On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:

Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing.
Eric Lai, Computerworld
Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT


Sounds like a whole bunch of people will get screwed!

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:18:19 -0700, wrote:

On Oct 29, 1:01 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:

many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying Vista,
acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start
deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter
of next year.

And that pretty much says it all. The largest customers, with the
most technical expertise and testing resources, do not yet consider it
ready for prime time.

Wait a minute - didn't I already say that?

Nothing new about that. Many of the "largest" customers held off on XP
until SP1 was released.

I'm running VISTA SP1 (beta). I guess it is ok to say that.

As I said, you love to tinker with your computer. Vista is a great OS
for someone who enjoys playing with Beta Software.

I bought a new laptop, BIG MISTAKE cuz it has Vista. Vista is a
disaster, slow, cranky, filled with crap I dont need, pure garbage. I
wish I'd bought a mac.

Frogwatch

Ssshhh, don't tell Jimh. He's buying one for his son, the Marine. But then,
a Marine can probably fix the damn thing, or smash it.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:


" JimH" ask wrote in message
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"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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HK wrote:
Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing.
Eric Lai, Computerworld
Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT

Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.

The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by
consumers and small businesses,

JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he wanted
to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It
just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct.

Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista for
my son.


BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make?
What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular
busybody.


Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you
continue to tell us all your decisions?

D-unit wrote:


Dear MS (Bill)

Can I get a refund on my copy Vista?

I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like.
An OS shouldn't do that.


I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all.
I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I
wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out.


I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know.

db


VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an
appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use.

Bet you're not.

HK wrote:
D-unit wrote:


Dear MS (Bill)

Can I get a refund on my copy Vista?

I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like.
An OS shouldn't do that.


I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all.
I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I
wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out.


I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know.

db


VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an
appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use.

Bet you're not.


Harry,
You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are
actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a
computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the
way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice
feature.

"HK" wrote in message . ..
Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing.
Eric Lai, Computerworld
Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT

Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.

In late July, Microsoft said it had hit the 60 million shipment mark
with Vista.

Microsoft had previously said that it had shipped 20 million copies of
Vista in its first month and 40 million copies of Vista in the first 100
days.

Microsoft credited Vista with helping it beat Wall Street expectations
and raise financial projections for the rest of the year. The company
reported revenue of US$13.76 billion for the first quarter ended Sept.
30, up 27 percent from the same quarter in 2006.

Revenue in its client segment, which includes all consumer versions of
Windows, was $4.14 billion, edging out the $4.11 billion in revenue from
the Microsoft Business Division where Office is produced.

CFO Chris Liddell credited strong sales in emerging markets, due in part
to anti-piracy and legalization programs there.

Client revenues, however, did not top those of the first calendar
quarter this year, when Vista was officially launched. Revenues at that
time were $5.32 billion.

Three-quarters of the copies sold of Vista were higher-priced 'premium'
versions, compared to 59 percent of the copies of Windows -- primarily
XP -- available a year ago.

The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by
consumers and small businesses, as well as packaged copies of Vista sold
in stores or online.

It does exclude the tens of millions of Windows corporate volume
licenses. There, many enterprises continue to hold off on deploying
Vista, acknowledged CFO Chris Liddell, though he expects them to start
deploying it when Vista Service Pack 1's arrival in the first quarter of
next year.

Nevertheless, revenue from companies renewing their volume licenses for
Windows, which gives them the right to upgrade to Vista, was up 27 percent.

Other highlights from the statistics:

-- Unit sales of Windows Server's premium enterprise edition were up 35
percent year-over-year;

-- A release candidate for Windows Server 2008 has been downloaded more
than one million times in its first month;

-- Unit and revenue growth of SQL Server were both up more than 15 percent;

-- Halo 3 generated $330 million in revenue;

-- Xbox 360 console unit sales increased 90 percent, driven by a price
cut in August and Halo 3-related demand;

-- Client revenues, including those for Vista, are expected to grow
62-64 percent year-over-year in the current fiscal Q2, or 13-14 percent
excluding certain revenue deferrals in the prior year;

-- Microsoft Business Division revenues, including those for Office, are
expected to grow 15-16 percent in Q2 after normalizing for impact of
technology guarantees and pre-shipment deferrals in the prior year;

-- A beta version of Office Communications Server has been downloaded
80,000 times;

-- There are 10,000 customers in the Customer Technical Preview (CTP)
program for PerformancePoint Server, its new business intelligence offering.

Dear MS (Bill)

Can I get a refund on my copy Vista?

I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like.
An OS shouldn't do that.


I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all.
I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I
wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out.


I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know.

db

John H. wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:17:10 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:

" JimH" ask wrote in message
...
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
. ..
HK wrote:
Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing.
Eric Lai, Computerworld
Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT

Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.
The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by
consumers and small businesses,
JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he
wanted
to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It
just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct.
Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista
for
my son.

BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make?
What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular
busybody.

Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you
continue to tell us all your decisions?
If you recall John, my question on Vista was to Harry. The dumb and dumber
twins then got into the picture and the thread went downhill from there.

What other "decisions" have I told you about and asked you to comment on
John.


Gosh, maybe you didn't know that you could email Harry if you want
something to be just between the two of you.



This is what shows up in the header, but it may be a fake. Although, I
don't think Harry would do that because he frowns on it.


That's right. That email address works just fine. I don't check it
often, but it does work.

John H. wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:17:51 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

JimH wrote:
"John H." wrote in message
...
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:

" JimH" ask wrote in message
...
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
. ..
HK wrote:
Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing.
Eric Lai, Computerworld
Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT

Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.
The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by
consumers and small businesses,
JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he
wanted
to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so slow. It
just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct.
Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with Vista
for
my son.

BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make?
What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a regular
busybody.

Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why do you
continue to tell us all your decisions?
If you recall John, my question on Vista was to Harry. The dumb and dumber
twins then got into the picture and the thread went downhill from there.

What other "decisions" have I told you about and asked you to comment on
John.


JimH,
I would recommend you use email for those topics you don't want
discussed in rec.boats. If you don't know Harry's email address let me
know and I will send it to your email.

I should always read your post before I respond. But then I'd be doing
things out of order and get all confused.

Well at least now JimH has Harry's email.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
D-unit wrote:


Dear MS (Bill)

Can I get a refund on my copy Vista?

I hate it. Its slow, locks up and does things I don't like.
An OS shouldn't do that.


I just want to run applications as fast as possible. Thats all.
I wouldn't install this bloatware on my work machines unless I
wanted to loose my job and was looking for a way out.


I bought Vista, my stoopid, I know.

db


VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an
appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use.

Bet you're not.


Harry,
You might be able to start a great business, selling computer that are
actually designed to run Vista. For only $1,000 more, you can have a
computer that will run Vista as fast as it will run Win XP. I love the
way you get the 3D windows in Vista, now that is one hell of a nice
feature.


Sorry, S.F.B., but I don't "get" 3D windows in vista because I don't use
them.

You obviously know nothing about VISTA and it shows. This is a good
newsgroup for you to get away with that.

HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:17:10 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:25:20 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:

" JimH" ask wrote in message
...
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in
message
. ..
HK wrote:
Microsoft: 88 Million Copies of Vista Shipped
Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing.
Eric Lai, Computerworld
Friday, October 26, 2007 09:00 AM PDT

Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the
operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same
amount of
time at its launch.
The 88 million figure mostly includes Vista-installed PCs bought by
consumers and small businesses,
JimH purchased Vista thinking it was great and the first thing he
wanted
to do is figure out a way to tweak it so it wouldn't run so
slow. It
just goes to show you PT Barnum was correct.
Hey dummy, I did not purchase Vista. I purchased a laptop with
Vista for
my son.

BTW: Why are you so concerned about what decisions other people make?
What business is it of yours Jim Gallow, I mean Reggie? You are a
regular
busybody.

Jimh, if you don't want comments about the decisions you make, why
do you
continue to tell us all your decisions?
If you recall John, my question on Vista was to Harry. The dumb and
dumber twins then got into the picture and the thread went downhill
from there.

What other "decisions" have I told you about and asked you to comment
on John.

Gosh, maybe you didn't know that you could email Harry if you want
something to be just between the two of you.



This is what shows up in the header, but it may be a fake. Although, I
don't think Harry would do that because he frowns on it.


That's right. That email address works just fine. I don't check it
often, but it does work.

Harry,
How is that any different than just not using a real email address? I
recommend you send JimH your email so he can send you questions directly.

You do know ISP use the individual IP's to verify who sent a post or
email. They really don't care about the email address listed in the
newsreader. Some people who think they really know computers have been
caught when they try to create a sock pocket and forgot that the IP
would remain the same as the one they normally use.