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  Apr 25 2008, 10:51 AM
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QUOTE(DSTM @ Apr 26 2008, 01:40 AM)  I'm no expert but I would guess if Microsoft lets us keep XP,then Computers will be sold with the OS System,of your choice.  two words; THANK GOD!
-------------------- "People die of disease and accident. Death comes suddenly and there is no notion of good or bad. It leaves, not a dramatic feeling but great emptiness. When you lose someone you loved very much you feel this big empty space and think, 'If I had known this was coming I would have done things differently.' These are the feelings I wanted to arouse in the players with Aerith's death relatively early in the game. Feelings of reality and not Hollywood." - Yoshinori Kitase |
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Apr 25 2008, 11:18 AM
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/window...equestid=558605
Dell To Ship Windows XP Computers Until 2010 The nation's second-largest PC maker plans to let business customers skip Vista and go directly to Windows 7. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek April 24, 2008 11:14 AM |
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Apr 25 2008, 11:46 AM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 801 Joined: 25-October 07 From: Sydney, NSW Member No.: 165,216 |
QUOTE(buddy215 @ Apr 26 2008, 02:18 AM) http://www.informationweek.com/news/window...equestid=558605 Dell To Ship Windows XP Computers Until 2010 The nation's second-largest PC maker plans to let business customers skip Vista and go directly to Windows 7. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek April 24, 2008 11:14 AM I'm very pleased to hear that!
-------------------- "People die of disease and accident. Death comes suddenly and there is no notion of good or bad. It leaves, not a dramatic feeling but great emptiness. When you lose someone you loved very much you feel this big empty space and think, 'If I had known this was coming I would have done things differently.' These are the feelings I wanted to arouse in the players with Aerith's death relatively early in the game. Feelings of reality and not Hollywood." - Yoshinori Kitase |
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Apr 25 2008, 05:08 PM
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 Senior Member Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 464 Joined: 23-November 07 From: California Member No.: 171,969 |
For some reason one of the representatives of Microsoft says that the majority of users and companies wanna throw XP out the other day. I laughed for 15 minutes.
-------------------- "If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way." - Bertrand Russell
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Apr 25 2008, 05:55 PM
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 Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,762 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
They may indeed want to throw out XP, but not for Vista methinks!
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Apr 26 2008, 07:14 AM
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 Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 4,897 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
QUOTE Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) this is the new OS they should release on CD for clean installs or repair disks they should discount it to people who already have a legal copy of xp sp1 when shell mvp's start reccomending a full image backup before applying sp3 makes me wonder -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Apr 26 2008, 07:31 AM
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 Forum Addict Group: HJT Senior Classmen Posts: 1,013 Joined: 19-June 07 From: North Fla. U.S.A. Member No.: 137,685 |
QUOTE Microsoft will cave in. Bullmer says you want XP we'll keep XP. Good News. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9927721-7.html Let's hope that is the case and the petitions are being signed because as of the printing of this article Thursday he is saying no go on keeping it. QUOTE Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by June 30, if customers demand that it stick around. So far, they have not.
"XP will hit an end-of-life. We have announced one. If customer feedback varies, we can always wake up smarter, but right now, we have a plan for end-of-life for new XP shipments," Ballmer said during a Thursday news conference in Belgium, according to Reuters. |
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Apr 26 2008, 12:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 464 Joined: 23-November 07 From: California Member No.: 171,969 |
Yes the quote I was referring to, thanks thewall
 And so far no one wants it? Where in the world has he been? Isn't SP3 still in development? Or is it done in beta? -------------------- "If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way." - Bertrand Russell
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Apr 26 2008, 03:28 PM
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Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,762 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
As I understand it, it was just released. But I'm too lazy right now to Google it...
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Apr 26 2008, 04:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 464 Joined: 23-November 07 From: California Member No.: 171,969 |
I'm still hearing of people having boot problems. And I absolutely don't wanna suffer that problem considering how much weird problems I'm having already. They should have some kind of changelog to outline the many fixes, even though there are 1000 some...
-------------------- "If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way." - Bertrand Russell
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 Apr 27 2008, 03:23 AM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 801 Joined: 25-October 07 From: Sydney, NSW Member No.: 165,216 |
QUOTE(skyfuser @ Apr 27 2008, 07:16 AM) I'm still hearing of people having boot problems. And I absolutely don't wanna suffer that problem considering how much weird problems I'm having already. They should have some kind of changelog to outline the many fixes, even though there are 1000 some... Yeah I've heard of people having boot problems with SP3 too. I mean; I already have a hard enough time booting properly with the issues I'm having. I don't think I'd be able to boot at all with SP3 
-------------------- "People die of disease and accident. Death comes suddenly and there is no notion of good or bad. It leaves, not a dramatic feeling but great emptiness. When you lose someone you loved very much you feel this big empty space and think, 'If I had known this was coming I would have done things differently.' These are the feelings I wanted to arouse in the players with Aerith's death relatively early in the game. Feelings of reality and not Hollywood." - Yoshinori Kitase |
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Apr 27 2008, 03:49 AM
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 Forum Member  Group: Banned Posts: 1,614 Joined: 20-September 07 Member No.: 157,913 |
Sorry I was on holiday and missed most of this
Thanks for that information Platypus is was appreciated ;) Looks like XP haven't pulled out of this yet? David |
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Apr 27 2008, 11:48 AM
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Senior Member Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 464 Joined: 23-November 07 From: California Member No.: 171,969 |
Similar to buddy215's post, but maybe with a bit more of info. GO DELL!
http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9080638 -------------------- "If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way." - Bertrand Russell
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Apr 27 2008, 11:51 AM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 262 Joined: 20-May 07 Member No.: 131,991 |
I'm hoping that HP won't pull all their remaining XP stuff off... because I really want this labtop, even though its probably a tad underpowered now for the price, its still got XP and its pretty good none the less.
Its almost all a matter of if you've got the money now or not to get a computer to last until the next decent release of a windows OS.... or just build your own and get linux or self install XP. -------------------- Q6600, 4GB g-skill, 8800GT, P5N-D motherboard  My art |
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Apr 27 2008, 11:58 AM
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 Forum Regular Group: HJT Junior Classmen Posts: 223 Joined: 27-April 08 From: California USA Member No.: 205,650 |
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer offered a glimmer of hope on Thursday to fans of the company's Windows XP operating system, saying the company may reconsider its decision to stop selling it soon.
  http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/techn...4/Microsoft.XP/ Sunday April 27-2008 -------------------- "Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals"
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