__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 03 May 2007 00:25 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, AZ Nomad
> <aznomad.2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 02 May 2007 22:36:14 GMT
> <slrnf3i4iu.jj8.aznomad.2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Just had my first experience with windows vista. An HP laptop with a dual
>> core 2.0 ghz processor and 512 M of ram.
>
> Second mistake: not enough RAM. 1 GB is recommended.
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/capable.mspx
>
> (The first mistake was assuming Vista would be useful in
> any config. :-) )
>
>> First things first: get rid
>> of norton internet security; with that installed, the system was totally
>> unuseable. Understandable as NIS needs 512M on an XP system.
>
> That certainly won't help. :-)
>
>>
>> With NIS removed and the taskbar only having AVG antivirus, and minor
>> doodads like the touchpoint device, the system is still nearly unuseable.
>> Hit control/alt/delete and it takes nearly a full minute (I shit you not)
>> to
>> make the task manager available. Trying to get to display settings on the
>> desktop can take 20-40 seconds. Nothing responds quickly. Meanwhile, the
>> task manager never came up and I have the iconized version of it sitting
>> in the task bar totally unresponsive.
>>
>> First impressions: vista in 512M of ram is very much like XP in 32M of
>> ram. The dual core with 4ghz of processor is very much like XP on a cyrix
>> 300.
>>
>> If this was my personal laptop, I'd next try it with two gig of ram and
>> then get that steaming pile of garbage removed.
>>
>> Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves. This makes windows ME look
>> good.
>
> Your criticism is relatively mild compared to Kadaitcha's: ;-)
>
> http://kadaitcha.cx/vista/dogsbreakfast/index.html
>
> Say what one will about K's postings, here he's performing
> a public service, by going into detail (and it had to be
> painful) as to various aspects of the OS/environment.
>
> Unclear as to how many of these have been fixed by now.
According to a Microsoft exec, Vista is "quality out the gate", so /what/
fixes? To be honest, I have not used Vista, but I have seen videos and
screenshots. Many bugs are being highlighted and some of them are serious.
You would not want to let your bread and butter (data) have this O/S
responsible, esp. having read the EULA. According to some reviews, people
even lose data. What on earth...?
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