"people buy Macs for goodness sake, why wouldn't they buy a PC that
looks almost as stupid! "



> From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
> message news:443050ba$1{at}w3....
>> What in Vista is so crap that people will need to replace it?
>> 
>> win3.x > 95 - PnP, 32 bitness etc.
>> win9x > 2K - NT style solidness etc
>> 2K > XP.....not much but the machine reqs aren't that much different
>> XP > Vista.....????? Major machine upgrades & what in XP is
so crap? IS
>> 64 bit a big enough need on most desktops? Is translucent windows?
>> 
>> The OS is becoming/has become a commodity. Office apps are
>> becoming/have become a commodity. How now MS?
> Oh boy, you give people way, way too much credit - never underestimate the
> level of stupidity of the buying masses: "Wow man, transparent icons that
> zoom when you hover over them, I have got to have one of those! What, I need
> to replace my machine as well? Sure, no problem, that's just sooo cool...".
> My prediction is that Vista will sell even better than previous Windows
> versions, and people will simply buy new computers if their old ones won't
> cut it. I mean, people buy Macs for goodness sake, why wouldn't they buy a
> PC that looks almost as stupid! 
> Antti Kurenniemi

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