Re: Article: 30 Days with Windows Vista
- From: Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:58:15 -0700
"Jesus" <rustybucket666@xxxxxxxxx> stated in post
1175789315.616359.32770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 4/5/07 9:08 AM:
On Apr 5, 12:02 pm, Snit <S...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I am going to guess the problem is with the myriad hardware configurations
"Jesus" <rustybucket...@xxxxxxxxx> stated in post
1175787949.718948.115...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 4/5/07 8:45 AM:
On Apr 5, 11:23 am, "jerryeveretts" <ifree...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 5, 12:41 am, Snit <S...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTMxOCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaW...>
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The Bottom Line
It's a lemon.
...
Any consideration of the fine details comes in second to
that one inescapable conclusion. This is an unstable
operating system.
When Microsoft moved from the DOS to the NT based
architecture for its consumer products, they did so
primarily because users were tired of operating systems that
had poor stability. The move from Windows 98 to 2000 brought
that stability to the masses. Now, users are tired of
operating systems with poor security, and in an attempt to
bring that security to them, Microsoft has undermined the
operating system's stability and overall utility.
I can see what Microsoft was trying to do, but it may be
that keeping Windows backwards compatible and making it more
secure, all while trying to keep the OS stable may be an
impossible task. I don't know if Vista will be improved with
the next service pack, but the problems I found seem to stem
not from flaws in code, but flaws in design.
I don't want to give into hyperbole, but at the end of the
30 days, I begged Managing Editor Jason Wall to let me
reformat my computer and stop testing.
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Eek.
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Wow... I have been running for over two weeks now, and have not had
problem or glitch one. I burned a bunch of pictures to a CD for a
friend which worked as expected on his XP computer, I don't even know
where the "live' or 'universal' option is and I didn't see it. I don't
think I have ever seen the "Allow/Deny" window when NOT installing a
program. As a matter of fact, every program works as expected, I
really haven't had to give any thought to the OS at all.
Wow indeed. I've never head most of those problems - especially
random shutdowns. Both of my machines I upgraded to Vista have been
rock-solid for me. I'm truly confused as to how they could've had
such problems with the OS. Even QuickTime, which they claim causes
BSoDs, has run like a champ since day 1. I have to agree with Jerry's
description of Vista.
Why do people have such different experiences with Vista? I am not saying
you - or the author of the article - are wrong... just that a lot of people
seem to have similar experiences with the author... but not all. Why?
I've been wondering the same thing. In that review, unless QuckTime
was causing some kind of problem with a system driver, I don't see how
QuickTime could've made Vista blue-screen. Could it all come down to
poorly-tested drivers from manufacturers?
that are possible. Supporting so much hardware is both a strength and a
weakness to Windows - a strength in that it can support it at all, and a
weakness in that it cannot support it all *well*.
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.
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