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January 27, 200817 yr

Joe cann wrote:

> You DUFUS

>

What's wrong crunch...can't deal with the truth?

Try it...you just might learn something.

Frank

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January 27, 200817 yr

Double DUFUS to you

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> Joe cann wrote:

>

>> You DUFUS

>>

> What's wrong crunch...can't deal with the truth?

> Try it...you just might learn something.

> Frank

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January 27, 200817 yr

Joe cann wrote:

> Double DUFUS to you

Ah geeze whiz...craw back into your cardboard space ship...you'll get

over it.

Frank

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January 27, 200817 yr

This person I think says it best

'Buridan's Ass'

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January 27, 200817 yr

Re: Are you NUTS?

I have to go with Demonkey on this. 95% of everyone I have come in

contact with that has Vista, is now looking for some way to slit their

wrist or open a major artery. Even my boss who bought 3 new computers

was told he HAD to have vista on them because they dont sell computers

with XP on them anymore.

Issues:

Vista does not support DCC (direct cable connection) between two

computers, even if they are BOTH Vista computers.

Vista and other software packaged with it has several annoying "needs

access to internet to update" messages which cant be disabled. (two

computers at work will never be connected tot he internet)

Vista was released FAR before it was a solid OS because there was a

deadline to meet and you will get all your bug fixes and patches thru

the internet (if you have internet) over the course of the life of

Vista even though the NEW OS. "Windows 7" "Fiji" and "Vienna" are all

windows OS's that were started even before Vista was released. (Fiji is

more of a tuneup to Vista)

Vista owners have to "relearn" windows because of the massive rework of

the start menu and control panel areas, with no specific benefit of

doing so.

Each release of Windows OS costs roughly $400

My suggestion? Get a Mac. Each OS release is only $129, is fully

functional, doesnt estrange the user from the last version, doesnt

require massive updates, Networks to "any" computer system (windows,

linux, unix, ubuntu, etc) supports DCC to ANY computer system, does not

require internet access to "fully operate". The list is incredibly

long.

Other known issues with Windows: The Windows OS is all there is.

Mac goes beyond just an OS, with Apple TV, iPod/Touch, , iPhone, Time

MAchine, Time Capsule (backup appliance(server grade HD) + Airport

extreme base station)), Apple TV Take 2.

Windows gets viruses (Mac doesnt, ever)

Windows Vista owners are posting the largest number of owners

downgrading back to XP (Mac users downgrade? where?)

Windows doesnt have any Free Software Upgrades or Updates (iPhones and

iPod)

Windows offers TV shows and Movies with over 125 million sold tv shows

and 7 million movies sold and rents movies to you over the internet

downloaded right to your PC from the top 11 Movie Studios....no

wait...thats all Apple only.

Microsoft offers.....an OS (with no mac compatibility)

Apple offers .....Mac Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Macbook, Macbook Pro,

Macbook Air(thinnest in the world), iPod/nano/shuffle/classic/touch,

iPhone, Apple TV, AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule(1 TB), and Microsoft

software (2008 Office, Messenger, Excel, Word) Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro,

Movie Purchase/rental and download directly to your Computer, iPod,

Laptop, iPhone or HD TV(from your HDTV)

So ya, Vista OS and Microsoft...so solid.

We wont even go into connectivity to Bluetooth in Windows, its

non-existent.

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Rocket wrote:

> I have to go with Demonkey on this. 95% of everyone I have come in

> contact with that has Vista, is now looking for some way to slit their

> wrist or open a major artery. Even my boss who bought 3 new computers

> was told he HAD to have vista on them because they dont sell computers

> with XP on them anymore.

>

> Issues:

> Vista does not support DCC (direct cable connection) between two

> computers, even if they are BOTH Vista computers.

>

> Vista and other software packaged with it has several annoying "needs

> access to internet to update" messages which cant be disabled. (two

> computers at work will never be connected tot he internet)

>

> Vista was released FAR before it was a solid OS because there was a

> deadline to meet and you will get all your bug fixes and patches thru

> the internet (if you have internet) over the course of the life of

> Vista even though the NEW OS. "Windows 7" "Fiji" and "Vienna" are all

> windows OS's that were started even before Vista was released. (Fiji is

> more of a tuneup to Vista)

>

> Vista owners have to "relearn" windows because of the massive rework of

> the start menu and control panel areas, with no specific benefit of

> doing so.

>

> Each release of Windows OS costs roughly $400

>

> My suggestion? Get a Mac. Each OS release is only $129, is fully

> functional, doesnt estrange the user from the last version, doesnt

> require massive updates, Networks to "any" computer system (windows,

> linux, unix, ubuntu, etc) supports DCC to ANY computer system, does not

> require internet access to "fully operate". The list is incredibly

> long.

>

> Other known issues with Windows: The Windows OS is all there is.

>

> Mac goes beyond just an OS, with Apple TV, iPod/Touch, , iPhone, Time

> MAchine, Time Capsule (backup appliance(server grade HD) + Airport

> extreme base station)), Apple TV Take 2.

>

> Windows gets viruses (Mac doesnt, ever)

>

> Windows Vista owners are posting the largest number of owners

> downgrading back to XP (Mac users downgrade? where?)

>

> Windows doesnt have any Free Software Upgrades or Updates (iPhones and

> iPod)

>

> Windows offers TV shows and Movies with over 125 million sold tv shows

> and 7 million movies sold and rents movies to you over the internet

> downloaded right to your PC from the top 11 Movie Studios....no

> wait...thats all Apple only.

>

> Microsoft offers.....an OS (with no mac compatibility)

> Apple offers .....Mac Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Macbook, Macbook Pro,

> Macbook Air(thinnest in the world), iPod/nano/shuffle/classic/touch,

> iPhone, Apple TV, AirPort Extreme, Time Capsule(1 TB), and Microsoft

> software (2008 Office, Messenger, Excel, Word) Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro,

> Movie Purchase/rental and download directly to your Computer, iPod,

> Laptop, iPhone or HD TV(from your HDTV)

>

> So ya, Vista OS and Microsoft...so solid.

> We wont even go into connectivity to Bluetooth in Windows, its

> non-existent.

>

You don't actually have Vista do you? You're a mac-attack troll...LOL!

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> Issues:

> Vista does not support DCC (direct cable connection) between two

> computers, even if they are BOTH Vista computers.

You'd be hard pressed to find two Vista-supported computers that came

without network cards. Perhaps a crossover network cable is a better

solution?

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January 28, 200817 yr

googolplex Dufus in the power of a vistillion!

(where 1 vistilion is 10 in the power of a googolplex or the amount of ram

needed in bytes for Vista to work very well)

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> Joe cann wrote:

>> Double DUFUS to you

>

> Ah geeze whiz...craw back into your cardboard space ship...you'll get over

> it.

> Frank

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January 28, 200817 yr

Re: Are you NUTS?

Actually I am a Vista USer at work, and a XP user at home with a dual

boot XP/Ubuntu ssytem and a Mac g5. I don't make comparisons without

having the actual experience. I have been a windows users since 3.10

and a Mac user since 2005.

The crossover cable is a good solution. Its a shame it isnt readily

available information within Vista.

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January 28, 200817 yr

Re: Are you NUTS?

It is the fault of HP, plain and simple! If HP wanted to support the

scanner they would have delivered an HP driver for Vista. Over 100 million

copies sold. How many of your 3-year old HP scanners were sold?

"Bill" <someone@home.net> wrote in message

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> "graham1cr" <graham1cr@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>>

>>>Have you ever tried to copy a 10GB file from XP to Vista? Ever try to

>>>install a printer over a year old? Ever try to install Microsoft

>>>software

>>>more than 5 months old?

>>>

>>>Probably NOT.

>>

>> yes - largest file i currently have is 8.85GB, took just under 3 mins

>>

>> yes - my old Canon850i runs perfectly

>>

>> yes - running Office XP no probs

>>

>> graham

>

> you beat me to it Graham. I really don't know where these naysayers get

> their info from.

>

> But to be honest I did have a 3 year old HP scanner that would not work

> under vista. Called Hp about it and they said they did not provide MS with

> a vista driver and they had no intention of releasing any. So whose fault

> is that HP or MS? Maybe monkey brains can shed some light on that!

>

> Bill

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Babs Anthony wrote:

> It is the fault of HP, plain and simple! If HP wanted to support the

> scanner they would have delivered an HP driver for Vista. Over 100

> million copies sold.

More kilos of crack are sold every year in South Central LA. So what if

MS conned 100 million people to buy a POS?

> How many of your 3-year old HP scanners were sold?

All of them work with Linux Ubuntu. I wonder why HP provides the drivers

for Ubuntu Linux and not Vista? MS doing some strong arming again?

Alias

>

> "Bill" <someone@home.net> wrote in message

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>> "graham1cr" <graham1cr@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>>>

>>>> Have you ever tried to copy a 10GB file from XP to Vista? Ever try to

>>>> install a printer over a year old? Ever try to install Microsoft

>>>> software

>>>> more than 5 months old?

>>>>

>>>> Probably NOT.

>>>

>>> yes - largest file i currently have is 8.85GB, took just under 3 mins

>>>

>>> yes - my old Canon850i runs perfectly

>>>

>>> yes - running Office XP no probs

>>>

>>> graham

>>

>> you beat me to it Graham. I really don't know where these naysayers

>> get their info from.

>>

>> But to be honest I did have a 3 year old HP scanner that would not

>> work under vista. Called Hp about it and they said they did not

>> provide MS with a vista driver and they had no intention of releasing

>> any. So whose fault is that HP or MS? Maybe monkey brains can shed

>> some light on that!

>>

>> Bill

>>

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Alias: Please stop buying your crack from South Central LA. HP chose not

to provide the driver for its own reasons--most likely because the scanner

was a poor seller. By the way, where is your friend, Frank?

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> Babs Anthony wrote:

>> It is the fault of HP, plain and simple! If HP wanted to support the

>> scanner they would have delivered an HP driver for Vista. Over 100

>> million copies sold.

>

> More kilos of crack are sold every year in South Central LA. So what if MS

> conned 100 million people to buy a POS?

>

>> How many of your 3-year old HP scanners were sold?

>

> All of them work with Linux Ubuntu. I wonder why HP provides the drivers

> for Ubuntu Linux and not Vista? MS doing some strong arming again?

>

> Alias

>>

>> "Bill" <someone@home.net> wrote in message

>> news:eCr5VYQYIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>> "graham1cr" <graham1cr@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:hkcpp3l8f7da3h1uu08gs07keo9dn9vb84@4ax.com...

>>>>

>>>>> Have you ever tried to copy a 10GB file from XP to Vista? Ever try to

>>>>> install a printer over a year old? Ever try to install Microsoft

>>>>> software

>>>>> more than 5 months old?

>>>>>

>>>>> Probably NOT.

>>>>

>>>> yes - largest file i currently have is 8.85GB, took just under 3 mins

>>>>

>>>> yes - my old Canon850i runs perfectly

>>>>

>>>> yes - running Office XP no probs

>>>>

>>>> graham

>>>

>>> you beat me to it Graham. I really don't know where these naysayers get

>>> their info from.

>>>

>>> But to be honest I did have a 3 year old HP scanner that would not work

>>> under vista. Called Hp about it and they said they did not provide MS

>>> with a vista driver and they had no intention of releasing any. So

>>> whose fault is that HP or MS? Maybe monkey brains can shed some light on

>>> that!

>>>

>>> Bill

>>>

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Babs Anthony wrote:

> Alias: Please stop buying your crack from South Central LA.

I didn't say I bought crack *anywhere*. If you knew me, you'd know that

I don't want to die and if I were to do crack, with my health situation,

I would die. That said, I have never had the dubious pleasure of smoking

crack. I don't care for drugs. If you knew me, you'd also know I don't

anywhere near South Central LA.

> HP chose

> not to provide the driver for its own reasons--

Yeah, MS wants "Vista Ready" hardware for its Vista.

> most likely because the

> scanner was a poor seller.

I have no idea.

> By the way, where is your friend, Frank?

He posted today. Have you got him kill filed?

Alias

>

> "Alias" <iamalias@removethisgmail.com> wrote in message

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>> Babs Anthony wrote:

>>> It is the fault of HP, plain and simple! If HP wanted to support the

>>> scanner they would have delivered an HP driver for Vista. Over 100

>>> million copies sold.

>>

>> More kilos of crack are sold every year in South Central LA. So what

>> if MS conned 100 million people to buy a POS?

>>

>>> How many of your 3-year old HP scanners were sold?

>>

>> All of them work with Linux Ubuntu. I wonder why HP provides the

>> drivers for Ubuntu Linux and not Vista? MS doing some strong arming

>> again?

>>

>> Alias

>>>

>>> "Bill" <someone@home.net> wrote in message

>>> news:eCr5VYQYIHA.4828@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>>

>>>> "graham1cr" <graham1cr@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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>>>>>

>>>>>> Have you ever tried to copy a 10GB file from XP to Vista? Ever

>>>>>> try to

>>>>>> install a printer over a year old? Ever try to install Microsoft

>>>>>> software

>>>>>> more than 5 months old?

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Probably NOT.

>>>>>

>>>>> yes - largest file i currently have is 8.85GB, took just under 3 mins

>>>>>

>>>>> yes - my old Canon850i runs perfectly

>>>>>

>>>>> yes - running Office XP no probs

>>>>>

>>>>> graham

>>>>

>>>> you beat me to it Graham. I really don't know where these naysayers

>>>> get their info from.

>>>>

>>>> But to be honest I did have a 3 year old HP scanner that would not

>>>> work under vista. Called Hp about it and they said they did not

>>>> provide MS with a vista driver and they had no intention of

>>>> releasing any. So whose fault is that HP or MS? Maybe monkey brains

>>>> can shed some light on that!

>>>>

>>>> Bill

>>>>

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"Joe cann" wrote:

> Good question.. and here is how you should go to about it...

>

> Buy Vista with DOWNGRADE rights with a Laptop that has drivers and support

> for BOTH XP and Vista...

>

> read the above sentence carefully!

>

> With Downgrade rights you can install XP OR VISTA on the same machine (but

> not at the same time)

>

> for example you can install XP now that works well, and then after some time

> install Vista (after the millions of bugs get removed - if ever)

>

> In order to have Downgrade rights you must get Vista Business or Vista

> ultimate...

>

> but its best of both worlds and gives you so much flexibility...

>

> "marpa" <marpa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> >I am looking to get a new laptop...and evrything has Vista installed. I

> >have

> > been doing reading and know a few people who have it and don't think I

> > really

> > want it. I am very happy with my windows XP. Would it be difficult to

> > have

> > Vista removed from laptop and then have XP installed on it?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

>

> I've got Windows XP on my desktop computer. Do you think I could just reinstall/install those discs onto my new laptop which currently runs Vista? I don't really like Vista and all of the other programs I use or spent money on don't run in Vista.

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January 29, 200817 yr

You cannot do that because that XP had 1 product key, liscence.. and you

cannot reuse that..

you can buy a cheaper OEM version of XP though..

or if you are a student you can get it for very cheap too

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> "Joe cann" wrote:

>

>> Good question.. and here is how you should go to about it...

>>

>> Buy Vista with DOWNGRADE rights with a Laptop that has drivers and

>> support

>> for BOTH XP and Vista...

>>

>> read the above sentence carefully!

>>

>> With Downgrade rights you can install XP OR VISTA on the same machine

>> (but

>> not at the same time)

>>

>> for example you can install XP now that works well, and then after some

>> time

>> install Vista (after the millions of bugs get removed - if ever)

>>

>> In order to have Downgrade rights you must get Vista Business or Vista

>> ultimate...

>>

>> but its best of both worlds and gives you so much flexibility...

>>

>> "marpa" <marpa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>> >I am looking to get a new laptop...and evrything has Vista installed. I

>> >have

>> > been doing reading and know a few people who have it and don't think I

>> > really

>> > want it. I am very happy with my windows XP. Would it be difficult to

>> > have

>> > Vista removed from laptop and then have XP installed on it?

>> >

>> > Thanks,

>> >

>>

>> I've got Windows XP on my desktop computer. Do you think I could just

>> reinstall/install those discs onto my new laptop which currently runs

>> Vista? I don't really like Vista and all of the other programs I use or

>> spent money on don't run in Vista.

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So, how I'd be wasting money by buying a 'used' program on Amazon?

"Joe cann" wrote:

> You cannot do that because that XP had 1 product key, liscence.. and you

> cannot reuse that..

>

> you can buy a cheaper OEM version of XP though..

> or if you are a student you can get it for very cheap too

>

> "cinobey" <cinobey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> >

> > "Joe cann" wrote:

> >

> >> Good question.. and here is how you should go to about it...

> >>

> >> Buy Vista with DOWNGRADE rights with a Laptop that has drivers and

> >> support

> >> for BOTH XP and Vista...

> >>

> >> read the above sentence carefully!

> >>

> >> With Downgrade rights you can install XP OR VISTA on the same machine

> >> (but

> >> not at the same time)

> >>

> >> for example you can install XP now that works well, and then after some

> >> time

> >> install Vista (after the millions of bugs get removed - if ever)

> >>

> >> In order to have Downgrade rights you must get Vista Business or Vista

> >> ultimate...

> >>

> >> but its best of both worlds and gives you so much flexibility...

> >>

> >> "marpa" <marpa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:684166AE-859D-45CB-9A1D-C4D0FE2A2E3A@microsoft.com...

> >> >I am looking to get a new laptop...and evrything has Vista installed. I

> >> >have

> >> > been doing reading and know a few people who have it and don't think I

> >> > really

> >> > want it. I am very happy with my windows XP. Would it be difficult to

> >> > have

> >> > Vista removed from laptop and then have XP installed on it?

> >> >

> >> > Thanks,

> >> >

> >>

> >> I've got Windows XP on my desktop computer. Do you think I could just

> >> reinstall/install those discs onto my new laptop which currently runs

> >> Vista? I don't really like Vista and all of the other programs I use or

> >> spent money on don't run in Vista.

>

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Joe cann wrote:

> You cannot do that because that XP had 1 product key, liscence.. and you

> cannot reuse that..

Technically you *can*. MS' EULA says you *may* not.

Alias

>>> I've got Windows XP on my desktop computer. Do you think I could just

>>> reinstall/install those discs onto my new laptop which currently runs

>>> Vista? I don't really like Vista and all of the other programs I use or

>>> spent money on don't run in Vista.

>

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Joe Cann wrote:

> We have the opportunity to be LAZY and INEFFICIENT and transfer the COST of this to the USER!

...which is definitely valid.

For me, I have XP. Wife has a newer computer with Vista.

I see no compelling reason that I would want to switch. I did not look

that close, but at first glance, I don't see any great features that

Vista has that made me want to 'upgrade'.

It looks like with Vista, the OS system is the Star. I always ran my

pc with the understanding that a unobtrusive, reliable, relatively

small- footprint, non-flashy OS- that handled the programs installed,

and facilitates the display of my data to be paramount.

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Babs Anthony588013 Wrote:

> It is the fault of HP, plain and simple! If HP wanted to support the

> scanner they would have delivered an HP driver for Vista. Over 100

> million

> copies sold. How many of your 3-year old HP scanners were sold?

>

Bull**** HP's fault.

If my scanner or printer is running fine on MS Operating System XP, it

should run well without any modifications on MS's new operating system

Vista as well. It is a very simple logic. If I have a product where my

customer is satisfied with, and I am bringing out a new product, my

customer should not hassle with the new product, instead of that my

customer should be able to use it much easier and faster than with the

old one.

I could call myself a mid to high informed person about computers

compared to the person out on the street. Even I am struggling to find a

way to the slow network transfer speeds which is a big problem for me in

my daily business. File transfer is one of the most common things you do

with your computer nowadays but why the hell does Vista do it much

slower than XP, I simply don't get it. I don't care about the technical

crap info that is behind it. For me it is important to plug the network

cable to my laptop, and start the file transfer in Vista. If it is

slower than my XP laptop, I do get frustrated!

In general, there are a couple of good changes in Vista which make the

OS better, but for the average user, I would never ever in the world

recommend switching to Vista. Why bother, if you got a smooth running

system like XP? I did bother, because the laptop I wanted to buy didn't

have the possibility of having an XP installed on it. So I went for it.

And I will sooner or later find the solutions to my problems to Vista on

the net as well. But a normal PC User won't be able to find answers to

most of their questions and they will get really frustrated, believe

me!!

HP's fault not supplying new drivers! Really funny. When XP came out,

it had all the new drivers for the old machines pre-installed.

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the solution to your problem is simple, and you would have avoided all the

frustration had you came here before you got vista and asked if you should

get it.

I would simply explain that vista is crap and should be avoided, rather you

should get xp instead

the best way to have both os is get a computer that provides downgrade

rights to xp, that way you have both vista and xp and you can use any one of

them, (only one installed at a time)

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>

> Babs Anthony588013 Wrote:

>> It is the fault of HP, plain and simple! If HP wanted to support the

>> scanner they would have delivered an HP driver for Vista. Over 100

>> million

>> copies sold. How many of your 3-year old HP scanners were sold?

>>

> Bull**** HP's fault.

> If my scanner or printer is running fine on MS Operating System XP, it

> should run well without any modifications on MS's new operating system

> Vista as well. It is a very simple logic. If I have a product where my

> customer is satisfied with, and I am bringing out a new product, my

> customer should not hassle with the new product, instead of that my

> customer should be able to use it much easier and faster than with the

> old one.

> I could call myself a mid to high informed person about computers

> compared to the person out on the street. Even I am struggling to find a

> way to the slow network transfer speeds which is a big problem for me in

> my daily business. File transfer is one of the most common things you do

> with your computer nowadays but why the hell does Vista do it much

> slower than XP, I simply don't get it. I don't care about the technical

> crap info that is behind it. For me it is important to plug the network

> cable to my laptop, and start the file transfer in Vista. If it is

> slower than my XP laptop, I do get frustrated!

> In general, there are a couple of good changes in Vista which make the

> OS better, but for the average user, I would never ever in the world

> recommend switching to Vista. Why bother, if you got a smooth running

> system like XP? I did bother, because the laptop I wanted to buy didn't

> have the possibility of having an XP installed on it. So I went for it.

> And I will sooner or later find the solutions to my problems to Vista on

> the net as well. But a normal PC User won't be able to find answers to

> most of their questions and they will get really frustrated, believe

> me!!

> HP's fault not supplying new drivers! Really funny. When XP came out,

> it had all the new drivers for the old machines pre-installed.

>

> --

> aaalp