It has been to my notice that many of my friends who bought Desktops or Laptops recently, which are Vista based are pulling out their hair for Compatibility issue. This is not just problem with the local users or home users, but many of the business users are facing serious problems with it.
And to over come this which seems to look like a major problem for Microsoft, many computer manufacturers have started offering an option of downgrading to Windows XP from Vista.
The splurge in this demand came more from the Business segment though. Currently only Vista Business and Ultimate editions can be downgraded to XP, But its all upto the individual to decide which operating system they want. According to Cnet, many companies such as Fujitsu, Dell, HP, and Lenovo have system in place to help consumers migrate to XP.
The most amusing thing is Windows XP can only be offered till 31 January 2008, so system builders need to find a way (very quickly) to keep Microsoft and consumers happy.
My Friends:-
Dont know about the others, but when I tried asking my friends why they want to shift to XP, the one common answer I got is "Compatibility". Though its quite OK now, as I see most of the products Hardware or Software with a creepy hype making label "Vista Certified". But this world has more lot of stuff which are yet to be vista certified, cant say tomorrow we may see individuals with label Vista Certified. Taking it away from compatibility issue, other main reason was load and memory consumption. Yes its indeed true, a program which requires 1x memory consumption in Xp, requires 1.75x in Vista. And for gamers except for the Dx10 support in Vista whose true colors are yet to be out(waiting for Crysis), nothing holds better in Vista for games too. Then few of the mates complain about the driver lag yet in vista, while some were literally pissed of with UAC and DRM stuff.
My words:-
Well as far as I go, I always love trying new stuff. I myself had installed / removed Vista plenty of time and have no complains about it, but for every coin has two sides so does Microsoft Vista. To contribute to frustration of my friends and all Vista Haters, I've photoshoped one image for you all
So happy downgrading to Microsoft XPee
*skins.gizmodise.googlepages.com/Vista-xp.jpg
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And to over come this which seems to look like a major problem for Microsoft, many computer manufacturers have started offering an option of downgrading to Windows XP from Vista.
The splurge in this demand came more from the Business segment though. Currently only Vista Business and Ultimate editions can be downgraded to XP, But its all upto the individual to decide which operating system they want. According to Cnet, many companies such as Fujitsu, Dell, HP, and Lenovo have system in place to help consumers migrate to XP.
The most amusing thing is Windows XP can only be offered till 31 January 2008, so system builders need to find a way (very quickly) to keep Microsoft and consumers happy.
My Friends:-
Dont know about the others, but when I tried asking my friends why they want to shift to XP, the one common answer I got is "Compatibility". Though its quite OK now, as I see most of the products Hardware or Software with a creepy hype making label "Vista Certified". But this world has more lot of stuff which are yet to be vista certified, cant say tomorrow we may see individuals with label Vista Certified. Taking it away from compatibility issue, other main reason was load and memory consumption. Yes its indeed true, a program which requires 1x memory consumption in Xp, requires 1.75x in Vista. And for gamers except for the Dx10 support in Vista whose true colors are yet to be out(waiting for Crysis), nothing holds better in Vista for games too. Then few of the mates complain about the driver lag yet in vista, while some were literally pissed of with UAC and DRM stuff.
My words:-
Well as far as I go, I always love trying new stuff. I myself had installed / removed Vista plenty of time and have no complains about it, but for every coin has two sides so does Microsoft Vista. To contribute to frustration of my friends and all Vista Haters, I've photoshoped one image for you all
So happy downgrading to Microsoft XPee
*skins.gizmodise.googlepages.com/Vista-xp.jpg
Gizmodise.com
