Vista is a piece of shit

SwampGas · 06-27-2007, 02:20 AM

Microsoft really screwed up. Vista is garbage. Utter garbage. Useless. It makes xp look like they actually had everything right.

The drivers don't work worth a damn. The wireless connection keeps dropping out.

Every single time you attempt to do something, it asks permission. And it doesn't pop up a box. It STOPS THE FREAKING SYSTEM, dims the windows, and brings up a warning.

The configuration is awful. Terrible. Detestable. Things which are very apparent in xp are hidden or buried 5 options deep.

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Drako_Dragon · 06-27-2007, 02:26 AM

> Vista is a miserable failure

Come on man, don't sugar coat it. How do you really feel about it. <img src=smilies/magbiggrin.gif>
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icenine0 · 06-27-2007, 02:37 AM

I've read some recommendations to wait for the first service pack (for Vista or any other OS), and that's what I'm doing before I look at it.

SivakDrac · 06-27-2007, 03:29 AM

> Vista is a miserable failure

Maybe someone will alter the Google search for those final two words. <img src=smilies/laff.gif>

And yes, I don't like nor intend to get any version of Vista. Go XP. If the next Windows after Vista is any good, then maybe that'll be the way.
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juef · 06-27-2007, 04:25 AM

> It makes xp look like they actually had everything right.

> Every single time you attempt to do something, it asks
> permission. And it doesn't pop up a box. It STOPS THE
> FREAKING SYSTEM, dims the windows, and brings up a DOZEN warnings.

Ladies and gentlement, with a slight modification, I present you: the truest statements of the universe. Seriously, I had a first look at Vista today, and it made me cry. Bloatedness and idiot-proofness at their best. I wish Windows 95 was back...

Kinda off topic, but apparently some people are trying to make http://www.reactos.org/en/index.htmlsomething right</a>.

Lillymon · 06-27-2007, 04:44 AM

> Microsoft really screwed up. Vista is garbage. Utter
> garbage. Useless. It makes xp look like they actually had
> everything right.

I actually feel rather smug right now, given that I switched to Linux http://www.zophar.net/wwwthreads/sho...sb=5&o=0&part=over a year ago</a> and have spent large amounts of time since then completely eliminating my dependency on Windows. All because I had seen that Vista was going to be shit.
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IceWolf20 · 06-27-2007, 04:57 AM

> Microsoft really screwed up. Vista is garbage. Utter
> garbage. Useless. It makes xp look like they actually had
> everything right.

Eh, give it time...XP was garbage until SP1. I was on the XP Beta and detested it. I stuck with 98 even though I had the FCGK version of XP 2 months before it was comercially available. I didn't officially switch until about 6 months later.

> The drivers don't work worth a damn. The wireless
> connection keeps dropping out.

Driver support does suck ass...but that will improve as more vendors take the time to create better/working drivers.

> Every single time you attempt to do something, it asks
> permission. And it doesn't pop up a box. It STOPS THE
> FREAKING SYSTEM, dims the windows, and brings up a warning.

Turn off the User Account Control. It is mad lame, but its their latest attempt at idiot/spyware/malware proofing windows.
...its in the user and account settings in the control panel btw.

> The configuration is awful. Terrible. Detestable. Things
> which are very apparent in xp are hidden or buried 5 options
> deep.

Again, obfuscation to prevent meddling by those who don't know what they're doing to prevent them from huring themselves.

> Vista is a miserable failure

Eh, I still prefer XP over Vista...but I just need to use it more. Probably as I use it on a daily basis I'll get to like it and get annoyed at XP for its lack of user features.

...pretty much like the way I perfer Opera over Firefox now.

So, give it time...take it out to dinner, romance it a little bit. It may be "the fat chick" to you right now, but get to know her a bit better and maybe she'll do something for you in return. Not officially endorsing yet, but giving it a shot.
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JCE3000GT · 06-27-2007, 02:14 PM

XP MCE 2005 FTW!

Seriously, I agree with every single word in your post. Vista is junk. Now that XP has some sort of stability I refuse to downgrade or upgrade.

SwampGas · 06-27-2007, 02:52 PM

> Vista is a miserable failure

At home it keeps disconnecting from the network at random times. At work, it doesn't connect at all. It causes an IP conflict which takes a random machine on the network down...then it goes into this cycle where it connects/disconnects every few seconds. EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING has come to me saying "sam...my computer is giving me some IP conflict."

<code>C:\Users\Sam> ipconfig /renew
The requested operation requires elevation.</code>

Well, you've managed to elevate my blood pressure and my hatred towards a software company which ALMOST had their shit together with XP.

This is the worst piece of software ever released. I should sue microsoft and set a precedent. HEY KIDS! Want to bring a company to its knees? Connect a vista laptop! <img src=smilies/banghead.gif>
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JCE3000GT · 06-27-2007, 05:43 PM

> At home it keeps disconnecting from the network at random
> times. At work, it doesn't connect at all. It causes an IP
> conflict which takes a random machine on the network
> down...then it goes into this cycle where it
> connects/disconnects every few seconds. EVERYONE IN THE
> BUILDING has come to me saying "sam...my computer is giving me some IP conflict."

Any known cause for this? Is this some kind of new nannying bullshit?

> C:\Users\Sam> ipconfig /renew
> The requested operation requires elevation.

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What the fuck is elevation?

> Well, you've managed to elevate my blood pressure and my
> hatred towards a software company which ALMOST had their
> shit together with XP.

Agreed. I can run a copy of XP for longer than one year before needing to reinstall--that wasn't possible 4 years ago.

> This is the worst piece of software ever released. I should
> sue microsoft and set a precedent. HEY KIDS! Want to bring
> a company to its knees? Connect a vista laptop!

We should also sue Microsoft over the XBOX360 hardware being complete and uttery rubbish as well. It seems that 30% of them are defective in some form or fashion. Does Microsoft really thing they're invulnerable or what?