[citation][nom]The Pessimist[/nom]I don't see how removing Vista from a machine and installing XP is a "Downgrade" by any measure. Even on "super machines" Vista is a slow pig in comparison to XP. When you have Vista installed on a "consumer" computer removing it and putting XP on it instead turns a barely usable machine into something that can actually do some work. Microsoft just doesn't get it yet. And now it's looking like Windows 7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7 is actually going to be Vista SE... What a joke.[/citation]
What a load of bullcrap.
You haven't even used Windows Vista,I can tell.Secondly,you haven't read a real review with SP1,either.
On the other hand,you're right,Microsoft are stupid ignorant pig dogs who don't listen to markets.At all.
[citation][nom]tiger00[/nom]Good grief..."The survey covered more than 3000 users who voluntarily provided data..."So, in other words 3000 tech minded people who subscribe to a site dedicated to the sharing of information regarding computing performance who voluntarily provided info. Yeah, an obviously a randomly sampled set of people that includes kids and grandma. Oh, and then they estimated systems shipped, etc.Are we really supposed to take this seriously? We're supposed to believe that this 35% is meaningful across the whole market? really!?I'd like to know the actual downgrade rate, without question some fraction of the consumers are downgrading, but this is just sensational headline crap.[/citation]
x100,000 people maybe?