Maverick wrote:
> Andrea wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> __/ [ Andrea ] on Friday 23 March 2007 22:54 \__
>>>
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Survey says most desktops not Vista-ready
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Vendor finds 80 percent of machines did not meet at least one of
>>>>> | Microsoft's four criteria
>>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> Well, some certified machines are not ready in fact. Today I had to
>>>> install driver (WHQL) for integrated audio chip on such "certified"
>>>> one.
>>>> Quick download, setup, reboot, BSOD, reboot, BSOD, reboot, BSOD,
>>>> reboot... safe mode, uninstallation, system up and running, but
>>>> completely mute...
>>>
>>> Yes, that's what I have read. Some machines have the Vista 'promise',
>>> but
>>> when it comes to practical things (beyond the sticker), it appears to go
>>> nowhere and burn away people's weekend (or week).
>>>
>>> Some of them (hard to gauge what proportion) end up going back to XP
>>> (and say
>>> to friends "yeah, I've tried Vista, but [my next O/S won't be
>>> Windows|I'll
>>> try it again when SPs are out]"), trying Linux, or buying a Mac.
>>
>>
>> Well, I'm also considering complete removal of Vista. My system is
>> rather unstable (for example: choose exit in Total Commander and it will
>> cause an error). Suspend mode works only if BIOS is set to ACPI S1. Set
>> it to S3, try to turn on suspend and see a hangup. Sometimes vista
>> cannot even shut down - i don't know why.
>
> Sounds like my old Win98 box.
Indeed, there is a similarity (especially this hangup during shutdown),
but at least under Win98 applications usually worked as expected.
>
>> But most complete failure is a sound system. No hardware mixing, no 3D
>> audio (EAX/HRTF). Yesterdey I discovered another major drawback: no
>> hardware midi support for my card. I know, most chips today does not
>> have hardware midi by design, relying completely on crappy built-in
>> DirectMusic software. But Audigy has built-in hardware synthesizer, and
>> under XP quality of music is MUCH better than provided by DirectMusic
>> (especially when I've loaded 20MB GM sound font bank instead of 4MB
>> provided by Creative). In Vista I do not have a choice. MS decided (or
>> maybe Creative, I don't know) that I do not need hardware midi
>> anymore.Another Audigy/Vista issue: no mic boost - so, voice
>> communication is a pain in the ass... To be honest: linux is no better
>> when I speak about hardware midi (TiMidity is no alternative), but at
>> least MicBoost works...
>> Last but not least: typically I use Thunderbird for mail and news, but
>> I've decided to test Windows Mail. God, what a crap! I wonder why WM
>> redraws own windows with speed comparable to some basic-interpreted
>> programs 20 years ago... WM is completely useless, it is even worse than
>> Outlook Express and I didn't expected that it is even possible.
>>
>> So much for my opinion...
>>
>
> Sounds like they really did write a new operating system from scratch.
Did you even seen on Discovery Channel Scrapheap Challenge (sometimes
called also Junkyard Wars)? I wonder if Vista is a by-product of one of
challenges... At the moment seems likely.
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Seagate Barracuda ST380021A 80GB, Western Digital Caviar WD2000JS 200GB
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