Comments on: Personal rant: Why is Vista so bloody useless?

By: Vista SP1 coming this March » Coolest Gadgets

Vista SP1 coming this March » Coolest Gadgets — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:05:26 +0000

[...] know that Al has had his fair share of frustration with Windows Vista (so did Marc at the recent CES event), but I suppose it was just the operating system being pushed out to the [...]

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:25:25 +0000

Try Ubuntu. I’ve met many Vista converts.

By: Julius

Julius — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:27:54 +0000

Without microsoft there would be no Apple. The only reason apple is still around is because without them the Fed, gov would have split microsoft up into two companies. So microsoft gave apple about 150 mil to keep there head above water for all you know they still may hold a large stake in Apple.

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Gadget Gallery at the Start of Day 2 » Coolest Gadgets — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:30:00 +0000

[...] Personal rant: Why is Vista so bloody useless? [...]

By: kevin

kevin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:52:36 +0000

Vista needs you to upgrade your hardware.
It is also needed by all the hardware makers

By: vampirefrost

vampirefrost — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:33:52 +0000

I agree.
Microsoft has forgotten that Windows is an O.S. just a means to an end. Because of this Microsoft cant get Windows on to the One Laptop Per a Child (OLPC). They are even reworking Windows XP just so they can try and get it to work on these systems that Linux has no problem with working on.
Microsoft looks at Mac OS X and sees all the kool stuff thats in it and goes “WOW Windows need that too”. Ummm hello Microsoft, Apple has to put that in their OS because there aren’t as many software houses writing for it. Alot of the new and fancy things that Microsoft put in Vista was avalible through 3rd partys, and ran much better. Microsoft needs to go back and rework the kernel and get rid of all the usless junk. Everyone that I know of has turned off the Areo Glass feature. Not so much that most software it don’t work with anyways, but that it just takes up to much resorces. At one time Bill Gates was quoted as saying that no one will ever need more then 640k of memory. Now you can’t even get Vista to work right unless you have 2Gb or more. I personaly think that the only reason Linux hasn’t really taken over is theres to many diffrent destros. Meaning that if you down load a program for Linux unless if its for the destro that you have its not going to work. They need to get there act together and unify Linux and then I can see it giving Windows a run for its money. Also if Steve Jobs would release OS X for not Apple systems, I know of 20 people that would run out and buy several copies. Steve Jobs is only shooting his self and Apple in the foot by keeping it Apple only. Bill Gates made his billions not by making hardware but software, Apple could and should learn that.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:01:27 +0000

I make a living fixing Microsoft problems. My entire IT department(myself included) uses Macs at home. We hope that the college never makes the switch to Mac or we will all be out of jobs. Microsoft’s flaws and poor products keep us in business.

By: GrimReeper

GrimReeper — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:12:18 +0000

Very well said