I wouldn't say you aren't being heard. There are now numerous posts from
people with the same complaint which have received a number of sympathetic
replies, including a remarkably candid response from a Microsoft employee
who said the feature list for each version was made by the marketing
department at the last minute, not by the developers who would have
preferred the fax module go into all versions.
We have far exceeded the point where reposting the same complaint in a
peer-to-peer group will accomplish anything. The take home message here
remains:
1. Vista is a completely new OS with completely different versions. It is
naive to assume that the version you used in XP is in any way equivalent to
the version you would want in Vista and that every feature your XP version
had would remain in Vista.
2. Research carefully whether you even need to "upgrade" to Vista. If you
decide you do, then research even more carefully which version has the
features you need. You do that when you upgrade your TV or car. Why wouldn't
you do so when you update your OS?
Watching people rush to Vista has been like watching lemmings jump into the
sea. In my world, a new OS from Microsoft belongs on a test partition for at
least 2 years until the applications we use even have a chance to work with
it.
Just curious. What were the reasons you found that were so compelling that
you needed to update to Vista right away?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Cyn" <cdagnalmyron@comcast.net> wrote in message
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You're not hearing those of us who aren't as well versed in this as you are.
When we upgrade, we expect to get new things, not lose things that worked
perfectly. What was on the box (though I ordered online after doing the
whole "readiness" thing), told me what Vista had. It didn't tell me that
Vista would disable things already installed. Does this make sense to you?
Previously, when I upgraded, features didn't disappear--or didn't seem to.
They got better, faster...but were there. Now, I have actually gotten less
for my money than I have previously. And that really bothers me.
--
Cynthia Dagnal Myron
Faculty
Axia/Western International University
Associate Programs
omoyaaz@email.wintu.edu
omoya@email.phoenix.edu
520-241-0126
Pacific Time
"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
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You should expect what the box tells you is contained therein..
"Cyn" <cdagnalmyron@comcast.net> wrote in message
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We read all that. We just expect to GAIN things, not lose them, when we
upgrade.
--
Cynthia Dagnal Myron
Faculty
Axia/Western International University
Associate Programs
omoyaaz@email.wintu.edu
omoya@email.phoenix.edu
520-241-0126
Pacific Time
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@gmail.com> wrote in message
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The features included with each version are not a secret. Users need to read
that information very carefully before they decide on which version to
choose. Caveat emptor.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"johnm" <johnm@msn.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:es6pZRUWHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Multiple posts exist on this subject. Feel free to contibribute if you
>> have anything to add to those posts. So far, you haven't.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>
>
> as haven't you..... smartass
>
> to the OP, try http://www.snappysoftware.com/
> look for Snappy Fax, works with Vista
>
> funny though, why MS decided to remove a feature from what they KNEW would
> be their top seller.
> just one more example of how "upgrading" to Vista actually results in a
> "downgrade"
>
--
Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
