Wednesday, April 18th 2007
Only 244 copies of Genuine Windows Vista sold in China
Microsoft spent millions of dollars advertising its next generation OS 'Windows Vista' in China, in fact the IT juggernaut threw up the biggest Vista Ad on the 421 meter high Jin Mao tower in Shanghai China. However after 2 weeks (Jan 19 to Feb 2) from launch Microsoft managed to sell a mere 244 copies of Windows Vista. Software piracy is rampant in the middle kingdom and a pirated version of Vista sells for a mere $1 on the streets.
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50 Comments on Only 244 copies of Genuine Windows Vista sold in China
I wish people would look at it the way you do more. I've used Vista Home Premium (whats premium about it i dont know). And all i found where horrid icons, which are hard to distinquish, a horrid start bar, a useless search function, a pointless aero thing (MAC DOES IT BETTER NO ARGUMENT), 30 clicks to my firewall, programs and features instead of add and remove, blurry fonts for words, a defrag that forgets to tell you thats its going somewhere, a disk cleanup that showed i had 235 MB or error dumps, a media center that doesnt know how to find media, 2 clean reformats, slow window opening, constant game errors, programming tool problems, no manual networking setup, and the question of are you sure you want to continue before i turned it off.
And the answer to those who say just dont buy it, the answer is no choice. Vista is being forced on us. No support from companies such as Nvidia, ATI and all other brands is available for Linux (heck mac is limited big time to, but thats jobs for you). It looks like Micro$oft basically told hardware venders to support their software only period plus gave them some $$ for doing so and continue to do so. (think about it why would hardware companies want to have to write evey driver again just for microsofts OS when they know they could do the same for Linux in a small amount of time and save money).
All this vista bashing just makes me lol at the collective-ignorance of people. Just a new trend in M$-hate.
wazzle calling me ignorant is a sure fire way to a full blown argument.. do not insult me as i have not insulted you.
FYI, I used Vista RC2 for about 3 months... it sucked, windows tries to block control panel and stuff...
My Vista ain't legal either :p
That goes for all Vista whiners.
Long Live Linux :)
Stay on-topic. No trolling, flaming, bashing, etc.
Thank you.
And now I will comment on your reply.
First off, I would never cry over software... I am to old for that. :) I simply believe in getting good deals. Heck, I do not have the World of Warcraft expansion yet because I feel that $40 is too much to spend when I am already paying $13 a month. When the expansion is down to $20, then I will buy it.
Second... if Vista was only $50, I would have bought several of them. As of now, I am sticking with XP. So, Microsoft is not making any money from me. I would never expect them to sell an OS like that in the USA for $20... I probably couldn't even find a CD and key for Windows 2000 for that price. Although, I installed Ubuntu linux on one of my old PC's and it is really slick!! Best of all... it was free... well, I later donated $20 because I liked it so much, so it wasn't really free. :)
Third, I am not delusional... I am far from it. I am sorry if I struck a nerve with you, that was not my intent.
Lastly, I think that attacking people that post on these sites and calling them stupid/delusional/etc. only makes the forums less enjoyable. I respect your views and comments, but I really am less apt to post in the forums if I am personally blown away. Go ahead and rip up my opinions and views, but please do not get personal. :toast: