Was 'VISTA CAPABLE' an Intentional MS Deception? | The Coffeehouse

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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080210-vista-capable-scheme-was-panned-as-misleading-at-microsoft.html

Back in April 2007, a lawsuit was filed in the US District Court accusing Microsoft of unfairly and incorrectly labeling machines as "Windows Vista Capable." The PCs with the small sticker on them (pictured below) could indeed run Vista, but they only performed well with the most bare-bones edition: Vista Home Basic. In other words, there would be no Aero Glass, no Flip3D, no Media Center–no features that Vista was and is widely advertised to offer. Many customers felt like the company had ripped them off. Microsoft argued that it provided detailed information on the sticker program and that it was the customers' fault for not educating themselves before purchasing their new computers.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/350667_msftvista09.html

Quoting extensively from internal Microsoft Corp. e-mails, plaintiffs' lawyers argued Friday that the company knowingly misled consumers by allowing PC makers to emblazon "Windows Vista Capable" stickers on PCs that could run only the most bare-bones version of the operating system.
The new documents are the latest development in a lawsuit filed against Microsoft last year, charging that the company deceived consumers into thinking that the PCs they were buying could run Vista's most highly promoted features, even when they couldn't. The slogan was part of a campaign by Microsoft to maintain sales of Windows XP computers during the 2006 holiday shopping season after Windows Vista was delayed

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

How very Raymond you are; just reposting links and never commenting.

And you have a SEO business. So the whole thing just smacks of positioning some of your links.

Exactly what are you contributing?

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Is linkspamming still linkspamming when the subject of the spam is actually on-topic? Hmm..

PaoloM
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Bas wrote:
Is linkspamming still linkspamming when the subject of the spam is actually on-topic? Hmm..

Yes. Let's assume we all can read RSS feeds, ok?

In other words, unless you add some comments or an opinion of your own, stop creating threads like this.

evildictaitor
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msbob wrote:
The only people Vista incapable is Lunix zealots. Damn idiots don't even know how to point and click a stupid icon!

Can you stop behaving like an idiot now?

GoddersUK
I CAN has cheezburger and you CAN'T has stop me!

a ! wrote:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080210-vista-capable-scheme-was-panned-as-misleading-at-microsoft.html

Back in April 2007, a lawsuit was filed in the US District Court accusing Microsoft of unfairly and incorrectly labeling machines as "Windows Vista Capable." The PCs with the small sticker on them (pictured below) could indeed run Vista, but they only performed well with the most bare-bones edition: Vista Home Basic. In other words, there would be no Aero Glass, no Flip3D, no Media Center–no features that Vista was and is widely advertised to offer. Many customers felt like the company had ripped them off. Microsoft argued that it provided detailed information on the sticker program and that it was the customers' fault for not educating themselves before purchasing their new computers.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/350667_msftvista09.html

Quoting extensively from internal Microsoft Corp. e-mails, plaintiffs' lawyers argued Friday that the company knowingly misled consumers by allowing PC makers to emblazon "Windows Vista Capable" stickers on PCs that could run only the most bare-bones version of the operating system.
The new documents are the latest development in a lawsuit filed against Microsoft last year, charging that the company deceived consumers into thinking that the PCs they were buying could run Vista's most highly promoted features, even when they couldn't. The slogan was part of a campaign by Microsoft to maintain sales of Windows XP computers during the 2006 holiday shopping season after Windows Vista was delayed

In my book a Windows Vista capable PC is one that can run Windows Vista. These computers could, so I don't see what the problem is.

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According to internal MS emails introduced as evidence in the ongoing lawsuit over the program, several MS managers expressed concern that they were misleading people, with the VP of Windows product management saying "I PERSONALLY got burnt... I now have a $2,100 email machine" and Jim Allchin saying MS had "really botched" the program, and that it "had to do a better job with our customers." Of course, the main reason for all the confusion is the multiple editions of Vista that run with different capabilities depending on your hardware,

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-vp-i-personally-got-burnt-by-vista-capable-stickers/

phreaks

a ! wrote:

According to internal MS emails introduced as evidence in the ongoing lawsuit over the program, several MS managers expressed concern that they were misleading people, with the VP of Windows product management saying "I PERSONALLY got burnt... I now have a $2,100 email machine" and Jim Allchin saying MS had "really botched" the program, and that it "had to do a better job with our customers." Of course, the main reason for all the confusion is the multiple editions of Vista that run with different capabilities depending on your hardware,

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/microsoft-vp-i-personally-got-burnt-by-vista-capable-stickers/

But yet somehow ppl still manage to argue that any given machine will run Vista just as good as XP.

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