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Old 25-09-2007, 08:43 AM   #1
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Micro$haft to give XP option on Vista SP1

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/09/m...nstall-xp.html

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Old 25-09-2007, 09:03 AM   #2
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What makes it even funnier is the end result is the customer is still on XP but they have paid for Vista so MS are laughing again.
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Old 25-09-2007, 09:07 AM   #3
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What makes it even funnier is the end result is the customer is still on XP but they have paid for Vista so MS are laughing again.
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That is awesome. ROTFL!
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Old 25-09-2007, 09:20 AM   #5
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This is a joke article right?
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Old 25-09-2007, 09:22 AM   #6
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I like the journo's last comment
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Old 25-09-2007, 09:44 AM   #7
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schweeet. whatll happen to direct x 10 or hatever. (unless its a joke)
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Old 25-09-2007, 09:47 AM   #8
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Old 25-09-2007, 09:57 AM   #9
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lol.. however apt is may be, thats got to be a wind up article.
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Old 25-09-2007, 10:54 AM   #10
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of course its a wind up!!

still, it'd be nice to see some figures on how many people are still buying xp licences rather than vista
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Old 25-09-2007, 11:05 AM   #11
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"I've been dealing with Microsoft for some time," Lucifer said. "I've been at this evil thing for millions of years, and wanted a way out. I considered an IPO, but then Steve-O and Billy came along and told me about their 'Evil Everywhere' plan. I just couldn't refuse."
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Old 26-09-2007, 08:31 PM   #13
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How the hell has this got over 1600 views since yesterday? Are Microsoft onto me or something? I didn't do it
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Paul san(son), to love Alpine is like making love to a beautiful woman...
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Old 26-09-2007, 10:11 PM   #14
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This one's also awesome.

http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/01/m...tispyware.html
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Old 26-09-2007, 10:13 PM   #15
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How the hell has this got over 1600 views since yesterday? Are Microsoft onto me or something? I didn't do it
What the hell...that's not normal, surely?!
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Old 26-09-2007, 10:18 PM   #16
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Old 27-09-2007, 08:37 PM   #17
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What the hell...that's not normal, surely?!
I'm scared now, 5000 views


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Dear Jim, Can you fix it for me to live with Neeley and for his living room to have laminate flooring so we can breakdance and bust some funky moves while his open fire cooks our marshmallows?


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Old 28-09-2007, 01:05 AM   #18
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Old 28-09-2007, 01:39 AM   #19
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Funny how quickly TA influences Google though...

http://www.google.com/search?q=micro%24haft+vista



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EDIT: And there are 10-15 Guests looking at this thread... several of them seem to be search engines or similar. They're onto you Miami...
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Old 01-10-2007, 12:43 PM   #20
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10,000 views. Nice one miami!
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Old 02-10-2007, 02:48 PM   #21
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Old 02-10-2007, 06:56 PM   #22
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