MS admits Vista challenges

IT Web ^ | 24 August 2007 | SAMANTHA PERRY

[Salo]

More happy customers.....

[Salo]

Pings.

[Liberty Valance]

LOL! Look s like MS thinks this is merely a PR problem.
No thanks Vista.

[EagleUSA]

An example of how massive arrogance impacts attitude toward customer satisfaction....MS has ALWAYS had a problem there.

[facedown]

It’s betamax all over again.

[Salo]

Betamax was good technology - I don’t know that I would go that far with Vista.

[goldstategop]

Its stable... But my antivirus software triggers a blue screen of death. So every so often, there's a forced reboot of Windows Vista.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Southack]

Vista’s an MS Windows ME-level trainwreck. It doesn’t have the drivers and won’t run enough of the old applications and is too slow for the gamers.

Plus, its replacement rolls out in late 2009 or early 2010. Frankly, most people can wait out Vista to go from XP or 2000 directly to Vista’s scheduled replacement.

[McGruff]

I was in a class with a Microsoft trained instructor this week and he said. DON’T GET VISTA. Make sure your new computer has XP on it.

[padre35]

Amazing, WFW 3.11 is still my office setup...

[padre35]

Amazing, WFW 3.11 is still my office setup...

[Logophile]

The system administrator set up a new Dell desktop for me today. I noticed that she installed Windows XP. She said that she will continue to install XP until Vista actually works.

She also admitted to a newfound respect for OS X, having just purchased a Mac for herself.

[stm]

VISTA HAS PROBLEMS??!!!!

[Salo]

Our techs hate Vista, so the first thing that happens when we get a batch of boxes in is we pop an XP image over the Vista.

My sister just got a new PC and is making it a linux box.

I just got a new laptop and made sure it had XP on it.

I’m not hearing too many people - especially technical people - claim they like Vista.

[The KG9 Kid]

Running Vista x32 now. No problems here whatsoever.

Of course, I built a completely new PC with a genuine Intel 'Bad Axe 2' motherboard and Core2 Duo CPU with more RAM than Vista x32 can even address...

[keepitreal]

Plus, its replacement rolls out in late 2009 or early 2010. Frankly, most people can wait out Vista to go from XP or 2000 directly to Vista’s scheduled replacement.

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That’s what I’m doing. I’m keeping my current computer held together with rubber bands until a better operating system rolls out.

[jokar]

Here we go again.

[Paleo Conservative]

I find it disgusting that so many of my periferals are not supported under Vista. The OS upgrade cycle seems to be a scam to force everyone to junk all their hardware every five years.

[Frank Sheed]

Funny you compared this to Windows ME.

I had a hard drive crash and had to get a totally new system. The machine was 7 years old and ran great on an old OS (98). I got XP installed on the new desktop with no questions asked.

The guy who built me the computer said that Vista is “an ME-style train wreck.” He has two guys working full-time just keeping new notebook buyers happy and there was an endless train coming into the shop as I walked out.

I won’t touch it for 4 years if it is still here!

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[rlmorel]

PING!