Microsoft giving Vista Business / Ultimate users 'downgrade' to XP option

It's no shock that Windows Vista isn't, shall we say, universally loved, and it's also unsurprising that a plethora of businesses have voiced their preference to keep on runnin' their operations on Windows XP. Presumably in response, Microsoft is "quietly allowing PC makers to offer a downgrade option to buyers that get machines with the new operating system but want to switch to Windows XP," but the program only applies to Vista Business and Ultimate editions. The likes of Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo and Dell all have processes in place to ensure that customers have the ability to downgrade if they so choose, and while some firms are still selling their PCs with XP pre-installed, debates are already swirling around how long that tactic can remain in place.

[fourblades Posted Sep 22nd 2007 12:18PM]

It's cool that they're giving this option.

I do notice that sometimes XP runs better but how will we ever see vista develop into something better if we go back to XP?

Hopefully Microsoft is just backtracking or something so that they can think of something good in the future for Vista's development...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2007 10:07PM]

@ Alex
You're the one that started the M$/Apple flame fest for one. Two IngoAlex was saying that by your logic non-mechanics are ignorant.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2007 7:13AM]

Vista Speed.

People who compare Vista to XP often overlook they are comparing two vastly different machines.

The XP machine always being older and slower.

Vista does not make your renders faster. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Maybe it's got something to do with the gobs of ram and the dual cores (or more) in your new system, and several generations of hardware improvements.

When you compare like-for-like, you too will come to the conclusion that Vista is a complete resource hog, all things being equal.

When you trim down the PC manufacturer's bundled crapola and severely cut down on the services, bling and associated tosh, it can be manageable, but there is no way in hell Vista is faster than XP, much like XP was not any faster than Windows 2000.

Better hardware will always disguise bloat to some extent.

Vista offers some UI improvements, and some backwards steps, IMO. Like usual, it's a mixed bag. Saying it's faster while comparing two vastly different machines is just not right, though.

DRM and slowly ceding user control and freedom to the corporations is another matter entirely.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista#Criticism

(posted from Vista)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 12th 2007 4:00AM]

I like Linux and have it installed on my machine as well as Windows Vista. I have installed various version of Linux in the past and although it generally worked okay, there was always a driver or device needed to get things functional again.

I installed Ubuntu a while back and it may very be the release that swings a lot of Windows users over to Linux. It is quite easy to install and use with one exception. If you have a ADSL or cable intern connection things are fine, however when it comes to dial up there is a minor problem.

The Winmodem may be difficult to get to work under Linux. However there is still hope if you have or aquire a hardware modem. The problem is that the Winmodem depends on drivers that usually are available for Windows, but absent or difficult to locate for Linux. Since the harware modem is a stand alone device and does not depend on drivers to function, the problem is moot.

If you haven't tried Ubuntu you might wnat to give it a try, you can still boot to your windows operating system should you want at boot time. There is a bootloader that will allow you to select and boot to either Ubuntu or you current Windows install

All in all