Re: our first pre-downgraded laptop

Correct in the very literal sense of sense of force, but by continuing 
to sell and fully support XP, what message are they sending? They way to 
move forward is to limit accessibility of the old and push the new. The 
drop dead sale date for XP is a good thing from MS's prospective as it 
will push adoption and as a result demand for third party support will 
increase.



Joseph Marton wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 17:22:50 +0000, unsigned wrote:
> 
>> I agree. With XP still a viable alternative, there is no incentive for
>> hardware and software developers to fully commit to Vista support.
Until
>> that is removed, there won't be a demand.
> 
> But there's just no way for M$ to force *all* the hardware and software
> developers to support only Vista.  Heck a lot of them still support 2000.

On Wed, 14 May 2008 19:16:10 +0000, unsigned wrote:

> Correct in the very literal sense of sense of force, but by continuing to
> sell and fully support XP, what message are they sending? 

The implied message: "We screwed up."  But they don't have to say
that
literally.  They can always have some clever marketing guy spin it in such
a way that they never admit defeat.  If people are going to continue to
use XP no matter what and OEMs are going to continue to sell XP preloads
after June 30 via a loophole, then it makes no sense to try and force the
Vista hardline.

> The drop
> dead sale date for XP is a good thing from MS's prospective as it will
> push adoption and as a result demand for third party support will
> increase.

The drop dead date will have no affect whatsoever if the OEMs sell
"predowngraded" PCs.  I've got one sitting right here on my desk.

-- 
Joe
"Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who
do."

unsigned wrote:
> Correct in the very literal sense of sense of force, but by continuing 
> to sell and fully support XP, what message are they sending? They way to 
> move forward is to limit accessibility of the old and push the new. The 
> drop dead sale date for XP is a good thing from MS's prospective as it 
> will push adoption and as a result demand for third party support will 
> increase.
> 

It could be a good thing from vendors' perspectives as well, since 
there's likely to be a surge in purchases before that date.