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Microsoft Sued Over Vista Marketing
daviddennis writes "According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a lawsuit alleges that Microsoft engaged in deceptive practices by letting PC makers promote hardware as 'Windows Vista Capable' even though they knew it could not run most of Vista's widely-promoted features. Microsoft responds by saying that the differences have been promoted with one of the most extensive marketing pushes in company history. 'In sum, Microsoft engaged in bait and switch -- assuring consumers they were purchasing Vista Capable machines when, in fact, they could obtain only a stripped-down operating system lacking the functionality and features that Microsoft advertised as Vista ... As a result, the suit said, people were buying machines that couldn't run the real Vista.'"
Sigs are too short to say anything truly profound so read the above post instead.
I bought a monitor that has a "Works with Windows Vista" sticker on it but my Packard Bell still isn't cooperating.
idling on 270M of ram.
I lol'd.
The problem is that Vista is all about the WOW, so if you don't get the WOW, you don't get Vista. Can you imagine getting home with a brand new machine and turning it on and not seeing the WOW?.
I'd be mad and mislead!
Depends on your perspective. For the attorney who needs a new Ferrari this lawsuit makes perfect sense.
This just in. Buying beer will not attract hot girls. Should we sue brewers? How about cosmetic companies? The makers of weight loss pills? Movie studios for making me pay $20 to see crap?
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You do realize you can get XP running under 60MB of RAM, right? In a Parallels VM you can hit about 43MB.
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
I run my own desktop with less, though I run linux
But how much use can you get out of a read-only shell?
So by your definition every single OS that comes out should use less resources than it's predecessor?
Damn. I guess 640k IS all the RAM anyone should ever need . . .
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Thanks those charts are what I've been looking for, it makes choosing a linux disto as easy as playing darts.
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Take a quick look at this picture : http://flickr.com/photos/orbitrix/445285479/... Check out the benefits of owning a "Windows Vista Capable" machine. Pretty sweet, unless you want to, umm, use an application.
Appended to the end of comments you post. 120 chars.
Someone on Slashdot being modded down for slamming MS and praising Apple...
The WORLD IS COMING TO AN END!!!!!
REPENT SINNERS!
I agree with most of your post, but please explain to me what makes you think Vista can send email as fast as XP.
Sure I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?
If you're too fucking stupid to realise that your shitbox $500 pc won't run the most advanced software on the market
What does "the most advanced software on the market" have to do with this topic?
I mean, my shitbox $500 pc runs the most advanced software on the market just fine. Not that I've upgraded my old mini to Tiger yet, I'm waiting to see what Leopard has to offer.
From TFA: "Anybody who purchased a PC that had the Windows Vista Capable logo got the core experience of Windows Vista"
What would that be? Even more annoying pop-ups and lower performance than they got from XP?
>The problem is that it doesn't have features consumers want.
o ws_Vista )
Yes it does...
# Paint has new features such as unlimited undo levels and a crop function.
( from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Wind
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