Hate Vista? You May Like the Fix [new MS operating system Windows 7]

New York Times ^ | January 21, 2009 | DAVID POGUE

[AFreeBird]

LOL cute.

Here's my Linux box.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

It was XP. And I just had it in ther shop back over Christmas after a previous MS update skewered my video drivers.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I like XP, but my new Dell Laptop came with XP-Pro .. they are NOT the same.

[Tribune7]

I heard 7 was good.

OTOH, I don't know when I'm ever going to try it since I am overjoyed with my Macs (using OS X.4 & OS X.5)

[LadyPilgrim]

I hope MS gets their act together and stops this nonsense.
But they won’t....and we will continue to purchase their computers. (shaking my head)
I have hard enough time just trying to keep up with the news.
Then this thing goes kabluey! Is that a word? ;-)

My DVD Optical went out in this laptop and they don’t have a replacement. At least I haven’t been able to find it.
So when it crashed, I had VISTA re-installed and the DVD started working again.
Don’t know what that was all about. They didn’t either.
But it probably was one of the updates.

[tophat9000]

In all honest Ive run Vista the last two years with no problems.. but Windows 7 should be release as Vista service pack 2 upgrade..IE I'm not putting out money for another "new" OS that really just a update of the old OS

The irony is the people that have overly badmouth Vista have created an enviorment where Microsoft can sell Windows 7 as a new OS, and not provided it free as a Vista service pack 2 upgrade

[Justa]

Eh, from what you listed I'd say the Dell mobo wasn't Vista compatible or the RAM was under-spec-d. I recently bought some pricey OCZ 1150Mhz RAM which was holding my new system's overclocking back. A check of the the RAM's SPD shows it as 800Mhz RAM. With the board I bought I should have been able to get over 5Ghz out of my 45nm Wolfdale E0 but due to the sub-spec RAM I was held at 4.9Ghz so it's not unheard of for manufacturers to swap-in sub-spec parts.

For what you're running I'm surprised you don't build your own system. There's always better performance for advanced apps with those than the pre-fabs. A call to your local computer club and a 'project' to build the best system for what you can afford should work.

[pctech]

I already hate Windows 7. Steve Ballmer said 7 is built upon Vista. That seals it for me. It's XP for the foreseeable future.

Another thing, they are removing the classic Windows Start Menu. Just another way for Microsoft to screw with a computer.

[tophat9000]

I still can't get windows to update of SP1 to install for Vista. Have tried all the fixes I can find online and NONE of them work.

When in doubt a clean install... it fixes a multitude of sins... Oh yes and BACKUP! your files before you do it

[antiRepublicrat]

The beta is doing well for me even under a VM on OS X. Quite speedy even compared to XP.

Their attempt to emulate the Dock from OS X is pretty sad.

Microsoft obviously did some good under the hood. Now it’s time for them to get some of their own ideas. Copying (or “getting inspiration”) from others is okay, but at least what you produce should be better than the original, not inferior.

[antiRepublicrat]

But Vista IS NOT THAT BAD if you have a decent comp

Microsoft ad: Buy Vista, it's not that bad.

I want an OS that's REALLY GOOD.

And I bought one instead of upgrading from XP to Vista.

[dayglored]

> Get a Mac... Run OSX, Run XP, Run Vista, Run Windows 7, Run Linux... Best of all worlds

Amen. VMware Fusion rocks on my Macs.

I'll add to your list... in addition to all the above, I:

Run NetBSD / FreeBSD
Run Win2K
Run Win98
Run MS-DOS

[Titan Magroyne]

LOL!