____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 24 July 2007 07:46 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ John Locke on Tuesday 24 July 2007 02:04 : \____
>>
>>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:16:16 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
>>>>
>>>>,----[ Quote
>>>>| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
>>>>| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
>>>>| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
>>>>|
>>>>| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users
>>>>| and businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report.
>>>>| Taiwan-based Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after
>>>>| HP, Dell and Lenovo.
>>>>|
>>>>| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
>>>
>>> "Michael Cherry, analyst with Directions at Microsoft, said part of
>>> the problem is that users prefer lower-cost machines that might not
>>> work well with Vista."
>>>
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>>>
>>> Prefer ????? You mean they can't afford a high end machine to run
>>> Vista.
>>
>> Let them have cakes (oh! And Surface).
>>
>
> We've got global warming driving people out of their homes in their
> thousands, but we need PCs which use /even more power?/ I think not.
This whole philosophy of 'driving the economy' by buying bigger and consuming
more absolutely must end. In fact, for that matter, people must realise that
greener means 'more expensive' and more 'time consuming'. Nothing is free.
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