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entwisi · 12-09-2007, 20:04

Heh, I do find it amusing. Vista IS rubbish, even Microsoft are admitting that 'not all users will find it suits their needs'

I have a friend who is a heavy Microsoft developer. Even he after trying to defend Vista for the first 6 months has admitted that he finds so many problems with it when doing even mundane things that he hasn't booted it for over a month. In even his opinion its not fit for general consumption yet. Don't get me wrong they will get there in teh end its just not ready YET....

I've just come back from holiday, Can I get my USB Freeview stick to work under Vista? Nope, not a chance. Come back (No Internet access at the camp site) and within 30 mins its up and running under Linux WITH NO SUPPORT FROM THE MANUFACTURER!!!

I'm actually preparing to revert my Windows install to XP as I'm sick of Vista not working. Another example, would it play teh original Thomas teh Tank engine DVD we took with us? Nope, "Windows has detected that copy protection does not allow playback of this DVD on devices with TV out!!!"

12-09-2007, 20:04	#28
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: pc salesmans white lies Heh, I do find it amusing. Vista IS rubbish, even Microsoft are admitting that 'not all users will find it suits their needs' I have a friend who is a heavy Microsoft developer. Even he after trying to defend Vista for the first 6 months has admitted that he finds so many problems with it when doing even mundane things that he hasn't booted it for over a month. In even his opinion its not fit for general consumption yet. Don't get me wrong they will get there in teh end its just not ready YET.... I've just come back from holiday, Can I get my USB Freeview stick to work under Vista? Nope, not a chance. Come back (No Internet access at the camp site) and within 30 mins its up and running under Linux WITH NO SUPPORT FROM THE MANUFACTURER!!! I'm actually preparing to revert my Windows install to XP as I'm sick of Vista not working. Another example, would it play teh original Thomas teh Tank engine DVD we took with us? Nope, "Windows has detected that copy protection does not allow playback of this DVD on devices with TV out!!!" __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?