Comments on: The Microsoft Vista Fiasco: Who is Evil Now? http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/ Connecting the dots ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: freddyzdead http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10619 freddyzdead Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:03:31 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10619 Does my heart good to see that Vista-bashing doesn't seem to have died down appreciably after a year. My hope is that Microsoft will cut their losses and flush Vista down the toilet as soon as they can produce something that the public actually wants. Sadly, that probably isn't what will actually happen. M$ has billions invested in it and can afford to stonewall and wait out the screams and yells, until there are no more realistic options left. Of course, it needn't be that way. We can make Vista fail simply by staying away from it in droves. Keep your XP. If your new piece of hard/software requires Vista, look for alternatives. They do exist, but will take some scratching around. To survive, we need to become more tech-savvy, which we should have become earlier, then we wouldn't be in this mess now. So long as we choose the easy way out and let Bill make all the decisions for us, then we will pay the inevitable price: total forfeit of our computer freedom. Yes, it's that serious. -freddy Does my heart good to see that Vista-bashing doesn’t seem to have died down appreciably after a year. My hope is that Microsoft will cut their losses and flush Vista down the toilet as soon as they can produce something that the public actually wants.

Sadly, that probably isn’t what will actually happen. M$ has billions invested in it and can afford to stonewall and wait out the screams and yells, until there are no more realistic options left.

Of course, it needn’t be that way. We can make Vista fail simply by staying away from it in droves. Keep your XP. If your new piece of hard/software requires Vista, look for alternatives. They do exist, but will take some scratching around. To survive, we need to become more tech-savvy, which we should have become earlier, then we wouldn’t be in this mess now.

So long as we choose the easy way out and let Bill make all the decisions for us, then we will pay the inevitable price: total forfeit of our computer freedom. Yes, it’s that serious.

-freddy

]]> By: Rooms in Scotland http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10359 Rooms in Scotland Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:26:41 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10359 The only thing that vista does better than xp is that its quicker when using find! Other than that it runs games slower, loads slower and as mentioned here dosent support loads of periperals (including my lexmark printer!). Long live xp. The only thing that vista does better than xp is that its quicker when using find! Other than that it runs games slower, loads slower and as mentioned here dosent support loads of periperals (including my lexmark printer!). Long live xp.

]]> By: alan p http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10356 alan p Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:38:33 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10356 I hope they prolong XP's lifespan - I just cannot see what Vista brings to the party. I hope they prolong XP’s lifespan – I just cannot see what Vista brings to the party.

]]> By: Eran Kampf http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10353 Eran Kampf Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:44:14 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10353 I have to disagree with the last paragraph. I think that the problem with Microsoft is exactly the fact that they do listen to their customers and let them lead its products to the wrong places. It lowered the hardware requirements in order to apeal to a wider audience who's unwilling to buy a new machine for Vista. It should have been brave enough to say "no" to its customers and do what's right for its product... I have to disagree with the last paragraph.

I think that the problem with Microsoft is exactly the fact that they do listen to their customers and let them lead its products to the wrong places.
It lowered the hardware requirements in order to apeal to a wider audience who’s
unwilling to buy a new machine for Vista.

It should have been brave enough to say “no” to its customers and do what’s right for its product…

]]> By: Voyagerfan5761 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10351 Voyagerfan5761 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:15:54 +0000 http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/03/09/the-microsoft-vista-fiasco-who-is-evil-now/#comment-10351 I know I'm not alone in hating Vista. In fact, the only places I've seen the "newer, better" OS is on consumer laptops whose buyers weren't given a choice between Vista and XP or didn't know enough to make the right choice when presented with it. All the schools whose computers I've seen are still on XP, or even Windows 2000. I know I’m not alone in hating Vista. In fact, the only places I’ve seen the “newer, better” OS is on consumer laptops whose buyers weren’t given a choice between Vista and XP or didn’t know enough to make the right choice when presented with it. All the schools whose computers I’ve seen are still on XP, or even Windows 2000.

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