Wow - if the tv commercials of Mac vs. PC where the PC says even he “downgraded to Windows XP” weren’t enough, today I catch this headline from c|Net where Windows Vista made their list of Top 10 Terrible Tech Products of ALL TIME! Microsoft is really taking a beating on this one. Vista comes in at #10 (out of 10) - so at least 9 things placed before it on the list of terrible tech, but the opening line says it all “Any operating system that provokes a campaign for its predecessor’s reintroduction deserves to be classed as terrible technology.”

While I knew people had been doing this - this article actually has links about downgrading, like “Dell Offers Windows XP again (April 2007), and Microsoft allows Vista ‘downgrade’ (Sept 24, 2007) where it talks of Microsoft allowing PC manufacturers and OEM’s offer an downgrade option for customers who want to switch to Windows XP. The quote I love best from that article is “Fujitsu has been among the most aggressive, starting last month to include an XP disc in the box with its laptops and tablets.”

Fujitsu is putting an XP disc “IN THE BOX” with PC’s and laptops that have Vista installed…… HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHA!!!

I knew that people were having issues with Vista and that many thought it sucked, and there are legions of people wanting to see it fail for various reasons (Mac zealots and Linux minions)…..but truth be told it seems to be failing on it’s own merits after all. I mean, come on - the search term “Vista downgrade” has over 2 million results so far!

And of those results look what we find:

  • Microsoft to simplify downgrades from Vista to XP: comes from ZDNet! In June 2007 they told about Microsoft making it much easier for their top-tier OEM’s to downgrade customers to XP. I guess before this they had to call MS with each serial number being downgraded and they were going to an easier submission system. Just the fact that they had to do this shows customers were bitching up a storm.
  • How to downgrade to Windows XP from Vista: is a guide from Computerworld written on October 2nd, 2007. The first paragraph suprises me, because it points to an article from the week before where it says Microsoft will sell Windows XP until June of 2008! Microsoft’s own PR team says: “So we’re responding to feedback we have gotten from our OEM partners that some customers will benefit by extending availability of Windows XP.” Read between the lines: “too many people are bitching!”
  • Downgrade Your Vista to XP: is an article from cNet Asia that says that not only OEM’s and PC manufacturers can downgrade to Windows XP - ANYONE WITH A VISTA LICENSE can!

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