ASRockIQ
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System Name | Watermark |
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Processor | Athlon II X4 620 @3.3GHZ V1.4250 |
Motherboard | ASRock A780GXE/128 |
Cooling | XIGMATEK HDT-S963 | 4 Blue LED 120mm Fans 1 Regular 120mm |
Memory | G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) @850MHZ |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire 6850 1GB (@stock) |
Storage | 320GB OS | 160GB Storage |
Display(s) | ASUS VH236H 23" 1920x1080 |
Case | COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 (With Side Panel Window) |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | Rosewill 600W 12V Rail@44 |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit Edition |
Microsoft has a problem on its hands. Or more precisely one problem with three seemingly contradictory components:
1. Windows XP is too good for its own good.
2. It needs to die for the company's sake.
3. It won't die because nothing else -- not even Windows 7 -- currently approaches it.
We're closing in on eight years since XP first hit the market and began the long process of making us finally forget we ever used Windows 95, 98, and Windows Me. By anyone's standards, it's been one of Microsoft's most visibly successful products. It still runs on some 60% of all PCs years after it was supposed to have been retired as a front-line offering. It's sold around 800 million copies since its initial release. And if piracy is the sincerest form of flattery, hundreds of millions more illegal copies are in use across the globe. In an age where icons are in desperately short supply, this is as iconic a product as it gets.
Dragging on the future
The problem with XP is this: The longer it sticks around and continues to tug at the heartstrings of end-users and corporate IT decision-makers alike, the bigger a drag it becomes on Microsoft's bottom line. For a company accustomed to earning triple-digit revenue from every OS it sells, Microsoft can't be pleased with the paltry $30 or so it makes from each retail sale of XP. Although Microsoft obviously recognizes that $300 netbooks and $400-to-$500 mainstream laptops mean the good old days of high margin OS sales are over, it still wants us to add Windows 7 to our wish list to continue to drive its Windows revenue stream, albeit at a reduced rate.
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Heh, and everywhere i go, every store i go into... i see them using Windows Xp to this day which by all means is awesome but i prefer Vista for my Hardware and needs. If Microsoft didn't F'up on Windows Xp Professional 64-Bit or IF Company's developed Drivers for their driver i'd be happy going back to Xp Professional 64-Bit. finding Hardware for Xp 64-Bit isn't that easy. especially looking at nearby stores
I don't think Microsoft will pull Windows 7 off that easy considering Xp is STILL being used. If today's Hardware supports it then WTF?! Why not stay with Xp? hell, why'd Microsoft even Release Vista and Windows 7? If the HARDWARE can run and be supported on the System why release another OS? Yes i know for money but please.... they should realize the users are happy with Xp still. Come on Microsoft...
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