[GLLUG] What Intel Giveth, Microsoft Taketh Away

[Karl Schuttler]

One of the biggest issues I have with purchasing the laptop i want is
that it ships with Vista...I would like some sort of Windows OS
because applications at school might require it, but XP would be much
preferred. They should have just stuck with longhorn.


> > >   I mention this kind of thing on a Linux list because most peoples'
> > >   perceptions of what a computer IS are so heavily influence by
> > >   Microsoft software, so it impacts us all -- and MS has become an
> > >   anchor, dragging all computer users to the briny depths of
> > > Trojans, spyware, and wasted computer power...
> > >
> > >   "Case in point: Microsoft Office 2007 which, when deployed on
> > > Windows Vista, consumes over 12x as much memory and nearly 3x as
> > > much processing power as the version that graced PCs just 7 short
> > > years ago (Office 2000)."
> > >   <http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-intel-giveth-microsoft-taketh-away.html>
> > >
> > >   ~~ Mikey
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