The only fleeting experience with Vista I had was when we got an HP laptop for my Mom. It came with Vista. I have tried to connect that thing to a Wi-Fi a few times with no success. I mean it would see the router but it wouldn't want to connect to it. After spending a few weeks tinkering in the settings and reading multipage articles on Vista's networiking woes, I finally fixed it......... with a version of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). First try and the computer was on the internet. If that is the average experience for people out there, I think Apple will look much more attractive to a much wider audience out there. With Apple's initial higher price ($949.00 Refurbished MacBook vs $698.00 Costco HP) offsetting the clear advantage in Operating System I believe it will gain about 5-6% next year as soon as more people will start getting tired with Vista's crap.
The only fleeting experience
The only fleeting experience with Vista I had was when we got an HP laptop for my Mom. It came with Vista. I have tried to connect that thing to a Wi-Fi a few times with no success. I mean it would see the router but it wouldn't want to connect to it. After spending a few weeks tinkering in the settings and reading multipage articles on Vista's networiking woes, I finally fixed it......... with a version of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). First try and the computer was on the internet. If that is the average experience for people out there, I think Apple will look much more attractive to a much wider audience out there. With Apple's initial higher price ($949.00 Refurbished MacBook vs $698.00 Costco HP) offsetting the clear advantage in Operating System I believe it will gain about 5-6% next year as soon as more people will start getting tired with Vista's crap.