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."

Comments

Audio problems on thinkpad?

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

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!)

Levono

[kevin_conaway]

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?

Re:Levono

[Fhqwhgadss]

I don't know about you, but I'm anxiosly awaiting the review of his shiny new Goochy watch.

Re:Levono

[porkThreeWays]

Pfft. I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see it. And look, there's Magnetbox and Sorny.

Re:Levono

[Yewbert]

I was thinking maybe he should try the install on an Anus laptop, as a worst-case scenario:

http://www.anuslaptops.com/

Though I hear actually ordering one can be rather difficult:

http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/showthread.php? t=109&page=39&pp=25

Grr

[Anonymous Coward]

You know, if there's one thing I loathe more than intrusive

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Beta != Beta

[Se7enLC]

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.

Re:"But aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln..."

[i_should_be_working]

Not offtopic. After these phrases about the installation from TFA:

..one of the worst operating system experiences that I've ever encountered

It took me days to install a working version...

...after four hours of churning away the laptop shut down and wouldn't reboot

Asking how the rest went is like asking Mrs. Lincoln how she liked the play.

Beta version of software has problems...

[techstar25]

In other news, the sky is blue, and water is wet.

YAY!

[Spy der Mann]

"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*

Re:Article Summary

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Hardware issue

[drafalski]

Built-in audio and wireless didn't work on his Levono laptop

There was probably a conflict with the Chinese spying hardware built into the laptop.

Awww, look at the youngster

[Spackler]

"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

Microsoft Lingo

[Hootenanny]

"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)

Re:Article Summary

[ozmanjusri]

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.

No, the nastiest (and funniest criticism) was this;

Beta 2 is a good looking operating system with a number of new features, which will be familiar to you if you've played with recent versions of Apple's OS X.

Bitchslap...

Re:Maybe Not So Fair?

[bitkari]

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.

Re:Article Summary

[Asphalt]

I guess finding and installing drivers is beyond you people.

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.

The problem is "beta"

[thatguywhoiam]

Microsoft should have copied Flickr and just gone straight to Gamma, then we wouldn't have these issues.

Re:Article Summary

[ozric99]

'Course, that's pointless if the target machine didn't ship with a floppy drive. Err....

No problem. Simply map a network drive to the.....

Windows just not "there" yet

[HangingChad]

I need an operating system that just works out of the box, so until Windows is more reliable I'm stuck with Linux.

BWAHAHAHAHA! I've been waiting for a chance to use that line for years. ;)