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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21804 |  gnice3d (5) Jun 25, 2009 - 10:08 am » Edited on Jun 25, 2009 - 10:12 am
| » Not my problem - lol
Just because the cablecard certification process worked against them, they still promised us something and failed to deliver on it.
It's still contradictory to how Vista Ultimate was marketed to consumers. Just because a spokesperson discussed the limitations on some random website does not free MS from the responsibility of misrepresenting the product.
If there were ground to get a class action-suit rolling for all the ignorant consumers that bought vista basic systems with hardware that barely met XP's standards, their must be something here for us .... And Microsoft is CLEARLY doing the same thing again with Win7.
What I would give for 10 minutes with Ballmer in front of a large group .... Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21804 | gnice3d (5) Jun 25, 2009 - 09:33 am
| » OEM
OEM installs cannot legally be transferred to another system should you upgrade. If you are looking to sit on that license for the life of the operating system - retail versions are the best 'legal' way to go.
Additionally - V.U. is not available through the MS licensing programs - to get VU, you must first purchase Vista-Biz and then purchase an upgrade to VU. Even without Software assurance your looking at spending $450 or so for your OS. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21804 | gnice3d (5) Jun 25, 2009 - 09:27 am » Edited on Jun 25, 2009 - 09:29 am
| » Ultimate rip-off
As someone who spent big coin on a full retail copy of Vista Ultimate at launch, I think the Ultimate version is a complete rip-off and would gladly participate in a class action lawsuit.
The primary reason is that I purchased V.U. under the understanding that I would have access to EVERY feature available to the Vista family (for what was a quad tuner htpc).
I never saw anything useful other than the dreamscene component (which features could be provide by a number of 3rd party apps and even a free gadget).
What I find illegal and unethical is that MS later released the HD-PC version of Vista to OEM's only and failed to support cablecard tuners to those of us that purchased VU specifically for HTPC systems.
Because of this, I was forced to sell a $1500 htpc box at a substantial loss and re-buy a vastly inferior, over-priced HP system that would allow use of the ATI cablecard tuners.
I strongly feel that failing to deliver this functionality to people who purchased VU licenses is a direct contradiction to what we VU end-users were promised - access to every feature available to the Vista suites.
I emailed MS several times about this issue but after the initial response that their legal team would look into the matter, I never heard back from them again, even after several follow up emails.
I'm pretty sure, my scenario has a good deal of merit for a suit - anyone up for taking on 'Goliath'?
Post up if you are in the same boat or feel the same way. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=20456 | gnice3d (5) May 15, 2008 - 08:28 am
| » I think I just threw up in my mouth ...
What a bunch of loosers! The only record in jeopardy of being broke here is the world's largest congretation of obese virgins!
I would love to see Pete Townsend smashing plastic instruments accross the skull of every parent buying their kids this crap.
Why not pick up a REAL instrument and learn to play that instead. Lord knows these loosers have a zero chance at getting laid in their lifetimes. Being an actual musician might be their only hope.
Jared (Guy-Liner) Ledo was the perfect person to headline this event. For an encore, Jesus Christ himself should have come out on stage sporting and Axl Rose style mullett and dropped a F***ing tornado in the 5th row, wiping them all from the face of the earth! Flag this | Edit this post |
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