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Is Windows Vista Ready? 'No. God, no.'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the swelling-with-confidence dept.

torrensmith writes "Paul Thurrott answers the question that some IT folks are asking: 'Is Windows Vista Ready?' His answer is not only no, but 'No. God, no. Today's Windows Vista builds are a study in frustration, and trust me, I use the darn thing day in and day out, and I've seen what happens when you subject yourself to it wholeheartedly. I think I've mentioned the phrase "I could hear the screams" on the SuperSite before.' He also addresses the more important question, 'When Will Microsoft figure out what's important?' and to Paul, like most IT pros, its not about when the next OS will be released, it is about having the OS work."

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  1. Strange... by squidsuk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't experience any of these problems with Kubuntu.

  2. Re:If even Thurrott is saying this... by noidentity · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Bottom line is that nobody in the whole world can say with any certainty when Vista will actually be released."

    Prepeare to be amazed!

    Vista will be released at the same time as Duke Nukem Forever. Unfortunately, our sun will have run well before then and the universe's time counter will have run out of bits.

  3. Re:Agreed. My two cents... by Curate · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are you a frigging idiot, or a troll? If you really work at Microsoft, you're making us look bad. (Yes, I work at Microsoft too.) Don't run command.com. Ever. Run cmd.exe instead. Then your arrow keys, F3, tab, etc. will suddenly start working, and so will cd "Program Files". You can also just say cd Program Files. We have not declared RC1 yet. The newer builds says RC1, yes, but then the older builds for the past couple of months all said Beta 2. There's only one official Beta 2, and there will be only one official RC1. We aren't there yet.