Flynrider
Phoenix,#2Consumer Comment
Sun, October 09, 2011
Given this guy's understanding of operating systems (as evidenced in his post), he should probably stick with Microsoft. I feel confident that converting to Linux might lead to suicide in short order.
Ramjet
Somewhere,#3Consumer Comment
Sat, October 08, 2011
You can always leave Microsoft and switch to Linux or even Apple.
The problem with Apple's OS is that you are stuck with buying Apple hardware too. Can you imagine the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth if Microsoft made you buy Microsoft computers if you wanted to run Windows? And yet the Apple folks think Apple walks on water.
Anyway, the point is, you are not completely stuck using Windows, there are alternatives.
coast
USA#4Consumer Comment
Sat, October 08, 2011
"I also blame my computer manufacturer for continuing to do business with Microsoft"
So what brand system software do you expect the manufacturer to use? Avoiding Microsoft is like trying to build a house without a hammer.
Robert
Irvine,#5Consumer Comment
Sat, October 08, 2011
they replace Vista with Windows 7 only to customers who had Vista since 2009 and not before.
- Yes and No. I don't think you have any disagreement, to put it nicely that Vista wasn't great. But I never heard of anything that what you seem to think amounts to a "recall" of Windows Vista.
I do remember that to not have sales of new computers slow down, there was offers by various(but not all) computer manufacturers and retail stores that if you bought a computer with Vista during a certain time frame, that when Windows 7 was released you would get an upgrade to Windows 7. This also carried over for a while once it was released so that retailers would not be "stuck" with a bunch of Vista computers.