On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:54:01 -0700, sheana
<sheana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Very soon, Windows XP is no longer going to be available for sale. The 2
> computers I use at home are a Dell and an HP Media Center desktop. They come
> with hardware specific installation disks that aren't "pure" Operating System
> disks.
>
> I like Win XP, and I've heard horror stories about Vista.


Horror stories abound with every version of Windows, especially when
it's still relatively new. But you always hear many more frustrated
people with problems, looking for help, than reports from the many
satisfied users of the product. Especially if you hear the horror
stories on the newsgroups, people come to the newsgroups *because*
they have problems and are looking for solutions (and most of the time
they get solutions). A group like this is far from representative of
the world at large.

Most Vista problems, by far, that people report here have nothing to
do with defects in the software. They result from people's ignorance,
from bad or inadequate hardware, from old drivers, from viruses, from
spyware, and so on. And except for very rare situations, they always
get a fix for their problems, and in most cases, that fix is a very
simple one to implement.

As someone else once said, hang around a transmission shop for a
while, and you'll think that all cars have transmission problems.

I like Windows XP too, but I like Vista even better. I've had it
installed here since RTM in November of 2006, and I've had no problems
at all with it. I see no reason to avoid it, when you're ready to get
a new computer.


> Is there any
> reason I should purchase a copy of Win XP Pro?


I don't see any reason to.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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