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[Borys]

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[BlueTsunami]

I downgraded to XP myself 

[MCD]

typical shit American cars.

[abrader]

This is kinda silly spin IMO.

It sounds like GM is due for a hardware update and their processes to do so are so inefficient that they wont have new desktop hardware deployed organization wide until the time the next windows comes out.

This isnt a complaint about windows.

If anything GM IT is owned.

[crimsondynamics]

It just doesn't make financial sense for GM to do this now.

For starters, they are already running a standard OS as their backbone; as such, their equipment isn't designed to handle Vista.

More importantly, however, is that for such large companies, migrating to a new OS backbone would mean huge upgrades across the board; that requires resources in time and money. If GM takes the upgrade path now with Vista, they'd be shooting themselves in the foot knowing that Windows 7 is only 1-2 years away.

Windows 7 promises to be meaner and leaner than Vista. For any company the size of GM who hasn't already migrated to Vista to do so now would be utterly asinine, especially knowing it could take a year or two to complete a migration and ensure everything is working without kinks. By then, Windows 7 would be out, and GM IT would be back to square one without even having exploited the Vista migration.

If anything, their IT team / director is making the right choice.

[Mupepe]

typical shit American cars.

Buddy, I'm going to shoot you in the FACE.

[MrAngryFace]

I like vista

[Tauntaun]

Meh, I got XP Pro on my new build.  XP Pro till Windows 7. 

[Tauntaun]

I won't BUY a new version of Windows until 7 if that makes you like me anymore Tauny-poo 

Boo just you talking to me makes my heart flutter. 

[Rman]

I don't know MS should really go the Apple route and make incremental OS releases instead one big release every 5 years. 

[Rman]

And priced accordingly.  Mac OSX only has one consumer version and upgrades cost around $130 retail.  Vista Ultimate retails at $240.

[crimsondynamics]

But then if incremental upgrades are released every 12-15 months, upgrading will still cost you the same as a single Vista Ultimate license. Of course you don't need every single point release, but some people will do so and even if you only upgraded twice, wouldn't that already cost more than Vista?

I just want Microsoft to come out with the Windows Gaming Edition. No rubbish crap that I wind up stripping out anyway, thank you very much.

[MrAngryFace]

ME WANT OS CUSTOMIZED 2 MY PERSONAL TASTES FUK EVERYONE ELSE THANK U VERY MUCH

[Tauntaun]

ME WANT OS CUSTOMIZED 2 MY PERSONAL TASTES FUK EVERYONE ELSE THANK U VERY MUCH

Don't you work for MS?  DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT YOU DIRTY MONKEY! 

[Powerslave]

Windows 7? lol what is this, Microsoft announced a sequel already?

[MCD]

typical shit American cars.

Buddy, I'm going to shoot you in the FACE.

hot.

[Smooth Groove]

I'm a big fan of Vista but I wish it were a bit more stable.  I get much more crashes with Vista than I do with XP. 

Maybe it's because I'm using the 64 bit version. 

[Rman]

But then if incremental upgrades are released every 12-15 months, upgrading will still cost you the same as a single Vista Ultimate license. Of course you don't need every single point release, but some people will do so and even if you only upgraded twice, wouldn't that already cost more than Vista?

I just want Microsoft to come out with the Windows Gaming Edition. No rubbish crap that I wind up stripping out anyway, thank you very much.

It could be in 20 to 24 month cycles.  Anything better than five years.  The Longhorn project was immensely costly due to the length of the project.