Office and Vista bring in record profits for Microsoft

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1. April 27, 2007 3:53 PM
   phantasm66 said:
   Vista is superb I think. I don't see what everyone is moaning about. Its given Windows a much needed update, and if its making good profits for Microsoft then good for them - they worked on Vista for years, and even had the good sense to run a public beta test program. I think they are doing well.
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2. April 27, 2007 10:13 PM
   nathanskywalker said:
   Somewhat surprising to me; however, I guess most people don't realize there are BETTER alternatives out there. That said Vista, flawed as it is (disgustingly so in my opinion is still more user friendly to the common user. For even mid level users I would seriously not recommend wasting your money until MS at least shows it's first service pack, yikes< No I don't like Vista, lol.
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3. April 28, 2007 4:30 AM
   PanicX said:
   Honestly it only makes sense that this release would be a success. There's simply greater and greater demand for PC's as the years go by, therefore more and more Vista licenses will be sold, as many machines don't have the option of coming without Vista.Personally, I don't see any worthy benefit to upgrading to Vista, and continue to have more issues with the operating system that there really should be. Quirky things like the clipboard being cleared whenever a new message is opened in outlook, the inability to make FTP shortcuts open directly in Windows Explorer, and the UAC disconnecting your Remote Assistance sessions, really drive me crazy. Just to name a few.
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4. April 28, 2007 7:39 AM
   windmill007 said:
   Vista is not surperb unless you have never used windows before. It is just a prettied up XP. If thats what you like then by all means enjoy. For the rest of us who use our windows for actual productivity I'll take speed and reliability anyday which XP delivers. Maybe a few years down the road Vista will provide the same. Highly doubt it but if all these newbies buying new computers continue to use Vista .. us pros will be forced to use it too just to help the newbies out.
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5. April 28, 2007 8:33 AM
   phantasm66 said:
   [quote]It is just a prettied up XP[/quote]I'd disagree. If you look into it, you will see that "under the hood" there are a great number of changes, including a new TCP/IP stack. A great amount of old, out of date code (some of which had been kicking around since 9x) has been removed and replaced.I've seen no issues whatsoever with performance or speed, these things are myths or what people have experienced running betas and release candidates - the final version is just fine.
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6. April 28, 2007 2:28 PM
   PanicX said:
   [b]Originally posted by phantasm66:[/b][quote]If you look into it, you will see that "under the hood" there are a great number of changes, [/quote]I'll say! If it was just another Windows 2000 Service pack, then there wouldn't be nearly as many driver and application compatibility issues.
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7. April 30, 2007 10:38 AM
   bighead2007 said:
   I had a chance to play around with Vista and I had some mixed views on it, I had a hard time with the some software functioning with Vista, such as Sonic, (writing/burning app.) but overall its a good look, I also heard that MS will stop pre-loading XP on PCs cometh January 08Is this true
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8. April 30, 2007 7:26 PM
   howzz1854 said:
   dell has reinstated the XP prebundle back onto its website due to people's high demand over Vista. vista sure "can" be great, just not yet, it's still at its infant age. lets not forget when XP first came out in 2000, it was nothing but issues and performance hits. but look where it's at now, by far the most stable and reliable, best windows yet.the 32 bit version vista runs fine for most users, however, for serious work flow under 64 bit, vista is still far away from being done. it still needs a lot more work in the oven.
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9. May 1, 2007 7:23 AM
   phantasm66 said:
   [b]Originally posted by howzz1854:[/b][quote]ets not forget when XP first came out in 2000, it was nothing but issues and performance hits. but look where it's at now, by far the most stable and reliable, best windows yet.[/quote]A very good point. And one that I have been making repeatedly to all the Vista-skeptics.
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10. May 1, 2007 11:38 AM
    Mictlantecuhtli said:
    Sure, they get record profits by selling Windows and Office for three dollars.[url=http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article
    1293767.php/Microsoft_to_offer_three_dollar_Windows]Micros
    ft to offer three dollar Windows[/url]
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