Damning with False Praise

Maybe everyone is rebelling against the fact that it is, to quote a friend, "so slow it makes you say 'Damn!'".  Maybe they're furious about the built-in copyright protections.  Perhaps the marketplace just wasn't ready to update all their hardware to 2GB of memory.  Or maybe corporations are just tired of being held hostage by a monopolistic vendor.  Whatever the reason, people don't like Microsoft's new Vista operating system and their conversation is being overheard:

"For a limited time Lenovo is providing Windows XP Recovery CD media as a way to downgrade from Windows Vista. Lenovo customers that have Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate "qualified systems" may purchase a Windows XP Recovery CD until July 31, 2008".

Yikes!  It doesn't get any worse than that!  Lenovo is also releasing brand-new ThinkPad laptops preloaded with Windows XP.  Hmm, Microsoft, where do you get your early adopters when you've alienated all your early adopters?

What's worse than this?  Lenovo advertising for Windows on their ecommerce site: "Lenovo Recommends Windows Vista Business".  If you don't recommend it, folks, then don't recommend it, OK?

(Via Slashdot via Russ Nelson).