Windows Vista Beta 2 Plagued by Bugs

TopTechNews ^ | August 21, 2006 9:55AM

[volunbeer]

This was almost as funny as the idiot with the penis pump at the airport who told security it was a bomb.

That one was less obvious though.

[ShadowAce]

[Vinnie]

When I upgrade my computers it will likely be to OSX capable machines.

No plans on running Vista.

[relictele]

It's BETA for cryin' out loud. Naturally beta versions are going to have bugs.

Shhhhhh!!! You'll spoil everyone's MS-bashing fun. Including those who aren't familiar with the Beta testing concept.

[KoRn]

I installed Vista beta 2 last week just to check it out. I installed it on a p4 3.4GHz machine with 1GB of ram and it would barely run. It was so slow I had to click on a menu and wait on most things. The layout isn't bad, but it will be a bit of a learning curve for most users of Windows.

The visual style and layout of the OS reminded me allot of KDE in the Linux world. I'll stop short of suggesting they ripped off KDE, but the resemblance is striking.

[zeugma]

It's BETA for cryin' out loud. Naturally beta versions are going to have bugs.

At this stage of its development, it shouldn't have many. They are allegedly getting ready for the release candidate. If this beta is as bad as many are saying, they need another before they release the RC.

[Leatherneck_MT]

You're still missing the point. By Beta phase II the base of the OS HAS to be stable.

It's not. This is the final beta before release and it should not be having these difficulties.

[N3WBI3]

Its in its final beta and the RC1 candidate is due out in less than two weeks...

Maybe if MS was not so busy with the x-box, trying to take on google, mp3 players, and other crap they would be able to turn out a stable rc candidate within a half decade..

[N3WBI3]

1) There are allot of pro Microsoft guys saying that this is a problem. These are experienced beta testers for Microsoft, not some guys chatting on a random Internet forum.

2) If you're releasing a major application / OS you *better* have it pretty much nailed within 6 months of release. Small bugs here and there are fine but when the vendors who are trying to develop software for the platform are, due to core stability, unable to release application there is a big problem.

[CedarDave]

If Vista is such a terrible memory hog and Windows is much more subject to malware (Is Windows inherently more vulnerable to malware attacks than OS X?), and gives you untold grief if you have to reinstall a hard drive (need to purchase a new OS disc, OEM disk not allowed) and further if OS X will run all my Windows programs, I will seriously consider moving to Apple and OS X for my next upgrade.

[publana]

My brother works for them. Will he be purchasing a copy of Vista anytime soon? Nope.