Comments people made on NEW WINDOWA VISTA

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Vista quite simply asks too much of the average consumer. Instead of delivering a stable, bug free and secure operating system which is really all people want, they put out all the bells and whistles that 90% of the machines out there cannot even use to full advantage for want of upgrades. Sorry microsoft, not even close and certainly no cigar.



Comment by E.Naylor — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 7:03 am



Lets face it: Microsoft has the monopoly, but they make a lukewarm product at best. Diehard Microsoft fans aside, the general public is a little tired of version after version of annoying, finicky software, which has components renamed just to make it sound “new”.



Comment by Toby — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 7:26 am



I will but a new PC next week. An HP with Vista.



Comment by Toran Korshnah — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 11:11 am



Too much money for too little advance. If MS cut the price in half there might be a rush to buy and MS would still make money. And above that, many people will have to spend money to even make it work on their current machines. When I build a Core 2 unit I’ll think about installing OEM Vista.



Comment by Ed Lada — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 11:52 am



I was once a die hard windows fan/promoter and spent most of my career in software recommending windows to my clients. Now, I am fed up with the instability and cartloads of patches it has to offer. For regular users, I would only recommend a Mac and for servers go for Linux. I currently have several windows computers at home including an XP Media Center hooked on to my LCD TV but I still will not upgrade to Vista and instead go for a Mac when it provides Tivo like TV recording feature (a month ago, I spent 3 days trying to recover my machine and data and data after my HP media center crashed PC crashed).



Comment by Y K — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 11:56 am



No thanks to Vista. I’d have to update my $247.00 graphics and add HOW much Ram? I’ll wait for a system that works w/ MY system.



Comment by Jack Hackman — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 12:00 pm



While the new Vista did not receive the fan fair that was hoped by retailers, it does offer the beginner a suite of tool and toys to make some of the daily activities more fun and easier to use. While mot systems do require an upgrade with Vista, every major release of Windows has. THe upgrades for this release are less than most. I have been running the Beta version and just reloaded the full version on a laptop and it works fine.



Comment by Warren — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 12:01 pm



MMM a new microsoft OS.

sounds a good time to get around to change to linux which I have been putting off for a while now



Comment by Edward Dowty — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 12:03 pm



I was passing one of their stores in a Cleveland suburb and decided to stop in to check it out. Can you spell “deserted?” I might be interestd if I could at least get a new XPx64 install to get running. I sure don’t need more bugs. And it doesn’t have to be “pretty.” It just has to work.



Comment by mr.ed — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 12:10 pm



Ran the upgrade tool and it reported no warnings.

Install of Vista Ultimate as a migration from XP Home was smooth on a Dell Dimension 3100 desktop w/1GB RAM (only reported warning was for MS iPoint 6.1 compatibility!!). It took about 4.5 hours.

On-board graphics has the lowest performance result (1.0); RAM next lowest (2.0).

Also, free disk space keeps varying between 69-85 GB, with no downloads going on.

Finally, it seems to have the same svchost problems it had before since after several hours running, web performance tanks (download @ 0.4K/sec vs normal 80-130K/sec on cable).

So far, I’ll be generous and say I am indifferent (why did I do this, again?).



Comment by WalterP — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 12:31 pm



Windows Vista should be called Windows Blind since thats how 90% of the PC’s machines in the regular homes will turn if they don’t get an upgrade of memory, video card and others. Shame on you Mr. Billionaire, all those billions “spent” to obtain a defective product is an assault to our pockets and the customers patience and intelligence. Copying from Mac should be done properly. Its about time that you learn something from them Bill and do it right.



Comment by Angel M. Santiago — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 12:48 pm



The “required” hardware for Vista makes upgrading a non-starter for me. There are so many boxes out there that do basically what their owners want, but can’t handle Vista, that I don’t see a mad rush to upgrade just to stay on the bleeding edge. Besides, anybody who has used MS in the past knows you can never rely on their first releases. I would wait for 2 update cycles before even considering going with Vista. Win2k still rocks for me (if you must have MS).



Comment by Guy Lauten — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 12:59 pm



I have 504 of ram and it used all of that not good for gamers.AND it lock up my conputer a lot ?????????



Comment by JERRY — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 1:07 pm



I wish I could stick with XP but I know once Direct X 10 games start coming out I’ll be getting Vista



Comment by Dan — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 1:25 pm



The price and the uncertainly of usage with current equipment will drive off many…. As with other versions I generally bought and upgraded all units. But now with one unit running this and another for that I personally am not willing to put out the pocket change per unit. I will wait till I feel an need for a new box and then consider.



Comment by Houston — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 1:50 pm



for want of a nail the shoe has been LOST!



Comment by jack — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 2:05 pm



Oh, I almost forgot. I want a new pc too. I think I’ll buy a Mac.



Comment by jack — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 2:07 pm



Max OS X 10.1 had all of these features and can be run on 133Mhz IMAC. There is no reason for Home users to buy the Basic edition. The other upgrades are overpriced. I already have Windows Media Center XP on my Emachine. I will wait until I purchase a new computer in a few years. I was a BETA tester. Vista sucks!! Don’t waste your money.



Comment by Tony Cesnik — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 2:07 pm



Here I come! Hasta la Vista Billy Gates!



Comment by vic perez — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 2:07 pm



I will buy a notebook tomorrow not because of Vista - it is an offer of Aldi with its Medion PCs, unfortunately(or fortunately) Vista is the OS. Well, I will whimper or have fun after I get my fingers on the new Windows!



Comment by Dennis Barcelona — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 2:14 pm



Do they make a version in Korean for my wife?



Comment by Hal R. Hosfeld — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 2:39 pm



I purchased Vista today just to try it out. Im kind of let down, I had to add more ram, my 256mb was not enough to run this had to run back to staples and pick up another stick of ram to meet the minimim requirement of 512mb and watch out it requires you to have a DVD player installed on you’re pc because the install disk is a DVD not a CD. If your video card is not up to par you will not be able to use all of the fetures. As I found out my 128 ATI Radeon was not enough so some of the fetures are not useable. All in all I believe if you want to use Vists I suggest just to buy a new PC with it installed on it already. It requires to many component upgrades. My pc is a pentium 2.8 ghz with 512mb of ram and an ATI 128 video card and I guess this is slow for “Vista” standards. I would suggest before jumping off the deep end and getting Windows Vista try a version of Linux like Linspire. It costs a lot less and does a lot more and I might say looks better than the new Microsoft Vista…. Dont wast your time doing an upgrade stick with XP….I wish I did…



Comment by Mark Grano — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 2:43 pm



If Windows 98 had been stable, I’d still be using that. I still have a P3 Compaq that runs 98 quickly and fast. I’ve had 2 computers with XP on them. I’m still using one of those as well. XP is stable, and fast. Maybe when it’s time for a new computer I’ll give Vista a shot.



Comment by Douglas — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 3:01 pm



sounds like there is a few bugs to work out before i spend my money.



Comment by Lorelei Pertan — Tuesday January 30th, 2007 @ 3:19 pm



lets wait for Vista service pack 1 to upgrade, i bet gates’s ass that Vista is Full of bugs, security issues, all the stuff that MS brings with new software.



remember, Vista will be finished at SP2, and as soon as u get that upgrade, MS will Announce their new buggy OS.



altought, there’s no option for normal user