[pianotech] Windows Vista- your comments?

[Tom Servinsky]

And I asked them that very question. It was a very sleazy wana-be  salesmen 
type who was trying his best to toe the company line. These guys are told 
what to sell and what to say.
Tom Servinsky
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 5:11 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Windows Vista- your comments?


> Interesting that Dell would tell you that Vista is where the industry is 
> going when Microsoft themselves just announced the RC release of Vista's 
> replacement.  Windows7.  The internet abounds with information about XP, 
> Vista, and the new and 7th operating system.  Here's  two links...
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/
> http://blogs.computerworld.com/good_bye_xp_hello_windows_7
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> I'd strongly advise waiting to change from XP to anything at times of 
> transition like this.  XP was a very big success in the end for MS, their 
> most stable system to date by nearly all accounts. Why invest in something 
> <<new>> with all the transitions in getting used to the system, getting 
> things to work right, etc etc etc, when this <<new>> thing is already on 
> the way out ?
>
> I suspect Dell is pushing Vista on you because they are under pressure 
> from MS to do so. I am on the other hand quite impressed with Dell that do 
> provide buyers with the option of using both XP, and Linux based systems 
> despite.
> One thought... Linux has pretty much grown along its birth lines all 
> along, without morphing into a completely different system. As such it 
> projects a more predictable system. And it is much less subject to attacks 
> from hackers and virus's. Software available for Linux now is so varied 
> and diverse that there is no real argument there any more. And it is much 
> easier to install and administrate then in earlier years, something those 
> open source folks have been increasingly mindful off.  AND... exactly that 
> its an open source developed system is to my mind of thinking a very big 
> plus.  I'm a real fan of the concept of knowledge being a public domain 
> thing, and not some privately owned thingy companies can squeeze their 
> fellow humans pocket books with.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
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>    List
>    Thanks to all who responded with their 2 cents about which way to
>    go. I was on the phone with Dell today for about an hour discussing
>    different options. From a manufacturer's standpoint they were trying
>    like the dickens to talk me out of XP. They kept on saying the Vista
>    is where the industry is going. Why would you want to go back to
>    something old. My response, because it worked well...
>    Again, thanks to all who responded.
>    Tom Servinsky
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