Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Although the system came preloaded with Windows Vista Business, the recovery media included both Vista and XP Pro disks, and there was a page included titled "Downgrade Rights for Microsoft Windows Vista Business" which states that the owner has...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
Software Jihad
Blog His claim is that typical Chinese people can't afford the local retail prices for legitimate Windows XP Pro. Maybe the typical Chinese shopkeeper or lawyer shouldn't be running Windows XP Pro. If I was a stockholder in Microsoft (and I'm not) I...
[November 2, 2008, 14:04]
Vista Vs XP
Blog Comment My guess is that if somebody goes and asks DELL what the ratio of XP to Vista sales are, you won't get an answer since I'm sure Microsoft has shut them up. When they come in with Vista on them, they go out into the rental fleet with XP Pro.
[July 30, 2008, 12:48]
Software Jihad
Blog Comment Install WIndows Search 4.0 and Google desktop at the same time on an XP Pro system. Vista was supposed to have a SQL Server sort of engine driving the file system. Imagine how slow Vista would be on a system trying to run SQL queries every time you...
[November 4, 2008, 7:19]
Microsoft's Pre-modern Message Puts A New Face On Vista
Blog Comment If I could have gotten that functionality with Vista I wouldn't have minded paying twice as much as XP Pro. One benefit to all of this is that when I shut down WMI, it also shutdown the Firewall AND the Network Interface making the Windows XP Pro...
[July 31, 2008, 9:15]
