physorg.com— The head of Taiwan-based personal computer maker Acer, Gianfranco Lanci, hit out at Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, saying that the "entire industry" was disappointed by it.
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Try installing the s**te-load of junk most of us geeks like to have installed on our PCs and see where you get with the BDODs ;)Perhaps we need a new spec term for Operating Systems "Geek proof"? - IMHO XP was far more Geek Proof than Vista!Not sure where people are "going right" with Vista but given my work time experiences where colleagues marvel at anyone running more than one app at once (yep, even supposed IT "technicians") I can take it that guys running it reliably aren't pushing the envelope the way many of us push the envelope with XP (20+ simultaneous apps).
Not if you disable UAC ;)I guess then the users will explode from lack of exercise just like Mr Creosote from Monty PythonBTW how many calories is it possible to burn from continuous activity of the fingers? Anyone done any research?
You gotta be kidding me? Acer complaining about the Vista Operating System? My first laptop was an Acer and I will never by one again, nor recommend anyone buy one. I don't know about their high end systems, but I bought a mid-range laptop from Acer and it started falling apart one month later. After my freaking DVD drive started acting up I decided to look up on the Acer web site to see if there was some kind of BIOS update that would fix some of the problems I was having. (This was about 8 months after I bought the damn thing) Sure enough, as soon as I downloaded and installed the update my system was toast. Acer then told me that they uploaded the wrong file on the website and they were working on the correct BIOS version for my type of system, HOWEVER, since they explicitly stated the company would not be responsible for any bad BIOS updates, I would have to send my laptop in for repairs and pay the 600 Bucks for a new motherboard....The NERVE. ACER SUCKS !!!!!!
Since when should an OS drive PC sales? THIS IS NOT Microsoft's responsibility, to inspire the hardware industry to innovate. The biggest reason why people are not buying PC's anymore is that their 3 - 5 year old system is still very functional today. We have long since reached a point where the performance we get out of hardware still ensures adequate and even exceptional performance years later, unlike in the 90's where people felt the need and urge to upgrade their system every year, or even less. Even PC games are functional and playable with 4 year old technology. Also, where are the freaking innovations from the PC hardware industry that will make me want to buy a new PC? I mean, solid state hard drives, laptops that are under 1 pound, thin, and last up to 12 hours on a battery? Sexy new designs. When was the last time a new generation of CPU's actually doubled performance, instead of measuring improvements in single digit percentage points. Looking at Acer's CURRENT lineup of computers and they are the same boring hum-drum run of the mill computers I have seen for the last 5 years. Microsoft should set the trends, but the problem is that if Microsoft said "No floppy drive support in Windows Vista", Digg would be full of anti-Microsoft bashing (whereas Apple removing floppy drives was hailed as innovative and welcomed at the time). Microsoft can't even remove legacy hardware support because companies like Acer don't want to remove legacy hardware (like a serial or parallel ports). The bottom line is, the ENTIRE PC industry sat on their asses hoping that when Vista came out they would ride the wave and rack up high sales and profits, instead Vista just exposes how lousy PC hardware really is, and people are tired of buying lousy PC hardware. Companies like Acer, Dell, HP, Gateway, etc, etc, etc need to make me want to buy their computers, Microsoft isn't the reason I want to buy a computer, it never has been, and never will be.
snowball69Jul 24, 2007
Try installing the s**te-load of junk most of us geeks like to have installed on our PCs and see where you get with the BDODs ;)Perhaps we need a new spec term for Operating Systems "Geek proof"? - IMHO XP was far more Geek Proof than Vista!Not sure where people are "going right" with Vista but given my work time experiences where colleagues marvel at anyone running more than one app at once (yep, even supposed IT "technicians") I can take it that guys running it reliably aren't pushing the envelope the way many of us push the envelope with XP (20+ simultaneous apps).
snowball69Jul 24, 2007
Having both purchased and recommended ACER and seen them perform reliably (esp. entry-level desktop PCs) I'd beg to differ!
snowball69Jul 24, 2007
Not if you disable UAC ;)I guess then the users will explode from lack of exercise just like Mr Creosote from Monty PythonBTW how many calories is it possible to burn from continuous activity of the fingers? Anyone done any research?
geneticlemonJul 24, 2007
Uh ...<a class="user" href="http://antoniocangiano.com/2007/07/10/the-ugly-truth-about-best-buy-refunds">http://antoniocangiano.com/2007/07/10/the-ugly-truth-about-best-buy-refunds</a>
marx2kJul 25, 2007
Doesn't take me 4 hours to open up nvidia-settings, select a resolution and hit Apply.
jlgreen19Jul 25, 2007
You gotta be kidding me? Acer complaining about the Vista Operating System? My first laptop was an Acer and I will never by one again, nor recommend anyone buy one. I don't know about their high end systems, but I bought a mid-range laptop from Acer and it started falling apart one month later. After my freaking DVD drive started acting up I decided to look up on the Acer web site to see if there was some kind of BIOS update that would fix some of the problems I was having. (This was about 8 months after I bought the damn thing) Sure enough, as soon as I downloaded and installed the update my system was toast. Acer then told me that they uploaded the wrong file on the website and they were working on the correct BIOS version for my type of system, HOWEVER, since they explicitly stated the company would not be responsible for any bad BIOS updates, I would have to send my laptop in for repairs and pay the 600 Bucks for a new motherboard....The NERVE. ACER SUCKS !!!!!!
topher06Jul 25, 2007
Since when should an OS drive PC sales? THIS IS NOT Microsoft's responsibility, to inspire the hardware industry to innovate. The biggest reason why people are not buying PC's anymore is that their 3 - 5 year old system is still very functional today. We have long since reached a point where the performance we get out of hardware still ensures adequate and even exceptional performance years later, unlike in the 90's where people felt the need and urge to upgrade their system every year, or even less. Even PC games are functional and playable with 4 year old technology. Also, where are the freaking innovations from the PC hardware industry that will make me want to buy a new PC? I mean, solid state hard drives, laptops that are under 1 pound, thin, and last up to 12 hours on a battery? Sexy new designs. When was the last time a new generation of CPU's actually doubled performance, instead of measuring improvements in single digit percentage points. Looking at Acer's CURRENT lineup of computers and they are the same boring hum-drum run of the mill computers I have seen for the last 5 years. Microsoft should set the trends, but the problem is that if Microsoft said "No floppy drive support in Windows Vista", Digg would be full of anti-Microsoft bashing (whereas Apple removing floppy drives was hailed as innovative and welcomed at the time). Microsoft can't even remove legacy hardware support because companies like Acer don't want to remove legacy hardware (like a serial or parallel ports). The bottom line is, the ENTIRE PC industry sat on their asses hoping that when Vista came out they would ride the wave and rack up high sales and profits, instead Vista just exposes how lousy PC hardware really is, and people are tired of buying lousy PC hardware. Companies like Acer, Dell, HP, Gateway, etc, etc, etc need to make me want to buy their computers, Microsoft isn't the reason I want to buy a computer, it never has been, and never will be.