SP3 - "To XP or not to XP - that is the question"

"Call it a Hamlet moment for the PC industry, filled with political
intrigue and machinations worthy of the great Shakespeare play: to wait
for XP SP3 or move to Vista now that Microsoft has released Vista SP1?
Or in other words: "To XP, or not to XP?" That is the question."

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/03/26/is-microsoft-playing-games-with-xp-sp3

JS
Wed Mar 26 09:15:53 PDT 2008

Vista SP1 or XP SP3, either way I would wait a while to see what the
feedback is (what problems exist and workarounds if any) before installing.

JS

"occam" <occam@razor.dot.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Call it a Hamlet moment for the PC industry, filled with political
> intrigue and machinations worthy of the great Shakespeare play: to wait
> for XP SP3 or move to Vista now that Microsoft has released Vista SP1? Or
> in other words: "To XP, or not to XP?" That is the question."
>
> http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/03/26/is-microsoft-playing-games-with-xp-sp3

Jerry
Wed Mar 26 15:19:30 PDT 2008

Try here: XP SP3 tech net forum:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

"occam" <occam@razor.dot.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Call it a Hamlet moment for the PC industry, filled with political
> intrigue and machinations worthy of the great Shakespeare play: to wait
> for XP SP3 or move to Vista now that Microsoft has released Vista SP1? Or
> in other words: "To XP, or not to XP?" That is the question."
>
> http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/03/26/is-microsoft-playing-games-with-xp-sp3

occam
Thu Mar 27 04:26:15 PDT 2008

Jerry wrote:
> Try here: XP SP3 tech net forum:
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17
>
> "occam" <occam@razor.dot.com> wrote in message
> news:uCUffCzjIHA.3780@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Call it a Hamlet moment for the PC industry, filled with political
>> intrigue and machinations worthy of the great Shakespeare play: to wait
>> for XP SP3 or move to Vista now that Microsoft has released Vista SP1? Or
>> in other words: "To XP, or not to XP?" That is the question."
>>
>> http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/03/26/is-microsoft-playing-games-with-xp-sp3
>
>

You don't think the release of XP3 Release Candidate 2 "Refresh"
confirms the thesis of this article? The delaying tactics of MS to allow
more time for undecided people to migrate to Vista rather that sitting
back to enjoy the XP3 benefits is obvious.

Jerry
Thu Mar 27 20:21:43 PDT 2008

I have no idea as to what you're talking about. Either stick with XP or not
but stop acting like there is a conspiracy.

"occam" <occam@razor.dot.com> wrote in message
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> Jerry wrote:
>> Try here: XP SP3 tech net forum:
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17
>>
>> "occam" <occam@razor.dot.com> wrote in message
>> news:uCUffCzjIHA.3780@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "Call it a Hamlet moment for the PC industry, filled with political
>>> intrigue and machinations worthy of the great Shakespeare play: to wait
>>> for XP SP3 or move to Vista now that Microsoft has released Vista SP1?
>>> Or in other words: "To XP, or not to XP?" That is the question."
>>>
>>> http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/03/26/is-microsoft-playing-games-with-xp-sp3
>>
>>
>
> You don't think the release of XP3 Release Candidate 2 "Refresh" confirms
> the thesis of this article? The delaying tactics of MS to allow more time
> for undecided people to migrate to Vista rather that sitting back to enjoy
> the XP3 benefits is obvious.

Shenan
Fri Mar 28 16:42:27 PDT 2008

occam wrote:
> "Call it a Hamlet moment for the PC industry, filled with political
> intrigue and machinations worthy of the great Shakespeare play: to
> wait for XP SP3 or move to Vista now that Microsoft has released
> Vista SP1? Or in other words: "To XP, or not to XP?" That is the
> question."
> http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/03/26/is-microsoft-playing-games-with-xp-sp3

Jerry wrote:
> Try here: XP SP3 tech net forum:
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17

occam wrote:
> You don't think the release of XP3 Release Candidate 2 "Refresh"
> confirms the thesis of this article? The delaying tactics of MS to
> allow more time for undecided people to migrate to Vista rather
> that sitting back to enjoy the XP3 benefits is obvious.

No - but even if it was some great conspiracy - who cares?

If someone is so impatient that they cannot wait a short amount of time for
SP3 to be released, that's *their* problem. I have yet to run across any
*requirement* of any hardware or software I *need* to run for Windows XP
with SP3. Very few things exist that aren't *new* (actually - very few
things period) that won't run on Windows XP and require you to have Windows
Vista instead.

The very people who would be concerned about getting Windows XP SP3 right
now would not be concerned about any of this unless they have nothing better
to do. It *will* be released and then you can run it. That's it.

Sooner or later - you'll change operating systems. Unless you do not change
ANYTHING with your system (hardware or software) and nothing ever breaks
(and you cannot find an identical replacement for it) and you never
want/need a new product or service that requires some software/hardware you
don't already have - then you are free to run whatever OS you want until the
end of time. Or you die. Which ever comes first.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Cocco
Tue Apr 01 05:52:36 PDT 2008

SP3 works fine,that's the fact. No any problem for two month,and whatever I
try to install(updates)it's obsolite,so it says

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> napisao u poruci diskusione
grupe:O2W0i1SkIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> occam wrote:
>> "Call it a Hamlet moment for the PC industry, filled with political
>> intrigue and machinations worthy of the great Shakespeare play: to
>> wait for XP SP3 or move to Vista now that Microsoft has released
>> Vista SP1? Or in other words: "To XP, or not to XP?" That is the
>> question."
>> http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/03/26/is-microsoft-playing-games-with-xp-sp3
>
> Jerry wrote:
>> Try here: XP SP3 tech net forum:
>> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=2010&SiteID=17
>
> occam wrote:
>> You don't think the release of XP3 Release Candidate 2 "Refresh"
>> confirms the thesis of this article? The delaying tactics of MS to
>> allow more time for undecided people to migrate to Vista rather
>> that sitting back to enjoy the XP3 benefits is obvious.
>
> No - but even if it was some great conspiracy - who cares?
>
> If someone is so impatient that they cannot wait a short amount of time
> for SP3 to be released, that's *their* problem. I have yet to run across
> any *requirement* of any hardware or software I *need* to run for Windows
> XP with SP3. Very few things exist that aren't *new* (actually - very few
> things period) that won't run on Windows XP and require you to have
> Windows Vista instead.
>
> The very people who would be concerned about getting Windows XP SP3 right
> now would not be concerned about any of this unless they have nothing
> better to do. It *will* be released and then you can run it. That's it.
>
> Sooner or later - you'll change operating systems. Unless you do not
> change ANYTHING with your system (hardware or software) and nothing ever
> breaks (and you cannot find an identical replacement for it) and you never
> want/need a new product or service that requires some software/hardware
> you don't already have - then you are free to run whatever OS you want
> until the end of time. Or you die. Which ever comes first.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>