maximumpc.com — We sat down with Microsoft to hear the company?s side of the Vista story. What lessons have been learned following the worst Windows launch in the company?s history? Is Microsoft doing enough to regain PC users? faith?
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ry4nsm1thSep 11, 2008
Run it in classic mode if you don't want your computer to run hotter. And my battery life in Vista is the same as it was in XP so I'm not quite sure what you are doing wrong.
darkshroudSep 11, 2008
Considering how long MS supports their operating systems you're getting a good deal. As opposed to Apple who charges for service pack updates.
wolferzSep 12, 2008
true... but, unlike ram in 1995, they aren't new computer expensive... and i think that by itself makes my point for me.for clarification im talking about 1995 prices on ram and modern prices on computers.
kibbledbitsSep 12, 2008
They could start with making an intuitive interface. I've not found anything as intuitive as the dock on OS X, neither on Linux (out of the box) or Windows.
perlproSep 12, 2008
Sorry skewer, but not every software engineer enjoys farting around with a corrupted OS. 20 years ago I enjoyed tinkering with broken stuff; now I have a real job and real work to do, and would rather not be bothered that my son's gaming box is stuck in an infinite reboot cycle.As for ethnicman's link, I too have followed dozens of threads that google returns if you search for "crcdisk.sys crash", etc, unfortunately that seems to have been a similar symptom of many different problems. This particular thread is from people who get stuck trying to upgrade XP to Vista. I found other threads identical to mine, but nobody yet has published a fix that works for me.And what the hell is wrong with asking Digg about a tech problem, even if its just grasping for a long-shot? Maybe I should head on over to expertsexchange.com... Or maybe I could try to ask a Microsoft question on Slashdot? Yeah, that'll go over well.
arensquaredSep 13, 2008
I don't like using vista at all.. Its too complicated compared to XP
sevenaliveSep 14, 2008
@ Jakem1There are some programs and situations that need to have global settings, instead of per-user settings.Its also nice to keep settings with the program, for portability reasons. Since my programs use xml based settings files and it does not use the registry, it retains a portable element to it. To call these programs, or my own poorly written shows your lack of knowledge in programming.
johnnysoftwareSep 15, 2008
Well, I think the elephant in the room that everyone is ignoring is that hardware companies make hardware - Microsoft makes software, so they should write the device drivers. If they can get OEMs to write high quality device drivers by programming them correctly, fine. If Microsoft can't do that, then they need to program those drivers themselves.When was the last time you heard someone complain that their OS X drivers for some device did not work right on their Mac. The only thing that gave me serious problems were HP printer drivers. I don't buy HP printers anymore. No more problems.Microsoft needs to change their approach. The 1990s OEM approach has broken down. Exit fail mode.
johnnysoftwareSep 15, 2008
What brand of printer is giving you problems on Vista?