30k People For Saving Windows XP…So Far
Published by: Codrut Nistor, in News
January18th2008
Being given the fact that, according to customer feedback, Windows Vista is a huge mistake(read this article to understand why), it's no surprise to see that people get together and start signing a petition to save Windows XP. In fact, I only wonder why this didn't happen earlier. Anyway, there's only one thing that may turn Vista into a slightly better OS: its first service pack, but we need to see it happen, so let's see what's up with XP, until then...
The idea is that Microsoft has announced its plans to discontinue Windows XP on the 30th of June, but most Windows users (especially those that didn't upgrade to Vista, or those that "upgraded" to XP from Vista) would like to see the old Windows XP available for an indefinite period of time, alongside Windows Vista.
To some evil observers, this movement may seem one initiated by people that can't afford upgrading to Vista, or those that don't like to see often changes in their lives, including on their computers, but the reality is different. Let's take Vista - it's not unstable, it looks good, and with the last price drops, I can't call it extremely expensive either, BUT...why drop Windows XP?
DirectX 10 gaming is almost zero, compared to the expectations, Vista's UAC is one of the most annoying features ever introduced by Microsoft in one of their operating systems, and the system requirements for running Vista are pretty high, especially since 4-5 years old PCs can handle office tasks wonderfully, and if you don't need more...why get Vista?
The truth is that freedom of choice is one of the benefits of the world we're living in, although sometimes it gets limited by certain factors. In this case, I can confess I am running Windows XP SP2, Vista Ultimate and Fedora 8, and none of them is perfect, but keeping Windows XP around may benefit Microsoft more than forcing Vista down our throats. Unfortunately, it's practically impossible for them to drop Vista now, and add DirectX 10 support to XP, but I am sure they can keep XP around, if they really want to please their over 30,000 customers that signed the petition so far, and the number keeps rising...
The idea is that Microsoft has announced its plans to discontinue Windows XP on the 30th of June, but most Windows users (especially those that didn't upgrade to Vista, or those that "upgraded" to XP from Vista) would like to see the old Windows XP available for an indefinite period of time, alongside Windows Vista.
To some evil observers, this movement may seem one initiated by people that can't afford upgrading to Vista, or those that don't like to see often changes in their lives, including on their computers, but the reality is different. Let's take Vista - it's not unstable, it looks good, and with the last price drops, I can't call it extremely expensive either, BUT...why drop Windows XP?
DirectX 10 gaming is almost zero, compared to the expectations, Vista's UAC is one of the most annoying features ever introduced by Microsoft in one of their operating systems, and the system requirements for running Vista are pretty high, especially since 4-5 years old PCs can handle office tasks wonderfully, and if you don't need more...why get Vista?
The truth is that freedom of choice is one of the benefits of the world we're living in, although sometimes it gets limited by certain factors. In this case, I can confess I am running Windows XP SP2, Vista Ultimate and Fedora 8, and none of them is perfect, but keeping Windows XP around may benefit Microsoft more than forcing Vista down our throats. Unfortunately, it's practically impossible for them to drop Vista now, and add DirectX 10 support to XP, but I am sure they can keep XP around, if they really want to please their over 30,000 customers that signed the petition so far, and the number keeps rising...
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4 Comments on 30k People For Saving Windows XP…So Far
On 01/22/2008 at 5:35 pm Nick said:
this is why many people are dropping Micro$oft all together and jumping onto the Linux carriage.
UBUNTU is magnificent. even for those just using for home office.
go tux!
On 01/22/2008 at 5:44 pm Rick said:
We have been saying this since the Beta versions of Vista almost two years ago. Vista is nothing but fluff and nightmares. XP has proven to be solid, when properly secured and maintained. Vista works...but very slowly and alienates a lot of users who were used to Windows 98-XP.
On 01/22/2008 at 6:52 pm Greg said:
Well i think its just stupid to believe that Microsoft will continue to support windows XP forever, its a Dated product that doesent support new technologies, the same happened when XP was first released, people are afraid of change
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