extremetech.com — "...I need to make a confession. I like Vista. I use it daily with the full knowledge that it's a pre-service pack 1. That necessarily means it will have glitches, bugs, and annoyances. I'm willing to put up with all those headaches, but there were several things I was really looking forward to that are simply missing in action or broken.
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jazzclutchkickSep 19, 2007
I also tried vista. Loved it but the only thing that bothers me is the frames in my games. They bombed and the Alt Tabbing takes forever. Overall it looks amazing but runs like a piece of s**t
bearinyourfaceSep 19, 2007
Like the SALESMAN TO AVOID BECAUSE HE'S AN IDIOT, the "ExtremeHype" author is one of many hacks in the paycheck-from-Windows-coverage media ("PC Magazine," "Maximum PC," etc.) who use nonsense marketing terms such as "robust" to hype the latest garbage out of Microsoft.This waste-of-time article is all about how the has-to-have-the-latest-crap nerd author "can't wait" for his next serving of broken Vista, while he reminisces about broken XP, the insecure Win2K-with-DRM waste of money. He looks forward to "improved" stability. "Stable" is like "pregnant," a TRUE or FALSE. The same goes for "secure."He is just one of many "journalists" whose thinking isn't critical and objective. By holding back knockout punches, many of these shills maintain their ability to get at Microsoft (Intel, AMD, Apple, etc.) insiders. How many of "PC Magazine" editor Jim Louderback's articles have you endured where the self-promoting, Seacrest-sincere, perv lookalike says a PC is "powered by Intel"?Intel is not a utility, and these snake-oil accomplices should be selling used cars.
cquinndSep 19, 2007
Itanium. NT was also designed on the MIPs processors, and ported to Digitals Alpha.
dmkemickSep 23, 2007
I've definitely experienced faster boot times. There are a few features that I love (media center, the new search) and some things that are annoying (the UAC, even when it's turned off, Vista sucks more resources). I still use XP a lot and there's nothing that I completely miss from Vista...that I can think of right now anyways.
superdelenNov 27, 2007
Uh, duh.