Comments on: A $30 Copy of Vista Ultimate Just Cost Me Almost $400 http://www.daitengu.com/2008/01/04/a-30-copy-of-vista-ultimate-just-cost-me-almost-400/ Technology ramblings, tips and tricks from a Linux SysAdmin Mon, 12 May 2008 07:16:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding By: Phil Ghandi http://www.daitengu.com/2008/01/04/a-30-copy-of-vista-ultimate-just-cost-me-almost-400/#comment-10562 Phil Ghandi Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:01:46 +0000 http://www.daitengu.com/2008/01/04/a-30-copy-of-vista-ultimate-just-cost-me-almost-400/#comment-10562 Let's see... $30 for Vista, $70 for the wireless card, $280 for the video card, $60 for the PSU, $0 for shipping/handling/gas... Then there's your 18 hours of labour. ~-$2/hour really is minimum wage! And the 7 pain and suffering was free? Must be nice to have MS-Friends, it'd be closer to $900 for the rest of us. Let’s see… $30 for Vista, $70 for the wireless card, $280 for the video card, $60 for the PSU, $0 for shipping/handling/gas…

Then there’s your 18 hours of labour. ~-$2/hour really is minimum wage! And the 7 pain and suffering was free?

Must be nice to have MS-Friends, it’d be closer to $900 for the rest of us.

]]> By: kristofer http://www.daitengu.com/2008/01/04/a-30-copy-of-vista-ultimate-just-cost-me-almost-400/#comment-10548 kristofer Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:32:58 +0000 http://www.daitengu.com/2008/01/04/a-30-copy-of-vista-ultimate-just-cost-me-almost-400/#comment-10548 I don't mean to be rude but it would have been much easier for you had you checked up on things and their compatibilities before putting yourself through all of the hassles, had you checked around you would have found that you might have run into those problems and you could have addressed them before you started the install process. I don't undestand why everyone gets down on Vista so much, I've had no problems at all wih it, sure a couple older programs that I use act funky but other than that all of my hardware worked fine. I recall when XP came out it was nothing but problems to get things working and to find drivers for things, I couldn't use my scanner for over 3 months until the company came out with XP drivers, and numerous other software programs as well just wouldn't work. I really have had no problems at all with anything on Vista, as I recall installing XP was a real PITA I don’t mean to be rude but it would have been much easier for you had you checked up on things and their compatibilities before putting yourself through all of the hassles, had you checked around you would have found that you might have run into those problems and you could have addressed them before you started the install process. I don’t undestand why everyone gets down on Vista so much, I’ve had no problems at all wih it, sure a couple older programs that I use act funky but other than that all of my hardware worked fine. I recall when XP came out it was nothing but problems to get things working and to find drivers for things, I couldn’t use my scanner for over 3 months until the company came out with XP drivers, and numerous other software programs as well just wouldn’t work. I really have had no problems at all with anything on Vista, as I recall installing XP was a real PITA

]]> By: Daily Impressions http://www.daitengu.com/2008/01/04/a-30-copy-of-vista-ultimate-just-cost-me-almost-400/#comment-10541 Daily Impressions Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:41:06 +0000 http://www.daitengu.com/2008/01/04/a-30-copy-of-vista-ultimate-just-cost-me-almost-400/#comment-10541 I hear ya on that! Seems to be so many problems with Vista I hear ya on that! Seems to be so many problems with Vista

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