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Vista Beta 2 has Major Problems

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-does-every-version-of-windows dept.

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."

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  1. OS X...? by metaomni · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The article reminds me a lot of this video of OS X overlaid on a Gates presentation of Vista.

    I'm no Apple fanboi, but it does seem like Vista isn't really innovating anything that OS X hasn't had since at least 10.4, if not earlier. Feel free to disagree.

  2. Beta was released yesterday... by Utopia · · Score: 4, Interesting

    .. and the new Vista drivers went live on Windows Update yeterday.
    I am not suprised it took him time until the drivers were available.

  3. Re:Article Summary by Asphalt · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Am I the only one who's sitting here and wondering, "What was this guy thinking?!" Laptops have so much custom hardware these days that it's a Bad Idea(TM) to attempt an OS installation from anything but restore CDs.

    Well, a year or so ago, laptop sales surpassed desktop sales.

    So if you had to test an OS on a machine, statistically you would go with a laptop in 2006.

    The hardware isn't terribly specialized anymore.

    If Vista doesn't run on laptops, then Microsoft will be cut out more than 50% of all new computer sales.

  4. Re:Security To Sector 7G! by zrk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, I believe it's the other way around. Vista will force people to buy only hardware that's certified to run with Vista and reject everything else, thus forcing all non-certified hardware to become unsupportable and therefore obsolete. MS wants to shed all the "crap" they've supported in previous releases, and model their future OSs and supported hardware like Apple does.

    Naturally, hardware certification will be available, but at a hefty price.