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Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. In late July, Microsoft said it had hit the 60 million shipment mark with Vista. Microsoft had previously said that it had shipped 20 million copies of Vista in its first month and 40 million copies of Vista in the first 100 days. Microsoft credited Vista with helping it beat Wall Street expectations and raise financial projections for the rest of the year. The company reported revenue of US$13.76 billion for the first quarter ended Sept. 30, up 27 percent from the same quarter in 2006. Revenue in its client segment, which includes all consumer versions of Windows, was $4.14 billion, edging out the $4.11 billion in revenue from the Microsoft Business Division where Office is produced. CFO Chris Liddell credited strong sales in emerging markets, due in part to anti-piracy and legalization programs there. Client revenues, however, did not top those of the first calendar quarter this year, when Vista was officially launched. Revenues at that time were $5.32 billion. Three-quarters of the copies sold of Vista were higher-priced 'premium' versions, compared to 59 percent of the copies of Windows -- primarily XP -- available a year ago. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, as well as packaged copies of Vista sold in stores or online. It does exclude the tens of millions of Windows corporate volume licenses. There, many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of next year. Nevertheless, revenue from companies renewing their volume licenses for Windows, which gives them the right to upgrade to Vista, was up 27 percent. Other highlights from the statistics: -- Unit sales of Windows Server's premium enterprise edition were up 35 percent year-over-year; -- A release candidate for Windows Server 2008 has been downloaded more than one million times in its first month; -- Unit and revenue growth of SQL Server were both up more than 15 percent; -- Halo 3 generated $330 million in revenue; -- Xbox 360 console unit sales increased 90 percent, driven by a price cut in August and Halo 3-related demand; -- Client revenues, including those for Vista, are expected to grow 62-64 percent year-over-year in the current fiscal Q2, or 13-14 percent excluding certain revenue deferrals in the prior year; -- Microsoft Business Division revenues, including those for Office, are expected to grow 15-16 percent in Q2 after normalizing for impact of technology guarantees and pre-shipment deferrals in the prior year; -- A beta version of Office Communications Server has been downloaded 80,000 times; -- There are 10,000 customers in the Customer Technical Preview (CTP) program for PerformancePoint Server, its new business intelligence offering. |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:
many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of next year. And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it ready for prime time. Wait a minute - didn't I already say that? |
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Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, Harry, I guess if that just shows if you push Vista at the OEM side, that even a dog like Vista can get out in the Marketplace. While the number of copies of Vista is double that of XP, did you read that there were more than double the number of computers sold? JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct. What did you think of Vista doubling the market share of Macs, now that is REALLY impressive. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote: many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of next year. And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it ready for prime time. Wait a minute - didn't I already say that? Nothing new about that. Many of the "largest" customers held off on XP until SP1 was released. I'm running VISTA SP1 (beta). I guess it is ok to say that. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote: many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of next year. And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it ready for prime time. Wait a minute - didn't I already say that? No Wayne, I think i said it, ........ or maybe it was said by millions of consumers and IT pros, and that is why they are now offering XP. |
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HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote: many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of next year. And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it ready for prime time. Wait a minute - didn't I already say that? Nothing new about that. Many of the "largest" customers held off on XP until SP1 was released. I'm running VISTA SP1 (beta). I guess it is ok to say that. As I said, you love to tinker with your computer. Vista is a great OS for someone who enjoys playing with Beta Software. |
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JimH wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message . .. HK wrote: Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct. Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for my son. JimH, Yeah, that is what I meant to say. You do know that Dell will exchange that for a Dell Laptop with XP. According to all the IT pros you will see a blazing difference between the two. If you contact Dell and let them know about your son's graduation, they will probably expedite it. Best of luck to your son, I hope he gets a good assignment that will keep him safe and sound. |
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WaIIy wrote:
Duh, that's because the normal consumer hasn't a clue and is forced to buy it on a new PC. I wonder in those stats, how many individual copies were purchased. MS will not reveal those numbers. Vista is one step closer to the MS 'almost' takeover by MS. "The answer is controversial, but designed into Vista are several things equally controversial: 1) Digital Rights Management, 2) Protected Video Path, and perhaps most controversial, 3) ..." a revocation mechanism that allows Microsoft to disable drivers of compromised devices..." ( source, Wikipedia). The bottom line seems to be that, for the first time, Microsoft is now able to dictate hardware design, giving it unprecedented control over the entire computer industry." http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/arch...t_to_whom.html You can carry water for Vista all you want, but you are obviously below average in operating system analysis. BTW, did your Vista come with a new computer or did you buy it outright and if so, for what reason. There is almost no Vista acceptance at the corporate level. "PARIS, Sept. 17 -- A European Union court ruled Monday that Microsoft must share software information with rivals and pay a record $690 million in fines for quashing competition from smaller companies." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ogy/techpolicy Wayne, While they did sell twice as many copies of Vista, the general public purchased twice as many computers. IT depts put their new computer purchases on hold because they did not want to be beta testers. Did you see where Mac has doubled their market share since the introduction of Vista. That is double the market share, not double the units. Obviously not all consumers are as dumb as MS thought they were. |
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On Oct 29, 1:01 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote: HK wrote: Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote: many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of next year. And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it ready for prime time. Wait a minute - didn't I already say that? Nothing new about that. Many of the "largest" customers held off on XP until SP1 was released. I'm running VISTA SP1 (beta). I guess it is ok to say that. As I said, you love to tinker with your computer. Vista is a great OS for someone who enjoys playing with Beta Software. I bought a new laptop, BIG MISTAKE cuz it has Vista. Vista is a disaster, slow, cranky, filled with crap I dont need, pure garbage. I wish I'd bought a mac. Frogwatch |
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John H. wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote: " JimH" ask wrote in message ... "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message . .. HK wrote: Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct. Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for my son. BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make? What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular busybody. Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? JohnH, Don't you think that is a tad bit too obvious? |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:03:32 -0500, John H.
wrote: if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? It's a given that all decisions and opinions posted here will be examined, parsed and discussed in great detail. Those with thin skins should not bother. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:03:32 -0500, John H. wrote: if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? It's a given that all decisions and opinions posted here will be examined, parsed and discussed in great detail. Those with thin skins should not bother. Wayne, I hate to have to correct you on every post you make, but I think you forgot the part about beating a dead horse. |
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JimH wrote:
"John H." wrote in message ... On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote: " JimH" ask wrote in message ... "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message . .. HK wrote: Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct. Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for my son. BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make? What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular busybody. Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? If you recall John, my question on Vista was to Harry. The dumb and dumber twins then got into the picture and the thread went downhill from there. What other "decisions" have I told you about and asked you to comment on John. JimH, I would recommend you use email for those topics you don't want discussed in rec.boats. If you don't know Harry's email address let me know and I will send it to your email. |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. Almost double? Doesn't seem that impressive when you consider the personal computer market has almost doubled since XP was introduced. In 2002, there were 51 million PCs sold. In 2007, 96 million are expected to be sold. |
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WaIIy wrote:
BTW, did your Vista come with a new computer or did you buy it outright and if so, for what reason. 1. No. 2. Yes. 3. Because I wanted to buy it. Every two years or so I assemble a new desktop computer from what I believe to be the best or fastest or both components generally available. The vendor from whom I bought the ASUS motherboard had some good prices on VISTA OEM, so I asked him to tuck in a copy. So, not only did I buy a copy of VISTA, I bought it from an OEM supplier sans OS technical support. The few issues I have had with VISTA have been minor and easy to resolve. All of my software but one program works just fine on VISTA, and when I connected up everything, it found all my hardware and installed all the necessary drives, but for one, and that issue was easily resolved. I run this desktop on the bleeding edge. It is full of beta and even some alpha software, and it has been rock steady. It is kind of humorous that my actual experience with VISTA has been relatively trouble-free and a good learning experience while so many of you are the wimps I suspected you were. But, then, I'm just an English major. |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:12:28 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote: Did you see where Mac has doubled their market share since the introduction of Vista. That is double the market share, not double the units. There are lots of people who like Macs but I'm not one of them. To me they are too cutesy, over priced, over hyped and way too Apple centric, which is of course the way Apple wants it. I'd probably get serious about Linux before switching to a Mac. Obviously not all consumers are as dumb as MS thought they were. Not at all. Those who have been through the upgrade cycle a few times are beginning to get quite savy about it. My friends and neighbors tend to regard me as "their computer expert" and when I advise them to wait, most nod in agreement. That would change if I heard some cogent and compelling reasons to upgrade, and if the compatability issues were largely behind us. I'm still running a lot of relatively old software that does a good job at what I purchased it for. If it isn't compatible with a new operating system, what's the point of upgrading everything unless there are really good reasons? As it stands right now you not only need a big hardware upgrade to run VISTA, but probably need to upgrade your application suite as well. I'm perfectly happy to let the early adopters sort things out, report on their experiences, and help Microsoft get it debugged. Micrsoft should compensate their beta testers in my opinion. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:03:32 -0500, John H. wrote: if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? It's a given that all decisions and opinions posted here will be examined, parsed and discussed in great detail. Not by me. I already know whose posts are worth reading carefully and whose are not. These days, I give your posts the 10 seconds they deserve, but you do get more time than Reggie and a few others. |
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WaIIy wrote: BTW, did your Vista come with a new computer or did you buy it outright and if so, for what reason. 1. No. 2. Yes. 3. Because I wanted to buy it. Every two years or so I assemble a new desktop computer from what I believe to be the best or fastest or both components generally available. The vendor from whom I bought the ASUS motherboard had some good prices on VISTA OEM, so I asked him to tuck in a copy. So, not only did I buy a copy of VISTA, I bought it from an OEM supplier sans OS technical support. The few issues I have had with VISTA have been minor and easy to resolve. All of my software but one program works just fine on VISTA, and when I connected up everything, it found all my hardware and installed all the necessary drives, but for one, and that issue was easily resolved. I run this desktop on the bleeding edge. It is full of beta and even some alpha software, and it has been rock steady. It is kind of humorous that my actual experience with VISTA has been relatively trouble-free and a good learning experience while so many of you are the wimps I suspected you were. But, then, I'm just an English major. Harry, You are definitely on the bleeding edge. Absolutely every software designer would tell you NEVER install alpa software on your working desktop. Most would warn you not to install Beta software on your working desktop. But then again, you are an English major. Univ. of Kansas can crank out some really smart ones. How did you pick Univ. of Kansas out of all the the great state schools in the general area. New York, Mass, New Jersey etc. While I don't think of them as a top tier school, it definitely is head and shoulders over Univ. of Kansas. |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:
Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Sounds like a whole bunch of people will get screwed! |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:
" JimH" ask wrote in message .. . "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message . .. HK wrote: Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct. Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for my son. BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make? What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular busybody. Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? |
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D-unit wrote:
Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. |
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D-unit wrote: Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. Harry, You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice feature. |
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"HK" wrote in message . .. Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. In late July, Microsoft said it had hit the 60 million shipment mark with Vista. Microsoft had previously said that it had shipped 20 million copies of Vista in its first month and 40 million copies of Vista in the first 100 days. Microsoft credited Vista with helping it beat Wall Street expectations and raise financial projections for the rest of the year. The company reported revenue of US$13.76 billion for the first quarter ended Sept. 30, up 27 percent from the same quarter in 2006. Revenue in its client segment, which includes all consumer versions of Windows, was $4.14 billion, edging out the $4.11 billion in revenue from the Microsoft Business Division where Office is produced. CFO Chris Liddell credited strong sales in emerging markets, due in part to anti-piracy and legalization programs there. Client revenues, however, did not top those of the first calendar quarter this year, when Vista was officially launched. Revenues at that time were $5.32 billion. Three-quarters of the copies sold of Vista were higher-priced 'premium' versions, compared to 59 percent of the copies of Windows -- primarily XP -- available a year ago. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, as well as packaged copies of Vista sold in stores or online. It does exclude the tens of millions of Windows corporate volume licenses. There, many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of next year. Nevertheless, revenue from companies renewing their volume licenses for Windows, which gives them the right to upgrade to Vista, was up 27 percent. Other highlights from the statistics: -- Unit sales of Windows Server's premium enterprise edition were up 35 percent year-over-year; -- A release candidate for Windows Server 2008 has been downloaded more than one million times in its first month; -- Unit and revenue growth of SQL Server were both up more than 15 percent; -- Halo 3 generated $330 million in revenue; -- Xbox 360 console unit sales increased 90 percent, driven by a price cut in August and Halo 3-related demand; -- Client revenues, including those for Vista, are expected to grow 62-64 percent year-over-year in the current fiscal Q2, or 13-14 percent excluding certain revenue deferrals in the prior year; -- Microsoft Business Division revenues, including those for Office, are expected to grow 15-16 percent in Q2 after normalizing for impact of technology guarantees and pre-shipment deferrals in the prior year; -- A beta version of Office Communications Server has been downloaded 80,000 times; -- There are 10,000 customers in the Customer Technical Preview (CTP) program for PerformancePoint Server, its new business intelligence offering. Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db |
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John H. wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:17:10 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote: " JimH" ask wrote in message ... "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message . .. HK wrote: Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct. Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for my son. BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make? What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular busybody. Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? If you recall John, my question on Vista was to Harry. The dumb and dumber twins then got into the picture and the thread went downhill from there. What other "decisions" have I told you about and asked you to comment on John. Gosh, maybe you didn't know that you could email Harry if you want something to be just between the two of you. This is what shows up in the header, but it may be a fake. Although, I don't think Harry would do that because he frowns on it. That's right. That email address works just fine. I don't check it often, but it does work. |
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John H. wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:17:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote: JimH wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote: " JimH" ask wrote in message ... "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message . .. HK wrote: Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct. Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for my son. BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make? What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular busybody. Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? If you recall John, my question on Vista was to Harry. The dumb and dumber twins then got into the picture and the thread went downhill from there. What other "decisions" have I told you about and asked you to comment on John. JimH, I would recommend you use email for those topics you don't want discussed in rec.boats. If you don't know Harry's email address let me know and I will send it to your email. I should always read your post before I respond. But then I'd be doing things out of order and get all confused. Well at least now JimH has Harry's email. |
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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote: D-unit wrote: Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. Harry, You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice feature. Sorry, S.F.B., but I don't "get" 3D windows in vista because I don't use them. You obviously know nothing about VISTA and it shows. This is a good newsgroup for you to get away with that. |
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HK wrote:
John H. wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:17:10 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote: "John H." wrote in message ... On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote: " JimH" ask wrote in message ... "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message . .. HK wrote: Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct. Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for my son. BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make? What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular busybody. Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? If you recall John, my question on Vista was to Harry. The dumb and dumber twins then got into the picture and the thread went downhill from there. What other "decisions" have I told you about and asked you to comment on John. Gosh, maybe you didn't know that you could email Harry if you want something to be just between the two of you. This is what shows up in the header, but it may be a fake. Although, I don't think Harry would do that because he frowns on it. That's right. That email address works just fine. I don't check it often, but it does work. Harry, How is that any different than just not using a real email address? I recommend you send JimH your email so he can send you questions directly. You do know ISP use the individual IP's to verify who sent a post or email. They really don't care about the email address listed in the newsreader. Some people who think they really know computers have been caught when they try to create a sock pocket and forgot that the IP would remain the same as the one they normally use. ;) |
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HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: D-unit wrote: Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. Harry, You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice feature. Sorry, S.F.B., but I don't "get" 3D windows in vista because I don't use them. You obviously know nothing about VISTA and it shows. This is a good newsgroup for you to get away with that. Wow, you mean there is more to Vista, do tell. What are some of the features you like best? |
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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Harry, How is that any different than just not using a real email address? I recommend you send JimH your email so he can send you questions directly. It is a real email address, SFB. Obviously it is another one of those little computer thingies you don't understand. Too bad. Not my job to answer your questions. |
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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: D-unit wrote: Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. Harry, You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice feature. Sorry, S.F.B., but I don't "get" 3D windows in vista because I don't use them. You obviously know nothing about VISTA and it shows. This is a good newsgroup for you to get away with that. Wow, you mean there is more to Vista, do tell. What are some of the features you like best? The one that is now packaging up the used kitty litter my Bobcat poops in, so UPS can dump it on the doorstep of your little townhouse. |
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HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: D-unit wrote: Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. Harry, You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice feature. Sorry, S.F.B., but I don't "get" 3D windows in vista because I don't use them. You obviously know nothing about VISTA and it shows. This is a good newsgroup for you to get away with that. Wow, you mean there is more to Vista, do tell. What are some of the features you like best? The one that is now packaging up the used kitty litter my Bobcat poops in, so UPS can dump it on the doorstep of your little townhouse. Harry, Did you find the 3D "feature" slowing your computer down to a crawl? |
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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: D-unit wrote: Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. Harry, You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice feature. Sorry, S.F.B., but I don't "get" 3D windows in vista because I don't use them. You obviously know nothing about VISTA and it shows. This is a good newsgroup for you to get away with that. Wow, you mean there is more to Vista, do tell. What are some of the features you like best? The one that is now packaging up the used kitty litter my Bobcat poops in, so UPS can dump it on the doorstep of your little townhouse. Harry, Did you find the 3D "feature" slowing your computer down to a crawl? I don't use 3D windows. Whatever assumption you make from that statement will be as wrong as your statements here that I owned a 17' SeaPro. |
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HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: D-unit wrote: Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. Harry, You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice feature. Sorry, S.F.B., but I don't "get" 3D windows in vista because I don't use them. You obviously know nothing about VISTA and it shows. This is a good newsgroup for you to get away with that. Wow, you mean there is more to Vista, do tell. What are some of the features you like best? The one that is now packaging up the used kitty litter my Bobcat poops in, so UPS can dump it on the doorstep of your little townhouse. Harry, Did you find the 3D "feature" slowing your computer down to a crawl? I don't use 3D windows. Whatever assumption you make from that statement will be as wrong as your statements here that I owned a 17' SeaPro. Oh, was it an 18' SeaPro, my bad. So what feature do you love |
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Calif Bill wrote:
"HK" wrote in message ... D-unit wrote: Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. Use that same processor and memory setup and XP will still run faster. Running a warp speed processor to get the same performance as an XP machine running a supersonic speed CPU is just masking problems. Sorry; can't run the "same" memory setup on XP. That should give you a hint, eh? I've been waiting patiently here for someone to bring up something, anything, and you've come the closest, even though you still didn't get it. :} |
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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: Reginald P. Smithers III wrote: HK wrote: D-unit wrote: Dear MS (Bill) Can I get a refund on my copy Vista? I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like. An OS shouldn't do that. I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all. I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out. I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know. db VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use. Bet you're not. Harry, You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice feature. Sorry, S.F.B., but I don't "get" 3D windows in vista because I don't use them. You obviously know nothing about VISTA and it shows. This is a good newsgroup for you to get away with that. Wow, you mean there is more to Vista, do tell. What are some of the features you like best? The one that is now packaging up the used kitty litter my Bobcat poops in, so UPS can dump it on the doorstep of your little townhouse. Harry, Did you find the 3D "feature" slowing your computer down to a crawl? I don't use 3D windows. Whatever assumption you make from that statement will be as wrong as your statements here that I owned a 17' SeaPro. Oh, was it an 18' SeaPro, my bad. So what feature do you love Told you: The one that is now packaging up the used kitty litter my Bobcat poops in, so UPS can dump it on the doorstep of your little townhouse. Hope that helps. |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:35:27 -0400, HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:03:32 -0500, John H. wrote: if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? It's a given that all decisions and opinions posted here will be examined, parsed and discussed in great detail. Not by me. I already know whose posts are worth reading carefully and whose are not. These days, I give your posts the 10 seconds they deserve, but you do get more time than Reggie and a few others. Do you spend a lot of time analyzing Jimh's decisions? |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:17:10 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:
"John H." wrote in message .. . On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote: " JimH" ask wrote in message .. . "Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message . .. HK wrote: Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing. Eric Lai, Computerworld Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises, Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of time at its launch. The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by consumers and small businesses, JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct. Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for my son. BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make? What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular busybody. Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you continue to tell us all your decisions? If you recall John, my question on Vista was to Harry. The dumb and dumber twins then got into the picture and the thread went downhill from there. What other "decisions" have I told you about and asked you to comment on John. Gosh, maybe you didn't know that you could email Harry if you want something to be just between the two of you. This is what shows up in the header, but it may be a fake. Although, I don't think Harry would do that because he frowns on it. |
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