Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Readers rip writer about the cost of running Vista dencetly


It has become apparent that if you don't have something nice to say about Microsoft, don't say it at all. I've been in Microsoft's corner about a lot of things, but I don't think it's right to rip a guy who thinks your OS should have a better rating on a brand new $1,500 laptop.

One of the writers over there recounted a story in which his sister bought a Sony Vaio laptop with Vista installed that had a Windows Experience Index score of 3.3—considering the laptop cost $1,500, shouldn’t the score be a little higher? As it turns out, the graphics card memory was responsible for the low score. His main point: buying a Vista PC shouldn’t have to be a $2,000+ affair.

And that’s when the fanboys tore him apart.
And that's saying a lot coming from me!!!

The main point was just that machines that play nice with Vista shouldn’t cost as much as they do. I have a Vista laptop and I agree with the writer, it shouldn't run you an arm and a leg to get Vista to run well on your system.

Read the craziness after the jump.

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