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Vista cost
I can buy a PC for ~$500 and Word for $125. Yeah... I think the free market had nothing to do with this. (Oh... and yeah.. I can also run Linux and download a complete office suite for free... but... heck... we want to address the inflated Microsoft prices). And cable... let's see.. circa 1980.

New, Non-Cosmetic Features In Vista -- Ten Good Reasons To Upgrade
Also remember if you buy a PC and it comes with vista, you can dump vista and load W2K or XP instead. Want to? No... You've got it all wrong. You can't buy a new PC with anything other than Vista in many cases. It looks as if they are offering XP for a short while, but that will be phased out soon enough and anyone

Buying a new computer
However, would it pay to wait to get a new computer that has the new Microsoft Vista operating system already installed on it? NO. After reading: www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html I am never going near any PC with Vista on it, and I would advise everyone else to do the same.

Planning on buying Vista?
However, you can buy MCE 2005 now at almost any computer retailer and build your own. Dana Cline - MCE MVP "SweetNet" <Sweet...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E6285106-A8B2-481B-BA54-6312E43EFE2C@microsoft.com... Currently you have to buy a PC with XP MCE, will you be able to buy Vista MCE itself

Vista sales Astounding
cjcampbell christophercampb...@hotmail.com rec photo digital Garrot wrote: On 15 Oct 2006 18:21:37 -0700, cjcampbell wrote: The thing is, you have to go out of your way to buy a PC that won't already have Vista installed by the manufacturer. Hardware enthusiasts don't buy pre-built PC's with Vista already installed

Buying Web Expressions
MartinS m...@my.place alt fan goons "nemo" <n...@newtylust.nit> wrote: PC World are selling "PC Line" CD-Rs at 50 for œ11.99 and if you buy one pack you get one free. Only one small problem. There's no printing on the backs of them so you can't tell which side to bloody well record on. I've looked at one through a

New PC tablet - Vista ready??
This week's announcement about the Windows Vista Express Upgrade program--whereby consumers purchasing new PCs can get coupons for free or reduced-cost versions of Vista early next year--raises a simple question: Should you buy a PC now or wait? I can't stress this strongly enough: You should wait.

Best To Wait for Vista
Hi I am having a dilemma. I am up to a point in buying a new pc. Nowadays new pc's all have standard Windows Vista installed. Is it better if I buy a pc that has XP on it rather then Vista or doens't it matter at all? Regards I would say, go with your gut feeling. Some say that Vista has more probs than XP had

Vista sales Astounding
John, I love my Gateway m275x tablet pc, but in all fairness, I HATE GATEWAY. I will never buy from them again...(unless it's from my university, and they have I bugged this forum for the same idea, will my tablet pc be vista ready? I can only hope so... 1.5ghz and 1256mb of ram I've invested in this machine,

GeForce for an old computer and Vista requirements?
TK t...@home.com microsoft public windows vista general Hey the average machine has 2 optical drives.Would you buy a PC for $700 with Vista loaded? Then you must be a lite ignorant user. I actually do video/audio work with my rig. Now $399 is the highest So I'll kiss your ASS on that one. "Justin" <N...@None.com>

Boycott Vista in the UK!
Bought a new PC with Vista Home Premium, installed the printer (checking for updated drivers beforehand, obviously), it then came up with an error message saying cartridges are not compatible - WTF? Anyone had a similar experience, but more importantly, what do I need to do to sort it - except buying Epson carts,

Will there be solutions to easily upgrade to Vista?
The simple (and far cheaper) alternative is: Ask for a new PC without Vista, and then get Windows 2000, XP or Linux installed yourself. If you need help, When contacted by ZDNet UK, Alexander denied that operatives would be dispatched into the premises of customers who attempted to buy a PC without Windows.

Microsoft VISTA WARNING - DON'T BUY PC LINE CDRs from PC WORLD ...
Nonetheless, who wants to buy a pc then 2 months later reinstall or (egad) do an in-place upgrade! Not to mention that probably 75% or more of the If I was to buy a new pc and knowing that a new Windows was scheduled to be out in less than a month or two, I would wait... unless I had absolutely no choice.

Buying New PC - XP or Vista?
When you buy a new drive you get a driver with it - if it is Nero software, I guess your current version will run. My last purchase - a DVD burner, came with Nero bundled. I *have* used Easy CD and while the presenting front end (now THAT sounds rude!) is different, it is relatively easy to make the adjustment.

Vista yet again :-)
I already did a clean install of Vista but that didnt help. I disabled all programs in media center to make sure these cant cause the issue either. I am desperate - this is one of the reasons for me to buy this PC. Thanks, Thijs "a...@alimaggs.co.uk" wrote: Hi Guys, Thanks for your help but that isn't the problem.

'Buena Vista Social Club' singer ill [AAP 4jun01]
DON'T BUY PC LINE CDRs from PC WORLD!!!!! PC World are selling "PC Line" CD-Rs at 50 for £11.99 and if you buy one pack you get one free. Only one small problem. There's no printing on the backs of them so you can't tell which side to bloody well record on. I've looked at one through a 15* watchmakers eyeglass and

Vista pricing turns Windows in a LUXURY item
On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 22:33:41 -0000, Dom Robinson <Usetheaddr...@inthesig.com> wrote: Is there any chance, when it comes to buying a new PC in a few months time after it's had time to bed-in, that you'll be able to buy a PC off-the-shelf that does NOT have Vista and has XP instead? Don't know.

OT: Windows Vista, black Friday
I bugged this forum for the same idea, will my tablet pc be vista ready? I can only hope so... 1.5ghz and 1256mb of ram I've invested in this machine, I am aware that Vista will have a 32 and 64 bit versions. It seems to me that if possible and not overly expensive it makes the most sense to try to buy a laptop

Vista
IMHO, Microsoft wants to KILL PC gaming, and move everyone over to the 360. Yeah, Microsoft may get cash for every sale of Vista that gets sold, but how many times are gamers going to buy Vista? Most of them will buy a copy from the store, and simply re-install it as they upgrade their PC over the next several

Nvidia GeForce 7600GS finally out for AGP
You can try before you buy and see if you like it. (www.ubuntu.com) One thing it has over both OS X and Vista is that when it checks for updates it does the OS basis to combat bugs and security vulnerabilities. CONCLUSIONs: I would want to buy PC hardware because WHY? I would want to buy Windows because WHY?