Comments on: Last Chance

By: oceanguy

oceanguy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:57:15 +0000

I’m with Anthony, I just switched to a mac and I love it after 20+ years as a PC guy… but at work it’s a different story. Much of our application software does not work with Vista, so the Microsoft fix is a Virtual Machine to convert everything back to xp…. it sucks. Someone ought to be looking into a class action against microsoft for the way they have killed productivity for users of their new OS.Did I mention that Vista SUCKS!

By: Quilly Mammoth

Quilly Mammoth — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:54:38 +0000

Ahhhh if only it were the good old days when I would access the local BBS via a TRS -80 and a,iirc, 1.5 kps modem. We had to solder on an eighth memory chip that also tapped the address line of the system bus so we could see the tails of some letters. You could go make coffee waiting for a message from some newbie that forgot to snip the previous messages.

By: Lemur King

Lemur King — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:47:07 +0000

But the question is, can you get an authorization number over the phone still if you need to do a major reinstall or is that their way of getting what they want through attrition?Whenever I hear the words "new Windows operating system" I get the chills and queasy.

By: K T Cat

K T Cat — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:57:00 +0000

I still have my installation disks for XP. I can hold out a while longer.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:54:17 +0000

That’s why I wrote "limited support" until 2014.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:15:20 +0000

I just upgraded by XP PC with a new motherboard, hard disk, etc. so I should be good to go for another three years or so.

By: martian

martian — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:32:32 +0000

As long as I don’t have to use Vista, I’m happy. That was the worst thing they have ever come out with!

By: M. Murcek

M. Murcek — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:12:58 +0000

Actually, it’s been announced that XP will still get security patches up to 2014. Now, that may not be what you call support…

By: Stevwe

Stevwe — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:36:52 +0000

I’ve said it here before. End your suffering- get a Mac.

By: checkers

checkers — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:18:51 +0000

tried to buy from Dell last week and they were all out then, didn’t seem too interested in helping me either, I told them good luck!

By: Anthony (Los Angeles)

Anthony (Los Angeles) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:08:20 +0000

It’s a non-issue for me. After the fiasco with Vista, I’ve decided to switch to either a Mac or Unbuntu system for my next PCs.