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Any way you look at it, you have to pay a premium for hardware to run Vista
Yes, hardware is getting cheaper, so what you pay for Vista hardware today will be less than what you paid for XP hardware when it came out.

But, so what, you can get hardware that runs XP (or Linux) very, very well for under 300 bucks and they do not need (or want) any more in the enterprise.

And, I just got a $400 laptop that runs Ubuntu very, very, well. Faster, more memory, better video, larger hard drive than my last laptop that cost $850.

So hardware prices have come down, but Vista is still a hog.
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Any way you look at it, you have to pay a premium for hardware to run Vista  DonnieBoy | 09/01/06
Really?  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Not All PCs  Edward Meyers | 09/01/06
I bet they won't run plenty of other software too ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
The more resources the OS takes  Edward Meyers | 09/01/06
Google should sell $100 flash based internet computers based on Linux.  DonnieBoy | 09/02/06
Heard of eBay?  TonyMcS | 09/03/06
You still pay a huge premium for Vista hardware. the fact that hardware  DonnieBoy | 09/02/06
Donnie, you are grasping at straws.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/01/06
To simply RUN Vista  Michael Kelly | 09/01/06
Isn't that true of all operating systems?  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
There's a difference between  Michael Kelly | 09/01/06
They make 1GB sticks  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Actually  Edward Meyers | 09/01/06
This is what . . .  jlhenry62 | 09/01/06
This is really quite simple, Vista PCs are cpu/memory hogs and will cost a  DonnieBoy | 09/02/06
More efficient OS? one exists!  Jericho_z | 09/04/06
Jericho_z is right .  Intellihence | 09/08/06
finally, a good post about this subject  vbp1 | 09/01/06
You sum it up well  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
If it were a 10 year old PC  Michael Kelly | 09/01/06
New not used  macsnapper | 09/01/06
Maybe ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Come January (or March, or April, or ....)  bportlock | 09/01/06
My comments relate directly to ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Well I am running RC1(build 5600)  Michael L Hereid Sr | 09/04/06
Where the FUD comes from  Arthas | 09/01/06
There's a big difference between Linux and Windows  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
There's a big difference between Linux and Windows...  bportlock | 09/01/06
If it were only price ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Actually the FUD originated at Microsoft  Edward Meyers | 09/01/06
re: Where the FUD comes from  Jericho_z | 09/04/06
Just My Two Cents....  rwbyshe@... | 09/01/06
Age old mantras  bportlock | 09/01/06
Have you even tried Vista?  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Of course he hasn't....  BFD | 09/01/06
I doubt this is the reason  Edward Meyers | 09/01/06
That's always been the case  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
I doubt they will drop that much  Edward Meyers | 09/01/06
Ed, you ae right . . .  jlhenry62 | 09/01/06
Windows Vista RC1 (build 5600) released  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Maybe, but you are missing the point.....  linux for me | 09/03/06
Actually your the one missing the point  Michael L Hereid Sr | 09/04/06
maybe your both half right?  Jericho_z | 09/04/06
The real world  TonyMcS | 09/03/06
The Pentium II didn't go to 800 Mhz  Edward Meyers | 09/03/06
Gotcha!  Linux User 147560 | 09/04/06
You want real world OK  Michael L Hereid Sr | 09/04/06
WhaddayaMEAN I should stick with my OLD OS???  Jeff Hayes | 09/04/06
Vista wouldn't run on last year's laptop  solomonrex | 09/09/06

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