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To: Petz who wrote (248214)	2/29/2008 4:54:14 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

>> if half the Intel machines in stock did not have the Vista sticker, Microsoft might have reworked or delayed the feature that cannot run on so many machines. Or PC makers will have purchased from Intel the required chipsets for the Vista version, or ... or ... or a thousand other possibilities that are not the one you say is the only possible alternate. Your argument will work if it was Intel who tested the vista readiness, and Intel certified the chipsets. If it was microsoft, then the issue is between the PC buyer and the PC seller. possibly for false advertising. The PC maker then can complain to microsoft about shoddy certification. If then microsoft wants to claim that Intel misled them about capabilities of the chipset, then those two big boys can settle it between themselves. In the end, the solution will be to replace the machines with new ones that work better. Then donate the recalled machines to the OLTP project. Thereby giving AMD and EC another basis to complain that AMD is shut out of yet one more market.