Vista - What a joke…
March 22nd, 2007
Well it looks like I will never ever be installing Windows Vista as their stupid software won’t even let me check to see if my machine is compatible. Not that I wanted to in the first place, you could say I was curious to see if my machine was capable of running it. I just had a chat with the guy in my local computer shop and he said that he had been dealing with a laptop that a customer brougt in because it was running slow… Vista! He checked the compability to find it had a score of 2 (whatever that means) and I figured I would give it a go just for fun…
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… I am not even allowed to install the checker because I do not have office 2007 which is a pre-requisit to installing it! Tough news M$, I will never install that software because it costs so much, I use Open Office because it is free and of a very high quality, why should I fork out for something just to check and see if my computer will run any of your shonky operation systems.
To think I bought XP just in case I wanted to upgrade! I personally will be going back to Ubuntu once I have the conference out of the way as I am fed up with Windows, it is crap! There is nothing that makes me want to use that operating system other than commercial requirements to run Photoshop, not really much reason to stay with it, I have bought Parallels so I can run Windows 2000 and XP in a virtual environment, my only gripe is the lack of full 3d support at the moment that Mac users get.
Right, rant over… I just wanted to share my amusing encounter with what I see as a doomed operating system, some really cool things are happening in the Linux stable so I know where I am headed, which side of the fence will you be on?
Oh… and Mac users, that question was not for you 
cole Author Comment
March 22nd, 2007
ah, but can you play eve on linux?
Alan White Author Comment
March 22nd, 2007
I am bloody well gonna find out
Mike Duguid Author Comment
March 30th, 2007
At the exhibition I was talking about on the phone , last weekend, we had to do a last minute purchase of a laptop as we needed an extra one for demostrating stuff. We got a cheapo 500 bucks one..with vista.
Would vista connect to the wifi at the secc? Nope..all sorts of problems, complete waste of time. Also, it’s incredibly irritating the way it pops up little messages asking if you want to do this..allow that..jesus &%*&^*&^ let me DO STUFF AAARGH!!
I remember though feeling the exact same way when xp came out.
I don’t doubt in a years time it’ll be everywhere and the accepted office norm, but for now I’ll let others beta test it.
lea Author Comment
July 23rd, 2007
vista is severely crap I can’t run my Adobe CS2 on it and they’re not bringing out a patch cos adobe and microsoft are fighting… so i tried to put CS3 on somehow the drivers for our video card disappeared so had to strip the hard drive and re-load vista again and had to go out and purchase XP to run cs2… wot the fck
you’d think vista would bring out their service pack quick smart with all the insults it’s getting on the net… i hope everyone goes to mac… oh and by the way bought OEM vista and XP for - fck them if they think i’m payin full retail they’re lucky i didn’t get an illegal copy cos that’s all vista is worth - try before you buy is my advice…. and quick smart i heard u can’t get xp as of 2008.
thshadow Author Comment
November 18th, 2007
I have had a new acer laptop less than two months with Windows Vista Home premium and what a bloody fucking joke crashes daily and adding new stuff is a fucking joke and my web cam requires I wipe my hard drive weekly and reinstal the system,getting a hold of acer to get a downgrade to xp is a bigger joke….
Stephen Sinclair Author Comment
October 2nd, 2008
WHAT A FLIPPIN FRUSTRATING FLIPPIN JOKE, READY TO SM ASH THIS HARDDRIVE AND GO TO A MAC