Ok, there, I said it. I don’t get it – there is not enough of anything to justify upgrading to Vista. In fact, if you just crawled out of a cave bought your first computer, I’m not sure if you should even use Vista on it. The UAC is enough to drive you crazy. I know, it supposedly “protects” end-users from accidently installing spyware, viruses, or whatever, but in reality all it does is nag you to death and the user will just hit OK just to get past the screen. The eye-candy is nice, but what does it bring to enhanced productivity? Nothing that I can see.
I have turned off UAC, and went to the classic Windows theme, and now all I have to do is find the stuff that has been moved around for no apparent reason other than to be different. I suppose that M$ spent millions on making sure that the user interface was better, but I do not see it. Lets not forget that Vista was written and then rewritten even before it was released; WinFS was abandoned; other ground-breaking features were cut, and the time table was pushed forward and forward and forward, and finally I suppose that it was decided to “just get it out” so “we can make more money”. To even see the new features that are an “improvement” over XP means you have to spend more money than what XP costs, effectively creating a price increase for the OS. I most certainly am not against capitalism, but generally I believe that providing more value for the dollar is the way to increase profits, not capitalizing on entrenchment.
Now, Dell and others are seriously considering offering PCs with Linux (its not ready for the masses, but I’m willing to try it), and I’m not so sure that between Vista and Office 2007 that we have all reached a capitulation point whereas its time to seriously consider a change. Besides, we are quickly moving to the Internet Web 2.0 stage where OSs are becoming irrelevant.
Its been a nice run MS, but your days are numbered. I have an Internet tablet coming in tomorrow with Linux. I’ll keep you posted.
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8 Responses to Vista Sucks
teedub
March 8th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Whhhhooooaaaaaaa!
Mr. Reasonable flamed Microsoft.
I don't care
May 19th, 2007 at 10:51 am
WTF??? are u nuts!!! vista is the best OS for Gamers, sorry if u don’t know hoe to usi it… all of the features are great plus the AAC has been designed to protect the OS against unatorized accest to the regestry …. u don’t know what u are talking
Tom
May 19th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
IF, you do not know how to protect your computer properly, and IF you need the features that Vista provides (which are few productive ones), and IF your computer has the resources to run it effectively, and IF you have the patience to learn where everything has been moved around to, and IF you can tolerate the incessant UAC nags, then I agree with you.
To me, it is more like Windows ME 2 – useless and forgettable.
Jay
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:29 am
You couldn’t pay me to use Vista let alone get me to pay to use it. That’s why I returned my copy to microsoft and switched to Mac.
Anonymous
June 21st, 2007 at 1:06 am
Vista sucked before it was ever released. And the entire time MS was making their newest and crappiest OS the free software movement was _continuing_ to leave them in the dust.
Besides the MS DOC format and playing games there is little reason to “use” windows.
Ron
August 12th, 2007 at 12:55 am
I agree, Vista SUCKS!! It is very pretty but if you need to run anything other than Internet Explorer and other very basic software it SUCKS!
It is the most inconsistent operating system I have ever dealt with. I have tried to design an install for a software program for Vista for months now with no luck still. Sure the software will work after you install it and then manually register the activex files, but thats not how an installation is supposed to work. With Vista you run into different problems with different configurations and with different versions of Vista so there is never just one fix. The UAC is a joke, I’m sure thats the first thing most people disable, but even then the fundamental changes they made for UAC purposes is what causes most of Vista’s problems.
Why should the UAC prompt you if it is alright to run something when you click on it with the mouse, it is the operating system, it should know the difference between YOU clicking on something and something that being started by another process.
Tom
December 16th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
I installed a Vista upgrade 2 weeks ago. Had XP. What a mess! I’ve had to reload twice, and it still sucks!!! I mean badly. Now I realize that my Upgrade will expire because I can’t activate it… since it is an Upgrade package and not a clean install package.
I feel like I’m in Vegas. I can’t tell what the hell is going to happen when I boot up or hit a key! Most of the time, I get that spinning circle (of death); wait for 10 minutes, the reboot in hopes it figures out what the hell is going on. Usually, it just gets lost even further.
HEre’s the rub… I’m not an educated or advance user. I use internet and office and grab some spyware to protect myself. That is it, and it doesn’t matter.
I’m thinking about re-loading Windows 2000 then my XP Upgrade and waiting for Vista to die or get fixed. Am I screwed up?
THx
Tom
December 16th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Actually, you could just install the XP upgrade twice; I think that the second install assumes that you are upgrading. Do it! You will not be sorry.