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Post by palesa on Feb 21, 2009 5:52:13 GMT
I just got my laptop back from the computer techies, downgraded from Vista to XP and it is absolooootely awesome.
All hail XP!
Burn Vista at the stake!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 21, 2009 6:26:02 GMT
Yaaaaay ~~ what a relief! It really tells you something when most techs shudder in disgust when Vista is mentioned.
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Post by palesa on Feb 21, 2009 6:38:01 GMT
I have only spent a few hours on the laptop since I got it yesterday afternoon, downloading skype, adobe and all my other little extras! And I cannot believe that I suffered Vista so looooong.
I used to switch on my laptop and then go and make a cup of tea and still have to wait a bit before it had booted up, well XP of course is super quick. Also, as soon as I opened, any programme, we would have a few minutes of "this programe is not responding", none of that shit with XP.
All hail XP!
Burn Vista at the stake!
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 21, 2009 6:39:25 GMT
Microsoft, not universally loved in any event, truly garnered hatred by foisting Vista on the world.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2009 6:47:36 GMT
When you have cornered more than 90% of the OS market, it is temporarily clever to come out with an unsatisfying product that people will pay to get rid of and replace with another OS from the same company. That way they cash in twice.
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Post by palesa on Feb 21, 2009 8:31:43 GMT
Luckily, I had Vista Business so it was a free downgrade to XP.
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Post by Paikea on Feb 21, 2009 9:54:49 GMT
Just my two cents: MacIntosh.  |
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Post by rikita on Feb 21, 2009 13:13:43 GMT
interestingly, when i got my new lap top with vista on it, everyone also told me i would hate it, but i never had any problems so far... i barely notice the difference to xp, really.
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Post by palesa on Feb 21, 2009 13:16:30 GMT
Rikita, mine was fine for a month or so and then the shit started!
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Post by rikita on Feb 21, 2009 15:12:36 GMT
well i have mine for over a month now i think... and my bf uses vista for over a year now without problems... my dad on the other hand did indeed have problems with it... don't know, maybe not everyone has problems, well i hope i won't have any...
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Post by gringalais on Feb 21, 2009 23:43:30 GMT
I have Vista but hate it. Here they don't even give us the real Vista, we get some crap Vista Starter for developing countries, that only lets you open 3 programs at once. I have looked into getting XP installed, but it will take more time than I can currently be without my laptop for work reasons. Maybe I will look into it next time I go into vacation. Apart from the stupid 3 program restriction, I also have problems like palesa with things freezing up/not responding - and this computer is quite new and has a lot more memory than the machine I had XP on.
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