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Re: Brand-new Vista Machine is a "Dead Duck"

  • Subject: Re: Brand-new Vista Machine is a "Dead Duck"
  • From: The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:07:01 -0700
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • References: <7507198.o76ZdvQCiD@schestowitz.com> <1175108906.208663.64090@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <pan.2007.03.28.19.34.22.239571@zianet.com> <9jbrd4xpc3.ln2@supertux.my.domain> <871wj851su.fsf@gmail.com>
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Hadron Quark
<hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx>
 wrote
on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:30:25 +0200
<871wj851su.fsf@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> ray wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:08:26 -0700, Reporter wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 28, 12:27 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Vista on a Core 2 Duo = waste of space
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Got a Core 2 Duo with Vista on it and I hardly use it. I actually
>>>>> | prefer using my XP machine which desperately needs XP reinstalling
>>>>> | on it.
>>>>> |
>>>>> | [...]
>>>>> |
>>>>> | I stuck a movie DVD in the Vista machine last night and the picture
>>>>> | quality was abysmal. I bet it?s fine on the XP machine.
>>>>> |
>>>>> | The Core 2 Duo is fast becoming a dead duck.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://crunchysoftware.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/xp-v-vista-on-a-core-...
>>>> 
>>>> You go get 'em Roy
>>> 
>>> I'd be happy to take it off his hands - I expect it would run Linux quite
>>> well.
>>
>> Yeah... you read my thoughts...
>>
>> Roy, any chance you are willing to sell it cheap?
>
> "sell it cheap"
>
> It's the Linux way.

Exactly.  Far better to buy Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
and pay lots more money for less functionality.

:-P

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