card and an expensive Vista upgrade sitting on his shelf neither of which could be used for anything as - should he one day buy a new machine - it will be preinstalled with Vista. And the 64 MB graphics card? The garbage can is waiting. > > The only benefit from this he may have got is the fun spending time this way finding out what others have done before him and the fee for a mediocre article. > > /gustav > > >>>> peter.brawley at earthlink.net 02-03-2007 19:48 >>> >>>> > Gustav, there is nothing stupid about testing a new OS whilst trying to > avoid the expense of buying a new machine. PB > > ----- > > Gustav Brock wrote: > >> Hi Peter >> >> How stupid can one be? Why upgrade a four year old machine? What did this "sucker for technology" really expect? >> >> As I always tell: leave that old hardware as is. Buy a new machine that can handle your present needs. And keep the old for a spare, for something else (like a Linux server where it would scream), or give it to charity. Now this stupido bought new hardware and a bunch of troubles and wasn't even happy. >> >> /gustav >> >> >> >>>>> peter.brawley at earthlink.net 02-03-2007 17:59 >>> >>>>> >>>>> >> Is this <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6407419.stm> representative >> of the Vista upgrade experience ? >> >> PB