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Does anyone think that more people will switch to Mac from PC, due to the obscene restrictions being programmed into Vista?
baggss said:What "Insane restrictions" are you speaking of?
SilverBlade said:Security restrictions (not allowing other software companies access to the kernal, to make software like Norton Antivirus).
Also, only allowing users to transfer the license to one more computer beyond the initial installation. Upgrading the motherboard or CPU would be viewed as a 'new system'..and the user would have to buy a new license for Vista to use it.
SilverBlade said:Security restrictions (not allowing other software companies access to the kernal, to make software like Norton Antivirus).
Also, only allowing users to transfer the license to one more computer beyond the initial installation. Upgrading the motherboard or CPU would be viewed as a 'new system'..and the user would have to buy a new license for Vista to use it.
baggss said:The corporate folks are going to be the hard sell. We still use Win2K at work and are being told we "might" switch to WinXP next year and that there are no plans to move to Vista in the next 5 years.
Marl Huss said:Indeed, although it probably depends which area they work in, and whether they see a benefit. I believe many of the schools in my area are planning on switching to Vista at the end of 07 to beginning of 08, large businesses may take longer though.
Marl Huss said:Indeed, although it probably depends which area they work in, and whether they see a benefit. I believe many of the schools in my area are planning on switching to Vista at the end of 07 to beginning of 08, large businesses may take longer though.
So people won't be "driven" to Macs by Vista, but they might take another look at Macs once the tech folks get to them about the new rules.
Really, ah the ones in my area all have had XP for a while now, thats probably because all the local businesses especially Vodafone donate alot of money, I guess thats to maintain image, and so they could get permission to build their HQ on greenfield land.BIG D 04 said:Schools, well in the UK anyway, are normally the last to switch my College still uses Windows 2000. The schools especially large ones don't upgrade all machines they do it gradually which can often end up taking a couple of years. So it will be a long time before all my College has Vista we don't even have XP yet
All I see with Vista is "bling" - a nice, new, shiny interface and not much else. Personally I don't even like the interface that much; it looks like a newbie theme-maker tried to copy OS X and added lots of transparent effects and shiny buttons.