Post by: Darkgargos on April 17, 2008, 03:20:02 PM
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/25252
It seems Microsoft is just using this as a way to force Vista on people. They are pissed that everyone hates Vista and that we all use XP as an alternative, so they just go take it off store shelves to force people to purchase Vista instead. I hate Microsoft and this doesn't help matters at all. D@mn it! we don't want your broken OS Vista and it looks like we are gonna be forced to use it at some point...*sigh*. They just want more money and this is another greedy marketing ploy to sell Vista. Microsoft Suck!
Post by: Draco on April 17, 2008, 03:28:31 PM
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Will Microsoft shut off product activation for XP after June? No, that would be crazy. While no one has said this will happen, it's conceivable that Windows could shut down product activation for XP at some point. But that would only happen after XP reaches its end-of-support term (when all support plans expire). The good news for you: That happens on April 8, 2014, which should be plenty of time to get the kinks worked out of Vista-or switch to a Mac, Linux, or anything else. Bottom line: Your copy of XP will work, totally legally, for at least six more years.
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2) Even if Microsoft shuts off product activation, the hacker community will certainly make dozens of tools to let you continue using XP with abandon. Fret not.
With them....
Post by: Darkgargos on April 17, 2008, 03:37:03 PM
this is crap. i use xp too because i hate vista, i have to say im not that surprised i always thought microsoft will do something like this at some point. i will go and buy a mac right now. \-/oQuoteWill Microsoft shut off product activation for XP after June? No, that would be crazy. While no one has said this will happen, it's conceivable that Windows could shut down product activation for XP at some point. But that would only happen after XP reaches its end-of-support term (when all support plans expire). The good news for you: That happens on April 8, 2014, which should be plenty of time to get the kinks worked out of Vista-or switch to a Mac, Linux, or anything else. Bottom line: Your copy of XP will work, totally legally, for at least six more years.
Yeah, I might consider a Mac in the future myself, I think more people are gonna move to Mac because of Microsoft's greediness and outright pig headiness. Time for a new revolution....down with Microsoft \-/o
Post by: Captain Cold on April 17, 2008, 03:39:46 PM
Post by: Darkgargos on April 17, 2008, 03:44:57 PM
yeah when i read that it made me sad :( i dont know if i am ready for a mac yet 1.) i dont have the money and 2.) way to lazy to get all my software again lol for mac one day maybe
Yeah, I hear ya. I don't have money for one either and I'd hate to start over with a new computer, but it's something to consider in the future though...I hope this means Mac will get more support.
Post by: Draco on April 17, 2008, 04:03:59 PM
this is crap. i use xp too because i hate vista, i have to say im not that surprised i always thought microsoft will do something like this at some point. i will go and buy a mac right now. \-/oQuoteWill Microsoft shut off product activation for XP after June? No, that would be crazy. While no one has said this will happen, it's conceivable that Windows could shut down product activation for XP at some point. But that would only happen after XP reaches its end-of-support term (when all support plans expire). The good news for you: That happens on April 8, 2014, which should be plenty of time to get the kinks worked out of Vista-or switch to a Mac, Linux, or anything else. Bottom line: Your copy of XP will work, totally legally, for at least six more years.
Yeah, I might consider a Mac in the future myself, I think more people are gonna move to Mac because of Microsoft's greediness and outright pig headiness. Time for a new revolution....down with Microsoft \-/o
yea i was thinking in buying a mac even before i read this. Microsft = Umbrella Corp. :DxDie
the good part is that mac is compatible with a lot of software, you can even install windows components on mac.
i dont see any problem in changing to mac and i think its better option now.
Post by: Darkgargos on April 17, 2008, 04:14:44 PM
this is crap. i use xp too because i hate vista, i have to say im not that surprised i always thought microsoft will do something like this at some point. i will go and buy a mac right now. \-/oQuoteWill Microsoft shut off product activation for XP after June? No, that would be crazy. While no one has said this will happen, it's conceivable that Windows could shut down product activation for XP at some point. But that would only happen after XP reaches its end-of-support term (when all support plans expire). The good news for you: That happens on April 8, 2014, which should be plenty of time to get the kinks worked out of Vista-or switch to a Mac, Linux, or anything else. Bottom line: Your copy of XP will work, totally legally, for at least six more years.
Yeah, I might consider a Mac in the future myself, I think more people are gonna move to Mac because of Microsoft's greediness and outright pig headiness. Time for a new revolution....down with Microsoft \-/o
yea i was thinking in buying a mac even before i read this. Microsft = Umbrella Corp. :DxDie
the good part is that mac is compatible with a lot of software, you can even install windows components on mac.
i dont see any problem in changing to mac and i think its better option now.
Umbrella Corp :D that's what they are..haha. Yeah, a Mac is getting to be a much better choice nowadays and it's a great choice for graphic artists and such. I would like to see a lot more software compatible with Mac though and see it grow and become something more than what it is....I mean who isn't getting sick to death of dealing with PC's!?
Post by: MuηkyMØÜf on April 17, 2008, 04:32:04 PM
\-/o
Im not gonna read it cuz I know what it says already.
As much as i dont wanna. I may just give in and switch to Apple. I hate how Microsoft makes its users advance with little options then BOOM, you dont have an option. Then they lay claim as to why is so much better, yeah right. I honestly think that was the whole purpose of 2000 & ME. The worst part is theres gonna be no way to keep XP b/c they will make all kinds of upgrades that wont work for it with no possibility of downgrading. Then your forced to buy an overpriced piece of sh*t thats gonna end up buggy and killin your comp. Not only that you will have to DL and reconfigure every program you use.
o.O#
Im not gonna read it cuz I know what it says already.
As much as i dont wanna. I may just give in and switch to Apple. I hate how Microsoft makes its users advance with little options then BOOM, you dont have an option. Then they lay claim as to why is so much better, yeah right. I honestly think that was the whole purpose of 2000 & ME. The worst part is theres gonna be no way to keep XP b/c they will make all kinds of upgrades that wont work for it with no possibility of downgrading. Then your forced to buy an overpriced piece of sh*t thats gonna end up buggy and killin your comp. Not only that you will have to DL and reconfigure every program you use.
o.O#
Post by: Darkgargos on April 17, 2008, 04:36:57 PM
\-/o
Im not gonna read it cuz I know what it says already.
As much as i dont wanna. I may just give in and switch to Apple. I hate how Microsoft makes its users advance with little options then BOOM, you dont have an option. Then they lay claim as to why is so much better, yeah right. I honestly think that was the whole purpose of 2000 & ME. The worst part is theres gonna be no way to keep XP b/c they will make all kinds of upgrades that wont work for it with no possibility of downgrading. Then your forced to buy an overpriced piece of sh*t thats gonna end up buggy and killin your comp. Not only that you will have to DL and reconfigure every program you use.
o.O#
Yup, exactly....time for the "Mac Revolution"
Post by: xPreatorianx on April 17, 2008, 05:05:09 PM
I will switch to vista when i have a comp that has atleast 4 gigs of ram (currently at 2) a 9 series Nvidia card and atleast 500 GB of storage space. Which I may have that by the time xmas comes back around.
Still vista is a complete pile of crap atm and they seriously need to fix it!
Post by: Marancv on April 17, 2008, 05:55:54 PM
a cracked version of XP, upgraded and more stable, without all that microsoft zhyt thats always in the OS.
it also has some Vista visual stuff.
i'll give Microsoft not a buck! \-/o
Post by: KPT25 on April 17, 2008, 07:25:20 PM
thats why i use Windows uE.Good for you Maran...in my opinion,Vista is just all flashy,but serves no good for now...besides,you all know that the general public is the "beta tester" of the OS right?They never release it to its full power on purpose...always get Sh*t pack 9001 for W Vista to make it work like it should %-(
a cracked version of XP, upgraded and more stable, without all that microsoft zhyt thats always in the OS.
it also has some Vista visual stuff.
i'll give Microsoft not a buck! \-/o
Post by: [Asian-Jesus] on April 17, 2008, 07:31:26 PM
I think it's pretty good. (XP is too crappy for me now.)
Oh....
Stop bitching, you knew it was gonna happen anyway. (I bet some of you bitched when windows 98 lost support in favor of XP)
Post by: MuηkyMØÜf on April 17, 2008, 07:51:16 PM
Stop bitching, you knew it was gonna happen anyway. (I bet some of you bitched when windows 98 lost support in favor of XP)
Not I said the Black Fly...And yes I have used Vista. Had to at my last job. Its garbage.
Post by: nick09 on April 17, 2008, 07:59:01 PM
I have used ubunto before.
Post by: [Asian-Jesus] on April 17, 2008, 08:29:43 PM
Stop bitching, you knew it was gonna happen anyway. (I bet some of you bitched when windows 98 lost support in favor of XP)
Not I said the Black Fly...And yes I have used Vista. Had to at my last job. Its garbage.
Why do you say that? (STILL NOT SEEING ANY REASONS)
Post by: Darkgargos on April 17, 2008, 08:35:24 PM
Have any of you tried Vista before? (a lot of people that bash it haven't even tried it)
I think it's pretty good. (XP is too crappy for me now.)
Oh....
Stop bitching, you knew it was gonna happen anyway. (I bet some of you bitched when windows 98 lost support in favor of XP)
Yes I have, I've installed it and used it.....it's a big steaming pile of dog crap! Everyone knows it's worthless except those in denial and Microsoft addicts. No one here has to explain why or how it's crap....the evidence speaks for itself. I'm sticking to XP till I decide to use either Linux or just get a Mac.
Post by: Krazy Uga on April 17, 2008, 09:14:09 PM
Have any of you tried Vista before? (a lot of people that bash it haven't even tried it)<_<|...|
I think it's pretty good. (XP is too crappy for me now.)
Oh....
Stop bitching, you knew it was gonna happen anyway. (I bet some of you bitched when windows 98 lost support in favor of XP)
Don't feed the troll.
Post by: [Asian-Jesus] on April 17, 2008, 09:24:21 PM
I'm stating my opinion. I like Vista. I'm also not in denial and I'm not a Microsoft addict. I just don't bee-otch about the inevitable.
Besides, no one here is giving reasons as to why they don't like it. All I see is people saying it sucks. And by now, it's actually a good OS. I don't really care if people buy Macs, All I'm doing is stating MY OPINION. Not trolling. Just cause you don't like Vista and Micro$oft, doesn't mean you can call me things guy that rarely posts.
Post by: Krazy Uga on April 17, 2008, 10:22:58 PM
I'm not even trolling guy I've never even seen here before.
I'm stating my opinion. I like Vista. I'm also not in denial and I'm not a Microsoft addict. I just don't bee-otch about the inevitable.
Besides, no one here is giving reasons as to why they don't like it. All I see is people saying it sucks. And by now, it's actually a good OS. I don't really care if people buy Macs, All I'm doing is stating MY OPINION. Not trolling. Just cause you don't like Vista and Micro$oft, doesn't mean you can call me things guy that rarely posts.
:-@ Everyone's talking about how crappy vista is and you gotta be the opposite? Sound's like trolling to me bruh.
But im getting off-topic. I haven't really messed with Vista like that but from word of mouth (Friends, Family etc.) I heard it was TERRIBLE. Takes a bunch of ram (still slow), doesn't make good use of system resources, and is very VERY strict about what you install in it. All my friends switched their OS back to XP so it seems reason enough to stay away from it.
Post by: [Asian-Jesus] on April 17, 2008, 10:41:36 PM
I'm not even trolling guy I've never even seen here before.
I'm stating my opinion. I like Vista. I'm also not in denial and I'm not a Microsoft addict. I just don't bee-otch about the inevitable.
Besides, no one here is giving reasons as to why they don't like it. All I see is people saying it sucks. And by now, it's actually a good OS. I don't really care if people buy Macs, All I'm doing is stating MY OPINION. Not trolling. Just cause you don't like Vista and Micro$oft, doesn't mean you can call me things guy that rarely posts.
:-@ Everyone's talking about how crappy vista is and you gotta be the opposite? Sound's like trolling to me bruh.
But im getting off-topic. I haven't really messed with Vista like that but from word of mouth (Friends, Family etc.) I heard it was TERRIBLE. Takes a bunch of ram (still slow), doesn't make good use of system resources, and is very VERY strict about what you install in it. All my friends switched their OS back to XP so it seems reason enough to stay away from it.
Hey, you should use that thing in your head called your BRAIN! If you actually bothered to think, instead of trolling yourself, you could deduce that I use Vista! I use Vista, and I've had no problems with it. (XP on the other hand...)
Instead of trolling me, how about you actually try Vista instead of being a mindless follower! Yeah!
Post by: Krazy Uga on April 17, 2008, 10:47:03 PM
and he says WE'RE b*tching....
Post by: Darkgargos on April 17, 2008, 10:47:42 PM
Post by: Draco on April 17, 2008, 10:54:03 PM
I'm not even trolling guy I've never even seen here before.
I'm stating my opinion. I like Vista. I'm also not in denial and I'm not a Microsoft addict. I just don't bee-otch about the inevitable.
Besides, no one here is giving reasons as to why they don't like it. All I see is people saying it sucks. And by now, it's actually a good OS. I don't really care if people buy Macs, All I'm doing is stating MY OPINION. Not trolling. Just cause you don't like Vista and Micro$oft, doesn't mean you can call me things guy that rarely posts.
so get use to.......
everyone have to respect each other opinions, people dont like Vista here, if you do good for you just dont be rude because everyone dont think the same as you.
Post by: [Asian-Jesus] on April 17, 2008, 10:57:49 PM
I'm not even trolling guy I've never even seen here before.
I'm stating my opinion. I like Vista. I'm also not in denial and I'm not a Microsoft addict. I just don't bee-otch about the inevitable.
Besides, no one here is giving reasons as to why they don't like it. All I see is people saying it sucks. And by now, it's actually a good OS. I don't really care if people buy Macs, All I'm doing is stating MY OPINION. Not trolling. Just cause you don't like Vista and Micro$oft, doesn't mean you can call me things guy that rarely posts.
so get use to.......
everyone have to respect each other opinions, people dont like Vista here, if you do good for you just dont be rude because everyone dont think the same as you.
I don't care if people share my opinion. If they don't like Vista, whatever. I was just asking a question.
@dark: I was just asking a question, then someone called me a troll for having an opinion. Where's the whole respect thing now?
Post by: Sasuke-kun on April 17, 2008, 11:06:59 PM
Is useless to fight or defend your different thoughts or ways to see something vs much opposite on the other side.
For example...
I hate RE4 plot and just because I believe they just copied and pasted (Cause that's what the latest videos and info are telling me) the same stupid plot on RE5, everyone defend both games like mindless fans (Just like the enemies on those 2 games).
If they like the games from that genre...
I'm glad for them but why didn't Capcom create some different series using that weird plot and making it an mindless action game instead of turning a complete survival-horror series into somekind of mindless survival-action game?
PS: Sorry to went offtopic on a Win XP topic but I think at least I leave a clear message.
Post by: Darkgargos on April 17, 2008, 11:07:48 PM
I'm not even trolling guy I've never even seen here before.
I'm stating my opinion. I like Vista. I'm also not in denial and I'm not a Microsoft addict. I just don't bee-otch about the inevitable.
Besides, no one here is giving reasons as to why they don't like it. All I see is people saying it sucks. And by now, it's actually a good OS. I don't really care if people buy Macs, All I'm doing is stating MY OPINION. Not trolling. Just cause you don't like Vista and Micro$oft, doesn't mean you can call me things guy that rarely posts.
so get use to.......
everyone have to respect each other opinions, people dont like Vista here, if you do good for you just dont be rude because everyone dont think the same as you.
I don't care if people share my opinion. If they don't like Vista, whatever. I was just asking a question.
@dark: I was just asking a question, then someone called me a troll for having an opinion. Where's the whole respect thing now?
Well, you tend to be rude with your opinions and whether you notice it or not it's not polite and all I ask is for EVERYONE including you to be polite and nice...no name calling..etc. You can state your opinions, but in a polite manner, nothing wrong with expressing your opinions as long as it's not insulting.
Edit: Sasuke-Kun is correct..nothing more needs to be said, let's get back on topic now.
Post by: Marancv on April 18, 2008, 12:54:26 PM
Post by: xPreatorianx on April 18, 2008, 02:24:26 PM
Have any of you tried Vista before? (a lot of people that bash it haven't even tried it)
I think it's pretty good. (XP is too crappy for me now.)
Oh....
Stop bitching, you knew it was gonna happen anyway. (I bet some of you bitched when windows 98 lost support in favor of XP)
Yes I have used vista, I have a vista machine in my basement! Ill post a screenie soon to prove ive used it. It is in all fact and factuality a piece of crap. The only way it is not is if u have atleast 2.5 to 4 gigs of ram. Then it excels and makes XP look like crap.
Post by: eSkRo on April 18, 2008, 02:34:03 PM
and ill keep using it till my last breath!
Post by: .:K.I.N.G:. on April 18, 2008, 02:43:29 PM
maybe vista will be improved in the future..who knows? now it's not really compatible with most software and games so why even bother..also it's slow on it's own even if you have a super pc.
and if or should i say when? xp gets directx 10 then there will be no need for vista.
Post by: Epc123 on April 19, 2008, 10:57:42 AM
Post by: Draco on April 19, 2008, 12:54:04 PM
i prefer XP no doubt!
and ill keep using it till my last breath!
^:)^ lol so true, im with you!
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Post by: Violent Ken Masters on May 19, 2008, 12:18:21 AM
Viva la XP!