Comments on: The Windows Vista Monster Review

By: Ford Prefect

Ford Prefect — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:06:09 +0000

You seem not to know your language very well, otherwise you could tell some common differences between British English and American English, one of them says “color”, the other one “colour”…

Anyway, do you also have something valuable to tell?

By: Fabs

Fabs — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:21:56 +0000

Wtf are you idiots bagging vista for? It uses less cpu power thanks to the new gui which can be turned off, but why the hell would you? Most *nix OS’s have around 30 accounts, why are people saying it has 1000? Vista has around 20 itself. People who are unwilling to test it but will bag it out by comparing it to something stupid that doesn’t exist anyway are moronic.

Hilarious quote from comment #1: the colors should not make eyes to ake

He evidently can’t spell “colour”; and he doesn’t realise the colours are easily changeable - something you notice when you test the OS.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:41:00 +0000

quote [comment-6163 by Viseo]

Can you say run-on sentence?

By: Jarron

Jarron — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:48:50 +0000

I have to agree Jacob, those are the same weak points I experienced in Windows Vista myself.

But I think the rest is good though, no?

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:21:47 +0000

I just installed Vista for an old lady across the street from me, got her computer set up, and installed a printer and some other hardware. This was the first time I’ve touched Vista. I have to say…it’s slow, bloated, doesn’t seem to add much new from XP, and the hardware support absolutely sucks. That’s right, I spent way more time than I needed to over there struggling to get the damn printer installed. It should have been easy. It is on XP. I won’t even go into the problems I had with installing the wireless card or the terrible network center interface.

I hated it.

By: Computer Guru

Computer Guru — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:59:32 +0000

Robig, you see the problem, don’t you?

Since the world uses MS, you have to too. At least if you want to make a living.
If you plan on working for a desktop software developer, 99 times out of a 100, you’re going to be required to work on Windows, because that’s what your audience is.

The reason MS and Windows are still on the top is because they won the game quickly and from the very beginning. For every OS X application you can find, there are 2000 Windows programs.

In computing, where it’s all about standards, the one that can take over fastest wins.

By: robgig1088

robgig1088 — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:31:02 +0000

Linux is alot easier to use than you may think. I would let my grandma use the latest distros (and thats saying ALOT). Still not perfect (a command prompt is useful to get things done quickly and efficiently. This may be intimidating to some.) Vista, when you get down to it, is still windows. It uses alot of the same code as XP but with more “features” tacked on top. This new code is untested and, I am sure, full of back doors. The only reason MS is still in business is because of a few slip-ups by other companies (most notably Apple for losing that case way back when and IBM for not buying MS) OSX is very easy to use and I would say its the perfect blend of simplicity, power, security and stability. I have used all three products extensively (though currently use linux because i love programming). If MS produces a good product, I will shut up but until then, seriously, they need to get on the ball and innovate a little.

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By: VistaFan

VistaFan — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:32:10 +0000

SamIAm

You cannot download Vista Beta from MS anymore

You may use torrents though.

If you don’t know what torrents are use this link: http://www.click-now.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1773

By: VistaFan

VistaFan — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:27:57 +0000

Every other operating system, than Windows Vista is crap!

I like it as clear and simple as Vista is!

Oh and 99% of software is only Windows capable, so why should i use some linux/unix/apple/mac anyways???

By: SamIAm

SamIAm — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:21:37 +0000

I received two keys from Microsoft but found when I clicked on the download link that the program was closed. I hope that is not an indication of how Microsoft runs thier business. Or may be it is. I would love to comment about RC 1 but all I have are two useless keys! Any ideas how I could obtain a copy of RC 1 would be great.

By: Macfool

Macfool — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:19:51 +0000

I’m a long-time mac user, I have to say that I love OSX, but have been waiting for MSoft to produce something that looks a little more 21st century. I know, I know. you tech-heads don’t really care about ‘funky’. I have no clue what ’stacking’ might be, and I don’t much care - all I’d want is an OS that works. Out the box. Easy to learn. Simple to maintain (not damn registry editing, I’d want a automtic cleaner built in to Vista).

OSX has had some issues, but I’d guess that ALL OSs do. Although I love Apple, there’s no way that they should kid themselves that they are ever going to be more that a bit player - even if the new macs can run OSX, XP, Linux, and Vista (with some tossing abaht) on one machine. It doesn’t matter. MSoft have 95% of the market, and good luck to them. There was always going to be a sucessor to XP, and it was always going to look a little more special, as that is what the market demands.

I hope MSoft have great success with Vista, and that Apple’s Leopard doews great for them too, and that Unix/Linux continue to be the techies wet dream in every way. The thing is there are as many OSs on the market as we wnat there to be, and progress in any OS benefits users of other OSs.

Anyhoo, I’ve finished a bottle of wine whilst starting this, and have quite forgotten my original point. That’s a good point to sign off.

By: IT Man

IT Man — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:12:29 +0000

Lots of interesting (and un-interesting comments above). Current Window users will eventually be forced along the Vista route, so accept it.

I am more concerned about the minimum system specification required to run Vista. Although claimed to be 800mhz processor, that is pure and utter nonsense. It’s about time Microsoft gave some realistic guidelines without forcing people to upgrade.

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