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Editor's Blog: Ever hear the one about the happy Vista user?
Comment Except - and it was this that obliged him to buy the next round - it was Windows XP that came up on the screen rather than Windows Vista. Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP. One year on: XP still outshining Vista [15 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.01.08
Round-Up A month earlier, silicon.com readers ranked it below Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux as their operating system of choice. As any fool knows, the most popular fireworks applications FireOne and PyroDigital both run on Windows XP and Vista, at least... [04 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Apple vs Vista, jail for mobile users and the broadband swindle…
Comment In contrast, we have plenty of real world experience with XP and Vista viruses - this is clear. Windows User, UK Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [03 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Data security... e-learning a bit of a bore?... ID cards debate... skip vista?
Comment Windows XP is pretty good. You say in your story that it's likely software companies will drop support for XP in 2011/12 but this will only happen if the majority of people upgraded. XP is a pretty good OS. [13 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 07.12.07
Round-Up Piracy rates for Windows Vista are half those of its predecessor Windows XP. In addition, a poll on the site indicates that Vista is failing to win over silicon.com readers, with about two-thirds saying their organisation will never move onto XP's... [07 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista uptake… HMRC blunder… iPhone too cool or too costly?
Comment Just because Microsoft says that Vista purchases are increasing, companies like ourselves with volume licencing agreements are buying Vista OEM licences with new machines, but are downgrading these to XP - so these figures don't mean that much. [29 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.11.07
Round-Up Topping the poll of silicon.com users was Windows XP. XP garnered around 42 per cent of the vote. So with Windows out of the equation, the big question is who won the fight between a penguin and a leopard? [16 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... in defence of Leopard, trash talk, iWant iPhone, lost data...
Comment In comparison, my wife uses a Windows XP laptop. I have even put XP on my I moved from Windows to Mac OSX 2 years ago and have never looked back. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? [08 Nov 2007]
Leader: Why the BBC must do more with iPlayer
Leader The BBC is in the process of developing a video streaming version of iPlayer, its online on-demand TV service, for both Windows XP and non-XP platforms.iPlayer is currently only available as a download service for Windows XP, despite the BBC... [19 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout...
Comment If Microsoft stick to their position of Vista or nothing then, as availability of XP dries up, all they will do is proliferate unlicenced copies of XP. I am now getting used to Vista and am learning to like it but I find it a nuisance to have to... [27 Sep 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.09.07
Round-Up Standalone unit sales of Vista at US retail stores were down 59.7 per cent compared with Windows XP, during each product's first six months on store shelves, according to NPD Group. In fact, boxed copies of Vista are selling more slowly than boxed... [14 Sep 2007]
Leader: Time for a ceasefire in iPlayer row
Leader In addition, as one silicon.com reader pointed out, Channel 4's 4OD TV service is also only available for XP and Vista, so the BBC isn't the only organisation non-Windows users might like to moan at. The Beeb's attempt at an on-demand, online TV... [31 Jul 2007]
Minority Report: Macs gaining enterprise cred
Comment Secondly, in the same period Windows XP has suffered well-publicised security woes and its replacement Vista has been much delayed and is viewed by many with apprehension. However when silicon.com asked a similar question last week around half... [19 Jul 2007]
Minority Report: Steve Jobs fails to wow
Comment The most interesting announcement of the day was the release of a public beta of Apple's Safari browser for Windows XP and Vista. Welcome Safari for Windows Early experiences with Safari for Windows have proved less than impressive with many users... [15 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.04.07
Round-Up Dell said on its website: "We heard you loud and clear on bringing the Windows XP option back to our Dell consumer PC offerings. Windows XP! PC giant Dell has caved in to demand from thousands of its customers to return to offering Windows XP as an... [27 Apr 2007]
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