Interesting move

Rik · Dec 03, 2007, 18:04:25

Misco, and no doubt others, are offering Fujitsu laptops with a twinload option, Vista/XP.

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=Q121180&sourceid=7939

Simon · Dec 03, 2007, 18:05:34

Crikey, with Vista and XP on an 80Gb hard drive, there wouldn't be room for much else!

Rik · Dec 03, 2007, 18:06:15

Ah, but at least you wouldn't slow it down with any apps.

Noreen · Dec 03, 2007, 18:23:51

Did you see this article? http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/11/30/vista_birthday/

Rik · Dec 03, 2007, 18:27:42

I did, Noreen. I share its sentiments. Once SP1 is out, there's likely to be a wider uptake in businesses and from that will come more software. OTOH, I still have a gut feeling that the next release of Windows will overtake events.

Simon · Dec 03, 2007, 18:30:28

I honestly think that XP still has a lot of mileage left in it. Vista was a marketing extravaganza, but true to Micro$oft's form, it's basically an unfinished product, that wasn't really necessary in the first place.

Rik · Dec 03, 2007, 18:32:34

It was for M$' revenue stream.

Lance · Dec 03, 2007, 20:38:48

My understanding of that is that you get a DVD with both OSes on. Should you choose to go from one to the other, a new (automated by the DVD) installation is required. In other words, only one OS is installed at any one time.

I guess the DVD they supply prevents you from installing both at the same time as well.

Simon · Dec 03, 2007, 20:50:37

Blimey, that sounds like a lot of faffing about!

Ann · Dec 03, 2007, 22:01:37

Yes, they install Vista for you and tell you that you have permission to downgrade.. LOL.. love the idea of having to have a licence to downgrade something..

Lance · Dec 03, 2007, 22:31:09

At least you don't then lose the right to upgrade again in the future!

Rik · Dec 04, 2007, 00:04:27

I think it's a very pragmatic solution. An 'out of the factory' setup in the OS you choose. Makes life easier for the manufacturer and overcomes resistance to new hardware.

john · Dec 04, 2007, 00:17:22

A friend of mine is still 'happily' using an early version of Windows 95 on an old laptop. He's still using Dial-up because his version of 95 won't support USB ports. He has a CD drive but no floppy disk drive (then again I don't have a floppy disk drive either and haven't missed it).

Rik · Dec 04, 2007, 00:34:32

By now, Win95 is probably a very safe OS.