Apparently Circuit City is still alive as an online retailer. They have this Ubuntu computer for sale which is great but if you scroll down you see a “You may qualify for a Windows 7 upgrade!” Now, this is likely a case of someone brainlessly cutting and pasting but it show how retailers know that people don’t want to buy Vista.
Nobody likes Vista.Even American football star, Terrell Owens, is sorry about Windows Vista: it’s not the Operating System he thought it would be.
If you can tell me that you like Vista please respond to the comments. I’d really love to hear from you! Until then, I say “Nobody likes Vista.”
A non-Linux-user friend of mine mentioned that his DVD-encoder software stopped working on his Windows XP computer after last patch Tuesday. A pop-up now shows up in the sys-tray saying that he’s got to “upgrade” to Vista in order for this software to “unlock.” Did this happen to any one else out there? Please let us know in the comments.
He’d rather not upgrade to Vista because he resents Microsoft hijacking his software like this. I told him to try Linux and he said that his next computer will be Linux. Even if he “qualifies” for a Vista “upgrade” or a Windows 7 upgrade, Microsoft has lost a customer.
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Among the many disappointments a relative of mine has had as a result of his Sony machine was being directed to wipe and re-install the OS – which resulted in the DVD decoder vanishing. Sony (or Microsoft, I forget which exactly now) wanted to sell him a replacement for ~$30 or so. I discovered that on the restore partition was an option to install the one he had already purchased with the machine. Of course, no one in official support told him about that.
FYI, these days Circuit City online is actually Systemax/Tiger Direct:
http://consumerist.com/5267463/circuitcitycom-reborn-as-circuit-city