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- dantidote, on 02/01/2008, -11/+368Why is George Bush holding up that sign?
- ani625, on 02/01/2008, -30/+282They know what the users want.
- christopheles, on 02/01/2008, -10/+241Can't be Bush. That guy has an exit strategy.
- Emused, on 02/01/2008, -17/+176I see an IPO in their future.
- DiggLive, on 02/01/2008, -12/+161At a computer shop here in town, it used to say "XP Still Available"
- inactive, on 02/01/2008, -55/+183Vista has been great on my Dell Inspiron 1420 with the 1.66 core 2 duo and 2 gigs of RAM. I love it. My only problem was that my 11 year old scanner was not supported, but I have an older computer which will let me use it until I finally pop for a scanner upgrade.
- Dongvid, on 02/01/2008, -25/+122Bury him! Quick! Before you've had a chance to experience Vista for yourselves!
- Zeldafreak104, on 02/01/2008, -23/+105I have vista on my PC, its really not THAT bad...
- coheedcollapse, on 02/01/2008, -69/+148The only people having problem with Vista either have old computers or don't really know how to work with their OS. I've had very little or no problems with Vista since installing and the only things that I can complain about concerning the system are the stupid piracy protection things (I bought the damn thing, why do I have to deal with this ever?) and a problem with my 4 year old printer (not Vista's fault, rather, Lexmark stopped supporting their old printers). Truthfully, Vista has been far more stable for me than XP ever was.
- Akraz, on 02/01/2008, -12/+78I work at TigerDirect and I experience customer complaints about Vista 10 times a day. I use windows vista to take advantage of DX10 and I have run into NO problems or compatibility issues what-so-ever.
- inactive, on 02/01/2008, -33/+84what is wrong with vista? i have had no problems with it and it works fine....why does everybody hate it?
- Shigglyboo, on 02/01/2008, -34/+83I don't wanna go to Vista. So Windows needs to either kick some serious ass (don't see that happening) or Linux needs to step it up and get in with hardware/software manufacturers. Right now I see two choices for my next machine: Linux or Mac. Vista is not an option.
- lcollado, on 02/01/2008, -12/+59Shouldn't their sign say "asta la vista vista"?
- se1zure, on 02/01/2008, -11/+56I think the main reason people hate vista is because they are using it the way they are getting it.
I recently got an HP laptop with vista, which came with a 120GB hard drive. Upon opening it, only 80GB was left... a full 40GB OF TRIALWARE. Some random antivirus opened the instant my desktop loaded, almost a gig of my 2 gigs of ram was being used, there were like 30 extra processes, random HP support and hp tips and ***** running. It was practically threatening to murder me if I didn't act now and deposit my entire life savings and soul devoting myself to purchase a vonage account. Startup took like 4-5 minutes, and after logging in loading the desktop spyware, virus scan, crapware orgy took longer than the hundred years war.
After installing a ripped RTM version of vista and using the serial that came with the laptop, needless to say it was running just as fast as I had i had imagined it would with XP.
It's not vista that is turning away consumers, it's laptop manufacturers! - inactive, on 02/01/2008, -27/+72Cool more vista bashing........ -_-
I'm not saying it's a bad thing... but it's the same stuff every week................ - Nekiruhs, on 02/01/2008, -9/+53We don't need DX10. We've been doing Hardware acceleration for years with OpenGL.
- drouk1556, on 02/01/2008, -16/+57You know, it's really not as bad as most people claim. The CS2/3 suite works pretty well.
- Tenoq, on 02/01/2008, -4/+43Our local computer shop has sold a grand-total of ONE copy of Vista since launch. Plenty of XP boxes still rolling out the doors though.
- mogebier, on 02/01/2008, -5/+42I never update my OS unless I get a new computer. So when I get a new one, Vista will probably be on it, but by then it will probably be fixed.
XP was annoying for the first 6 months it was out too, but people forget about that. - chapium, on 02/01/2008, -8/+43I used to be one of the unbelievers, but after using Vista on my new dell the past few weeks I continue to be impressed. There are a few things that I liked better on XP, but overall, Vista has stolen my heart.
Its great on a new PC. As windows upgrades has always been since win95 - win98 --- do not upgrade to vista. Start fresh. - kinghajj, on 02/01/2008, -8/+40Uh, how could Mac OS/Linux users run a DX10 game? It's proprietary. If a game company used OpenGL, they could easily port to OS X and/or Linux. Just look at what iD Software does.
Maybe in a few years the Wine guys will get a decent-working DX10 implementation.
And you're right that Vista runs better on newer hardware. So does XP. But Vista works SO HORRIBLY on older hardware that it's unusable. M$ *****-up. Most people don't want to upgrade. I'm running a Pentium D--not even Core--and I'm fine with it. Of course, I'm running Linux. - Thex1138, on 02/01/2008, -1/+31When I ask for indexing to be turned OFF that doesn't mean to keep it running in background !
- cheungroys, on 02/01/2008, -21/+49eh... Vista is not that hard to use. yes i know i'll get buried, but idc. unless you're a total idiot, you WILL understand how to use a Vista powered pc within a day. heck, i installed vista on my Grandpa's PC and he knows how to use it fully in five hours, with previous knowledge of XP. stuff in control panel, settings, transparency, etc. and with 5 computers running Vista, i had not had one BSOD or Vista Crash on me. so wtf is with people saying Vista sucks and Macs rule? Vista has less bugs and viruses then Macs the first year it came out. and digg, sorry but i'm using adblock plus now, no more ads for me. now go ahead. bury me
- Zera, on 02/01/2008, -8/+36All the complaints being made about Vista, were the EXACT same complaints made about XP. Too bloated, too gaudy, too many bugs, software incompatibility, etc. It will go away... Somehow noone remembers the XP problems with IRQ's prior to SP1. The IRQ problems with XP were FAR worse than any claim being made about Vista today.... No contest.
- andregriffin, on 02/01/2008, -13/+41I really agree. I've been running Vista for a year now, and I've had no problems. I use several pro-audio synth and production programs including pro tools. Also CS3 works just fine.
However, a vanilla install of vista did choke on 1GB of ram, which is a pretty crazy minimum requirement. Just fine on 2.5GB though. - pyro789x, on 02/01/2008, -5/+32Your comment is very telling. I don't know about you, but I don't shell out thousands of dollars on a top of the line computer just so my computer can handle running an operating system. If XP starts becoming an issue and the only place to go turns out to be vista, I'm going to give linux a shot.
- Magnus150, on 02/01/2008, -0/+21No one expects... the SPANISH GRAMMAR INQUISITION
- burnin8r28, on 02/01/2008, -19/+40 I'm using vista rite now...go ahead bury me!
- Mikesnav, on 02/01/2008, -5/+26Expensive graphics cards? I've seen Aero (Glass?) run just fine with integrated graphics.
- chapium, on 02/01/2008, -11/+32Searching for a file and getting it instantly instead of 10 minutes later is a great feature of Vista.
- djbon2112, on 02/01/2008, -1/+21"Maybe in a few years the Wine guys will get a decent-working DX10 implementation."
I don't want that. I'd rather see more game companies ditch DX (at least exclusively) and go to OpenGL like iD and Epic. With the next OpenGL release (3.0 I believe?), it'll be on par with DX10 in terms of image quality, all it takes is more game companies to use it instead of the proprietary Windows *****. - bsmang, on 02/01/2008, -1/+21I guess they ran out of W's for their sign..
- renegadeafk, on 02/01/2008, -11/+31Their own incompetence.
- inactive, on 02/01/2008, -14/+31I'm sorry but you are flat out wrong or don't actually use your computer. Read MANY of my previous posts when it comes to operating systems etc. and you'll see that I am no Linux or Mac shill. I've tried, I really have tried to like Vista, to use it on a daily basis, to tout it's benefits, I really really have. I've been a network and systems admin for over 15 years now (young by some of your standards) and I can tell you that Vista is a mess. Try it in a mixed Active directory domain with a couple GPO's thrown in the mix. Develop for it. Develop on it. Write security policies for it in a mixed domain. COPY A FILE OVER A WAN with it. I've yet to find a decent driver for the 13 different lab hardware/software packages we run (microscopes, coulter counters, x-ray, ftir, etc.) With "windows 7" on the horizon already, I think most sane people should pass on Vista and hope for the best. Give me one good thing about Vista that you can't do on XP? One. Now tell me why my company should spend the money to upgrade? It's just not worth the hassle. It offers nothing to the end user but confusion. It offers nothing to the admins and IT staff but headaches. We've already worked all the bugs out of XP. We'll wait for its actual successor to come alone.
- BlackCow, on 02/01/2008, -6/+23Yes but it hasn't been in Windows. Also OS X is lacking one huge feature that makes it impossible to use, its impossible to install on a PC. So stfu fanboy.
- xSledgewick, on 02/01/2008, -9/+26Yeah, this is crap. Most users who say the crap about Vista don't even have it installed on their machine and when actually showed the OS they say, "Oh... not so bad... I expected far worse." I know this because I worked at Dell Direct for a while, the biggest complaint was Vista. On the flip side, the biggest way to battle that complaint was, "Have you used it?"
- BlackCow, on 02/01/2008, -5/+21Ive been using Vista for a while now and I love it. I haven't had any problems, its a very stable OS, runs all my development programs and games just fine. So I was wondering whats going on... until I use my moms newly bought HP computer... holy crap! No wonder people hate Vista, these hardware developers put the absolute bare minimum specs they can get away with and call it Vista ready, its ridiculous!
- wellyuk, on 02/01/2008, -0/+16Me.
- HonoredMule, on 02/01/2008, -0/+15It costs nothing to keep the one you've got. Waste not, want not.
Incidentally, it also costs nothing to improve the capabilities of said owned machine with an upgrade to an OS who's primary purpose is usefulness rather than someone else's profit. Win-win. - conkers209, on 02/01/2008, -4/+19I must be the only person to have benefited from upgrading to vista because I had so many problems with xp with locking up, glitches and I have vista on the same machine and had no problems, it even runs faster. Please don't ask me how that is possible.
- someidiotinnj, on 02/01/2008, -1/+16"Hasta la vista Vista"?
- mattcoady, on 02/01/2008, -3/+17He's gotta do something. He'll be out of work in a few months time.
- brettotte1, on 02/01/2008, -10/+24who has trouble adjusting to the "interface"??? it's the SAME! same start button, um, the only real difference is the layout of the control panel and making sure you turn off UAC. then it's just eye candy i have turned off. IT'S THE SAME, just not as compatible.
if you can't figure out the interface you don't deserve to use it nor XP - Verdanic, on 02/01/2008, -1/+15Overshot their user IQ? How so? It's not just the tech community that is partial (heavily) to XP right now, it's average consumers too. This story is some proof of that. Every person I've spoken to, minus maybe two or three, has been totally baffled and annoyed by Vista up until this point in their experience. Note that I'm not even mentioning my opinion - it may be evident, but those I've spoken to don't base their opinions on mine.
I'm talking, first of all, about Vista as it is now - we do not have SP1 and it's not 2013. Also, if anybody is still trying to argue that Vista is well received, really.. where the hell have you been? You may like it, but really, look around. - brettmurf, on 02/01/2008, -0/+14Pretty sure he said in his original statement that given the opportunity to, he would upgrade his computer.
So bashing him about his computer being old is just kind of an ***** thing to do. Also, your pricing on a good system is kind of off. Most people when upgrading need harddrives, and monitors, which it looks like you aren't factoring in. Perhaps you're neglecting a video card that is any better than a 7600? Either way, I hope you sure as hell don't build systems for a living. - inactive, on 02/01/2008, -6/+19Taxes your system....
Incompatibilities...
Stuttering in games...
But you like it ??? - TeacherOfHeroes, on 02/01/2008, -2/+15While I am perfectly willing to accept that some people have crazy-awesome experiences with Vista, the fact that there appears to be a market for the service of removing Vista would seem to indicate that not everyone has that pleasant an experience.
On this topic, I can't understand two things; why people who hate vista can't accept that others like it, and why those who like it can't understand that others don't. - treyd, on 02/01/2008, -0/+13Me.
- TheG2, on 02/01/2008, -1/+14So is my 233mhz desktop running as a file server, what's you're point?
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