__/ [ B Gruff ] on Sunday 01 April 2007 00:30 \__
> On Saturday 31 March 2007 19:58 amicus_curious wrote:
>
>> "The software vendors say that pressure from the market is picking up
>> because a lot of new PC systems are only being sold with Vista
>> preinstalled."
>
>> Everyone will be on board the Vista train anyway in a few months.
>
> Yep - not quite "everyone", but I'm sure you are right, in that you have
> just confirmed why people will buy Vista. It comes down to choice, doesn't
> it? As you quote:-
>
> "because a lot of new PC systems are only being sold with Vista"
>
> I'd go further - I'd say that it's already almost impossible to buy a
> machine from any of the big manufacturers *without* Vista.
Au contraire. Some of them still sell PCs with XP, otherwise they receive
complaints. Bill Weisgerber does not believe in choice. He's a fascist.
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