[geeks] The Dog's Breakfast: Microsoft Windows Vista

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Dan Duncan wrote:
> On 5/2/07, Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
>> Dell is going back to XP, other vendors say they might follow or are
>> trying to break their contracts, Dell is shipping Ubuntu systems, etc.
> 
> I just bought a new laptop (my first new laptop ever) and booted into Vista
> long enough to make sure all the hardware was present and working (and
> what it was) before I wiped it off the drive.

That's essentially what I do to every off-the-shelf machine I buy.

Peace...  Sridhar