PC Magazine Editor Throws in the Towel on Vista

Slashdot ^ | 8/18/2008

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[webboy45]

My wife’s computer came with Vista and it seems to be running just fine. Of course she isn’t what you’d call a power user. I dual-boot XP and linix and I’ve found linix to be far inferior to XP. If he’s so frustrated with Vista the Editor should go back to XP.

[P-40]

Probably failed to run the Vista Update Tool before he installed the program. I fixed the problems it warned me about and have had few problems and no desire to go back to XP.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Ouch!! Sooner or later Microsoft has to fix it, but in the meantime they are losing fans.

[kanawa]

I like Vista.
Maybe I’m easily pleased seeing as I upgraded from Windows 98SE.

[samtheman]

This guy’s in the wrong business. Vista is unnecessarily cumbersome out of the box, but it’s not THAT hard. This guy should maybe go into the livestock feed business.

[Auntie Dem]

I’ve got 1 machine running Vista Business Edition on a small home office network with a Windows Server 2003, and 4 other PC’s running XP Pro. The networking on the Vista machine is horrible—10 to 100 times slower than the XP machines. The hardware on this Vista machine is the 2nd best of all my PC’s, so it’s not the hardware.

Almost none of my main applications I use for my business will run under Vista, so why did I buy Vista? Uhhh... it’s pretty?

Note to others: Window Blinds makes XP almost as pretty as Vista, so save your money.

[ari-freedom]

I have linux (ubuntu) and if you’re going to be bothered by Vista...trust me, you won’t want to put up with linux. It’s good for what it’s good for but it’s not good for people expecting a totally polished OS.

[Publius6961]

Another complaint: With XP, wireless network connectivity out of sleep mode was virtually instantaneous. Now it can take up to 30 seconds to reconnect, even when my systems do wake up. That's in a trusted network, a trusted zone, and a trusted system. And why does it take so long for the dialog box to pop up after I right-click on the network tray icon? Vista has replaced XP's quick reaction time with molasses. I'm always wondering if something's wrong.

I would think that this guy, easier than most people, would be able to see the obvious:

It's the "protected Content" overhead.

And since that's embedded and woven throughout the entire OS, and that's the reason I will never even attempt to load VISTA onto any of my computers.

[goldstategop]

Linux works fine. However, I decided to buy a Linux compatible wireless card. Its too much of pain to set up Windows drivers with ndiswrapper or madwifi. I want something that works straight out of the box.

[radar101]

My thought is:
This guy does nothing but work with computers and operating systems.

What is going to happen to a semi- computer literate person like me?

My son is a tech. He advised that Vista will not let you download “Add-Ons” (Every now and then, you get a page that says:”To view this, you must download ___”)
UNLESS the download has been licensed by Microsoft.

[ovrtaxt]

I have an XP machine and a Vista machine. I can’t network them, I can’t share a printer, all kinds of little things don’t work with Vista, it sucks.

I’d install XP over it immediately if I could.

[sionnsar]

My experience of Linux was for years similar to yours; it was definitely "expert-friendly" -- though installing it on old and slow machines was not something to make it look good.

Kubuntu 6.10 was very close, for me Kubuntu 7.04 has pulled ahead -- though after a few months with XP at work I am not unhappy with it either. Just a couple of annoyances, and they're probably fixed by a setting somewhere I have not found yet.

[TxCopper]

Windows x64 is running great for me. And since it is based on 2003 server, well...I guess I would say that a “vista” is a nice thing to look at from far away.

[RepublitarianRoger]

I’m running XP, and I see no compelling reason to upgrade to Vista. And I’m a tech geek.

[Artemis Webb]

ok...I’ll be the one to ask the stupid question of why you are spamming (for lack of a better word) on an article about Windows Vista for the pro-life/Catholic Ping list?

[raybbr]

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[RepublitarianRoger]

Must be something about the “defection and loss of faith.” :)

[mhx]

Maybe I’m easily pleased seeing as I upgraded from Windows 98SE.

You would have been even more thrilled with Windows XP, probably.