Microsoft Confirms Vista Upgrade Limitations (Updated with Workaround)

That's why I'm sticking with XP until Windows 7 comes out. XP security updates should still be around if Win7 is released before 2011. :-)

Grantcv1: You buy a Mac, you pay by the nose for proprietary hardware and an OS that lacks drivers for peripherals. Let alone pay how mych to go from 10.4.x to 10.5.x? For every other Os, that would be called a service pack (or release) and would be free of charge. not with Apple!

at least Steve Jobs doesn't have his ____ up my a$$ like he does with you.

XP

"when I look around the airport or the coffee shop these days, the majority of the machines are suddenly Macs. "

I'm noticing the same thing. The majority may not be Macs, but they are certainly represented in numbers far beyond those of their reported market share. On any given day, more than half the machines I see in such places are Macs.

"I hope this issue turns out to be the turning point for the Great Humbling of Microsoft."

Won't happen. Inertia will keep them going, along with fear of the unknown. The Microsoft FUD machine has been in high gear for so long, most people don't realize they even have a viable alternative, and the rants of folks like "Waethorn" (who have their heads so far up Microsofts a$$ that they can't see daylight) don't help much, either.

"Lord knows I'm not going to pay the full version price. "

Why not? It thought it was a relative bargain?

I am glad I am switching to a Mac. And so is my brother. And a couple of my friends have just done so. And a couple coworkers too. And when I look around the airport or the coffee shop these days, the majority of the machines are suddenly Macs. I hope this issue turns out to be the turning point for the Great Humbling of Microsoft. They seriously need to be cut down a whole lot now!