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I'll upgrade to Windows Vista when they pry this laptop from my cold, dead hands (with apologies to Charlton Heston).
I paid for Windows XP three times; twice as new installs on built-my-own boxes and once as OEM on this laptop. I don't like paying for an upgrade when an upgrade is not really an upgrade. It should have been Windows XP, Service Pack 3.
I hate to rant, but I've read the specs and looked at the screenshots. Windows Vista is what XP should be. Without going into too much detail, my laptop with AVG Free Antivirus, Spybot Search & Destroy, and other non-Microsoft products is more secure than Vista out of the box. I know it, and they know it.
When the time comes and Windows XP doesn't do the trick for me anymore, I'll be moving on to some flavor of Linux.
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Vista costs nearly two months salary for the average middle-class family living in India.
I looked at the prices and the different editions. After seeing what PCLinuxOS has to offer with Beryl installed, I'm not impressed with Vista at all. And "PCLOS" is free!
Have used windows for ages in various guises. Currently use XP and it does a good job. Simply can't believe the EXTORTIONATE price of Vista! I really believe Microsoft are trying to milk us all before they lose their fight to some of the excellent Linux distros coming up; Kubuntu or PCLinuxOS for example. I will not be upgrading even if the price of Vista comes down. When my time with XP ends i'm switching to a good Free Open source Linux desktop.