, 2006-12-05
Microsoft has announced Vista's release dates. From a security standpoint what choice should consumers take during this Christmas shopping season? Most will be faced with Windows XP only or Windows XP with Microsoft's Express Upgrade option to Vista. Federico Biancuzzi interviewed a wide range of security researchers and anti-virus folks to get some consensus on the security of Vista over Windows XP for consumers, with some advice for corporate users as well.
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u missed the point :)
The fact should be seen in the other way: if you want to buy a PC with XP you should do that right now, before Vista is on the market. Later it would be difficult.
So, the extended-question-to-help-you-understand-better is: from a security standpoint, should consumer buy XP for xmas or wait for Vista?
If some experts suggest to wait some months before using Vista, you could/should get XP for this xmas. After that your choice will be probably limited to online seller like Dell...
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