"Alias" <iamalias@nukethisgmail.com> wrote in message
news:eoeqWC3tIHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>> "the wharf rat" <wrat@panix.com> wrote in message
>> news:g0k0ug$1f1$1@reader2.panix.com...
>>> In article <u6ihweztIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>,
>>> Steve Thackery <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Obviously the marketing machine in Microsoft isn't stupid, and they
>>>> must
>>>> have considered this. Does anyone know - or have an opinion - on why
>>>> Microsoft are forcing their customers to use Vista after next month,
>>>> even if
>>>> it makes the customer unhappy?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Because Vista requires that you purchase new hardware and new software
>>> in addition to the new operating system. That makes Microsoft business
>>> partners
>>> and subsidiaries happy. Microsoft is far more concerned with keeping
>>> those
>>> entities happy than with anything a customer might think.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I am running the same hardware setup that I had for XP..
>>
>>
>
> Oh, so you're using Vista Basic?
>
> Alias

When I bought my XP MCE system (Compaq AMD X2) all you had to do is go to a
web site, and they sent me Vista Premium 32 bit for it. Never did install
it. XP MCE was just too stable except for SP3 which I had to rename a DLL
to get it to boot afterwards. Got it for a good price as at the time Vista
was rolling in.

I bet if they still produced systems with XP MCE they would fly off the
shelves even today.