Re: Lack of fax in Home Premium vs XP Home cause for action?

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angbob wrote:
Against the tiny possibility that someone with responsibility at Microsoft might notice the issue ...

It's good practice at least to maintain capability in a product when the product name implies enhancement, as does "Home Premium" vs "Home Edition".



Try comparing the features of the two operating systems. Vista Home Premium does have a significantly enhanced feature set, when compared to WinXP Home.


Commercial users with hundreds, or only dozens, of systems would likely spend the money to study details of changes, but there are legions of users who find the Home version adequate, choose not to spend time studying the details of OS specs, and assume the follow-on would not lose functions.



Then they've absolutely no one to blame for themselves, if what they choose to buy doesn't meet their needs. It's "good practice" for consumers to determine whether or not any given product will meet their needs *before* making a purchasing decision.


Also, customers who buy machines with Vista pre-installed might easily omit studying the specs, expecting the "upgrade" not to be diminished.



Are you saying the people who buy Vista pre-installed are somehow stupider than the average adult consumer?



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