"Alias" <iamalias@nukethisgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>> "Alias" <iamalias@removegmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>>>> "Alias" <iamalias@nukethisgmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nope.. I am running Vista Ultimate.. all bells and whistles..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> So you bought the machine knowing that you would need it for Vista.
>>> Enough said and thanks for stepping into the trap.
>>>
>>> Alias
>>
>>
>> Are you on strong medications?
>>
>> Any machine supplied with MCE 2005 is well up to the task of running
>> Vista. Many hobbyists and all serious gamers had machines which would be
>> more than enough to run Vista.
>>
>> Mine was not supplied with MCE 2005 (it is a home build), neither is it a
>> serious gaming machine.
>>
>> I stepped in no trap, but you are still using FUD to discredit Vista..
>>
>
> Yes you did. You knew that Vista would require high end hardware long
> before it was released.
>
> I don't need to use *anything* to discredit Vista. It does a very good job
> all by itself and doesn't need my help.
>
> Alias
But I don't have high end hardware. Single core AMD 3500, and 2gb RAM and a
256mb nVidia 6600 video card which I bought to play my games because they
were not good with the motherboard integrated video..
You have no idea what you are talking about, and you make it up as you go
along. You are a FUD spreader..
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