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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."
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
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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.
Not offtopic. After these phrases about the installation from TFA:
..one of the worst operating system experiences that I've ever encountered
...after four hours of churning away the laptop shut down and wouldn't reboot
It took me days to install a working version...
Asking how the rest went is like asking Mrs. Lincoln how she liked the play.
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*
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
"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)
No, the nastiest (and funniest criticism) was this;
Bitchslap..."I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
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.
No problem. Simply map a network drive to the.....
BWAHAHAHAHA! I've been waiting for a chance to use that line for years. ;)
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