Re: Windows vista will leave too many people behind.

MS may not necessarily force people to upgrade but they sure make things
difficult for those that don't, especially if you're a PC gamer. MS has
released several games that they claim you require XP to run. This was
something intentionally coded into the game to explicitly block earlier
versions of Windows. The savy user could bypass this and have it run
flawlessly on Win2k. MS is only making IE7 available to WinXP/Vista users.
I can possibly see them not supporting it on Win9x but there is absolutely
no reason that they cannot release it for Win2k. And DirectX 10 is only
going to be available on Vista. I'm sure many of you will say that the new
directX is bound/tied to the OS, which is quite possibly true, but I find it
awfully convenient of MS to do this.


Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
"Actually micro$oft forces all to upgrade..."
Absolutely FALSE.
No one is forced to upgrade.
I never have been.

If that were the case, I would not still see people successfully using
Windows 3.1, Windows 95 etc.
As long as what you are using does the job safely and effectively,
there is no need to switch.

Please explain in detail how you have been forced to upgrade by
Microsoft.

What software manufacturer can you name that supports everything they
have ever made and is also committed to indefinite support of all
their products? Such a commitment is probably impossible but it would
be prohibitively expensive if possible.


"fuentez" <mortalez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jan 23, 2:24 pm, "Gary" <G...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The biggest problem in the computer industry is backward
compatibility. I don't want to run DOS 1.0 programs.

and you speak correctly YOU dont want to run your old programs.
like my father who's old computer finally bit the dust spent a week
loading his old software"that he used often" to his new computer
{*** by disk) only to find that half of it did not work.
I don't want technology to be held back
do to compatibility with something that is 20 years old. And if you
can't afford the new technology then stay with what you have no one
is forcing you
to buy Vista.
Actually micro$oft forces all to upgrade because they stop support
on older software.


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