Re: Beware of XP SP3 3

Lukas Beeler wrote:

It depends on how you look at it. The root cause of the problem are
OEMs that used an unsupported configuration. Earlier, that unsupported
configuration worked anyway - now it doesn't. The latter can surely be
fixed, and probably will.

But there is *no* way you can QA for every lunatic out there that uses
software in an unsupported manner.

"Unsupported configuration"? Since when did AMD become unsupported? In this day of plug and play, Microsoft creates software that can't even tell what kind of CPU it is running on, thereby making it the responsibility of the vendor to install the right version, and you say this is the vendor's fault.

Does this mean that there are now two versions of Windows? One for Intel and one for AMD? As an end user, how do I know which one to buy? I didn't notice an option on the order form.

Also, as far as I know, KB888372 fixes the smaller problem; it doesn't help the computers that cannot even boot into Safe Mode.

It's the same poor quality control that led to this:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9063479

Are you going to blame that on clueless OEMs as well?

Anyway, we're in opinion territory, and it's my opinion that we've seen the peak of Windows, and now all that's left is the decline. Unless they're willing to bite the bullet and rewrite from the ground up, Windows is dead.

Joe