Goblin wrote:
Megabyte wrote:
Goblin wrote:
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Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Windows 7 RTM contains a rather nasty chkdsk bug
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| Windows 7 RTM, which will be distributed to MSDN/TechNet and
technical
| beta testers tomorrow, contains a nasty memory leak when the chkdsk
| command is initiated.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAAA!!!!
You coudn't make this stuff up!
RTM? Surely it is RFD - Released For Distribution as it contains a lot
of GPL'd software that has been code washed?
The stuff that is non-GPL is included and are all the things that
fail like
chkdsk.
| Some are calling the bug a "show stopper", whilst others (Randall
| Kennedy) claim it could derail the Windows 7 launch. It's worth
noting
| that Kennedy claimed in November 2008 that Microsoft had delayed the
| Windows 7 beta to early 2009, even though company officials always
| stated this was the case. In other words, take his words with a
pinch of
| salt.
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http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/08/05
windows-7-rtm-contains-a-rather-nasty-chkdsk-bug
Having read about the bug, does it matter if Microsoft are able to
fix it without intteruption to the release?
I think the real damage is that IMO you have many users made
suspicious by Vista and with news like this (even if it turns out to
be minor/non existant) is the last thing Microsoft need to convince
the world "it is better this time"
I think if Windows 7 releases with similar news to Vista then it will
be the final nail in the coffin for the platform.
Maybe Microsoft should buy a few top spec PC's fully test them with
Vista 7 and then conduct another Mojave.....yep that will work....it
did with Vista..?!?!? that really convinced the public they had it
all wrong.
I am not sure how this bug was detected....chkdsk gorging on large
amounts of ram? Sounds like Windows is working as it should....;) I
am surprised anyone noticed.
One thing we can be thankful for, if this type of bug is going to be
par for the course for Windows 7 users, expect the price of ram to
come down to meet the demand....thats got to be good news for every
user.
Of course a Linux Distro never gets released with a bug, does it?
Yep, if Linux is released with another bug it will be doomed just like
Windows. Funny thing is this Windows 7 bug was discovered over three
months before the public retail release, think it might be fixed with
the first update long before it hits retail shelves?
This grasping at straws seems pretty desperate.
Never said it doesn't and I hope your ignorance of me being flippant is
merely some clever posting technique of yours.
Of course there have been bugs released, difference being though, you
are not having to dig deep into your wallet to find out with a Linux
distro.
Just being flippant right back! ;-)
Referring to this bug as a show stopper, indicating it could derail the
Windows 7 launch, referring to Windows 7 as Vista 7 and thinking that
the typical user (Mom, Dad, Grandma, etc) will ever run chkdsk let alone
with the switch in question before their system is updated (when you
have the option to install updates at the time of installing Windows 7)
is FUD and no different than the same stuff which the Trolls spread in
attempting to convince others that Linux is crap. Advocates and
Non-Advocates alike need to stop the FUD on both sides.
Vista suffered from it's poor system performance in part due to the fact
that Intel, MS and OEMs allowed it to be sold on hardware that was not
up to the task and by MS producing an OS that required such steep
hardware requirements. However, Vista has improved as SPs were released
and holds a higher market share on the desktop than OS X and Linux combined.
Also, considering the Windows 7 Beta and RC were\are public and the RC
will work until March 2010, one can try Windows 7 without digging in to
your wallet to find out. Those that have tested it that don't have a
hate on for MS will tell you that performance in Windows 7 is as good as
that in XP and that Windows 7 will run on XP ready hardware.
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