Re: Stick with XP?

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HeyBub wrote:
Alias wrote:
cool_boy wrote:
What makes you stick with Windows XP as of now? Do you plan
upgrading to Vista or will skip it? I will skip it. For me being
always up-to-date is not an issue. (I was using Winows 98 from 1998
to 2004, when I skipped to XP that came with a then new computer).
My experience with XP is since 2004, so I'm not that fed up with it.
;) So, are you planning an upgrade any time soon?


Installing Vista is not an upgrade but a downgrade from XP. Vista is
MS just making money with crap like they did with Windows Me. Check
out Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com if you want the operating system for the
21st century.


Giggle.

Ubuntu is a knock-off of an operating system developed in the middle of the 20th century.

Yep, it's so good, it's lasted that long and getting better and better. Rock 'n' Roll started back then too and, last I checked, it's still only rock 'n' roll but we like it, to quote a phrase.

They tried putting lipstick on the pig, but, well ...

Erm, that would be Vista.

Alias
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