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Originally posted by SLO-BOB
I think it speaks volumes that a company as big as Dell is re-releasing an old operating system. Vista just plain sucks. I heard the first SP will be HUGE. Bill Gates must be freaking.....or driving his 959.....or roaming his 35,000 sq ft mansion.......or laughing all the way to the bank.
Let's be clear. Microsoft has no plans to drop XP until 12-31-07. This was a Dell decision to try to force Vista.

And why is Vista such a PITA??? Because MS caved in to all the whiners out there that their O/S's weren't "secure." Starting with Vista, Exchange 2007 and Longhorn Server, they made the philosophical change from easy to use (ie "insecure") to "secure" (ie totally screwed up).

Good news / bad news??? Who knows. But as of now, Vista is not what anyone wanted, that's for sure.
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