Comments on: Who Loves Windows Vista?

By: Floyd

Floyd — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:56:46 +0000

I made comments earlier about Vista, that once the upgrades have been installed, it works fine.

Linux is not for most people, unless they’re already very familiar with the Unix or BSD commands (grep, awk, ls, and so forth) and are comfortable with them.

The average computer user wants to use their computer without using the command line. Apple went to great lengths to hide the BSD command line from the user for a reason; command lines frighten the non-technical computer user. Microsoft hides the CMD box in its operating systems for the same reason.

By: Wardell

Wardell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:22:32 +0000

I’ve personally never had any problems with vista either, I know there where some backwards comparability issues early own that where mostly resolved, but like the saying goes you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

As far as MS being consumer friendly and having multiple versions of their OS, I think most companies offer premium or enhanced versions of their base product, I dont see this as being a problem. The average person could probably accomplish all the regular computer based task they needed to using a net book but that dosen’t stop them from going out and buying a MAC or some other high priced computer.

Regardless of what they need I think a lot of people end up buying what they want. I seriously doubt people who are cost conscious, people who don’t spend a lot of time using a computer, and people who don’t know the difference between the different versions of an OS are going to spend the extra money on a premium version. Unless when you say afford you mean people to whom a couple hundred dollars is a non factor.

By: shanker.

shanker. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:05:19 +0000

Hey I love Vista, because it ‘give’s us people who know how to do stuff like exploits, and so on a New Chance to try new stuff find knew ways to make the OS, Betta Crack programs for it and so on :)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:38:54 +0000

I think vista and 7, and everthing else should just have 2 versions- Ultimate and Server. Nice and easy right? I also think that an OS should only need 1gb of RAM to run fairly, and 2gb to run at peak speed. To run at max it needs 4-8gb of RAM. What’s your opinion?

Personally, I like Ubuntu and Mac, hate Vista, XP was OK. Haven’t really tried 7 yet. Oh and I think Windows 7 should be called Vista Realoaded. :)

By: Bradleybradwell

Bradleybradwell — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:53:34 +0000

I don’t think it’s possible to have an unbiast opinion of vista anymore. There are just too many people saying it sucked. And no one wants to be the odd one out by saying it was good. By the way, I’ve been using it for over 3 years and have had no problems with it.

By: gary bing

gary bing — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:36:07 +0000

It’s all a travesty. Get over it . Just get real. Deal.

By: gary bing

gary bing — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:31:56 +0000

It’s that not it. “Wendy O williams,” I don’t want to miss quote her that would be a REAL travesty.

By: gary bing

gary bing — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:27:53 +0000

If I can’t shut the shit down, iI’s shit. If it walks like a duck, if it looks like a duck, if it swims like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. So it be Microsoft, whatever it’s “flavor.”I don’t care, nor have much patience. Gee, why am I not surprised? Why should you be? Why the hell should I go through flaming hoops that dogs go trough just to shut the shit off, or turn it on? Not flying on my watch, no matter what the “techies”‘ say. “A pig is a pig , and that’s it.’ Wendy- O Williams ( any one remember her? Way extra “brownie points” for those that do.)..

By: Gibson

Gibson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:10:30 +0000

Windows Vista is a good operating system, i have had 0 problems, and the OS was perfect, why people hated it is beyound me, this is probly because their old XP computer’s sucked. Because u run windows vista on any computer right now
with 2GB’s of ram and a pentium 4+ or any dual core, and it’s not any slower then snow leopard.

By: Donald Nagy

Donald Nagy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:59:20 +0000

- Windows 7 does not boot up in 0.2 sec – so it is the same old stuff.
– With MS Ballmer’s poor path of Vista and now a ‘Lack Luster’ OS in Windows 7 – I see a potential fading of MS into the dust.

Slow responding software – it is so passe.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:48 +0000

I’ve had Vista Home Premium on my new laptop since November 2007. The original problems with Vista were solved before I bought my Vista laptop and were fixed by pushes to my system when I bought it , so I never had to deal with those issues. Vista SP1 and SP2 took care of the rest of the problems. While I don’t have the Windows 7 upgrades, I feel I can wait for those, as my laptop runs well.

By: gary bing

gary bing — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:33:03 +0000

Vista? That would be a no for me. I figured out on my own how to eliminate the side bar and castrate the UAC. But I have yet to get the sleeo mode to work. I still have to shut it completely down, and start all over again–a time consuming process that I want to do without. Any suggestions out there? Leaving it on it just makes HD racket (presumably running things) and the screen goes on and off when it feels like it. My computer is in my bedroom, and I don’t intend to put in the living room and throw it on the couch. I’d rather pick the balcony because that’s an inanimate object, despite some of us geeks feel about our computers.

By: mikeymop

mikeymop — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:15:23 +0000

I love Windows Vista too, your not alone.
I never had a problem with it, it ran quick and flowed just fine. I picked up vista at the SP1 stage. I love the visual styles released for it, and the default theme looks very professional IMO

By: Eric Bleau

Eric Bleau — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:38:51 +0000

I never had a problem with Vista either. It wasn’t spit polished as it should had been. but it wasn’t as terrible as everyone claimed it was to me. It worked and that’s what I needed. I admit Windows 7 is a BIG step up though. I think everyone forgot how bad XP was at launch.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:18:09 +0000

I agree the different versions in Windows Vista is confusing and I also agree that Microsoft should just build one version like Mac OS and make it good.

It is natural that users are seeing more problems with Windows thats because Windows is used by more than 90% of computers out there so lots of people tinkering with it finding problems and issues with it. If Mac OS is the dominant OS I think Apple will be seeing the same problems Microsoft has.

Hackers are more fond of Windows than Mac because not many people will get to experience their work it wouldn’t make much buzz than the leading OS.