Slashdot Mirror
Vista Beta 2 has Major Problems
WebHostingGuy writes "In a review by Gary Krackow from MSNBC who reviewed Vista Beta 2 over the last week he had very disappointing problems. "for me [it] was one of the worst operating system experiences that I've ever encountered." Built-in audio and wireless didn't work on his Levono laptop. It took four days to get the first installation."
"... how did you like the play?"
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
Built-in audio and wireless didn't work on his Levono laptop.
That's because the audio is reserved for spying on the US military (and wireless to transmit the data back to China!)
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
Maybe if he had bought a Lenovo instead of a Levono from that guy on the street in the trenchcoat with shifty eyes, he wouldn't be having problems?
You know, if there's one thing I loathe more than intrusive
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
"I did not try to install the Vista Beta on the computer I'm using to write this. I'll bet you can figure out why."
Because you bombed three installations previously?
So basically when Microsoft says "beta" they mean:
it sorta works. ok, there might be a few bugs. ok, so maybe it can't even install itself or use hardware.
When google says "beta" they mean:
it's more done than most web services that have been around since the early 90s will ever be, but the moniker "Beta" has a nice ring to it. Plus we like how elitist it is to have to be invited to a webmail service.
In other news, the sky is blue, and water is wet.
"for me [it] was one of the worst operating system experiences that I've ever encountered."
Yay! For the first time Linux is more friendly than Windows! *ducks*
Your comment was far too reasonable for Slashdot. In the future please limit your comments to "Linux rules, Windows sucks" and "Duped article".
I agree, the article suggests that Vista is crap because his two older laptops had hardware problems and that Lenovo hasn't released Vista-ready drivers yet. Sounds pretty weak to me.
But get a load of the feature list for Beta 2!!!
-New version of Solitare
-Better looking Start menu (wow)
-Better startup sound and alert chime
-Search box on every Explorer window hogging screen realestate
There was probably a conflict with the Chinese spying hardware built into the laptop.
This is hardly M$'s fault. There is a known problem with the drivers for the latest Chinese spy chips. For some reason they causes a conflict with the NSA ones.
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can leave until the day after.
"for me [it] was one of the worst operating system experiences that I've ever encountered."
Which means you are a young pup. Coherrent on a 286? How about OS/2 on a Tandy 1000? DSM on an 11/44? Windows 1 (with the coolest font management that only took a week to get stuff working)? You do remember when the line printer would get stuck on the feeder and it would wear a line of text right through the paper, don't you?
Man, back in my day
"Alpha" - we made changes to XP codebase, now doggone Vista won't compile "Beta" - we finally got it to compile, let's ship 'er out and test the waters "Final" - it's mostly feature-complete, ready for quality testing by paying customers "Service Pack 1" - final release candidate (boy did we fool them!), now let's think about security "Service Pack 2" - done thinking, done testing, the final project woohoo! (Ballmer pats chair on back)
Have you never setup any version of Windows??
Every new version is more user friendly, more reliable and you have more fun using it. It's a pleasure just to watch it boot, in half the time on a 3-times more powerfull machine.
That should be enough reason for anyone...
No, the nastiest (and funniest criticism) was this;
Bitchslap..."I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Beta depends on who you talk to and the "concept" no longer means what it used to mean.
That's because Gamma is the new Beta.
Me? I'm hanging on for Vista Omega.
Please don't rub it in.
I've been using this computer without a video card or monitor for a solid year now and I'm a little sensitive about it.
-New version of Solitare
SOLD!
What?
Microsoft should have copied Flickr and just gone straight to Gamma, then we wouldn't have these issues.
If Jesus wants me it knows where to find me.
You obviously never tried to install it from 23 floppies.
meh.
No problem. Simply map a network drive to the.....
BWAHAHAHAHA! I've been waiting for a chance to use that line for years. ;)
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
Heh, I love those little install messages. "The new My Music folder makes organising your music collection more fun"...um, how? "I'm rearranging folders, wheeeeee!"
Thank god it's only half an hour of those and you don't have to see them again...
By summer it was all gone...now shesmovedon. --
Oh... you poor thing, you have to download a driver. Beats downloading the entire operating system.
to become GNU/Linux machines.
See, Microsoft isn't really evil after all!
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
Vista is still in BETA you retards! Of course it's going to have problems!
SHOCK! Beta software can have bugs in it!