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Windows Vista RC1 Impresses Critics

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the critics-aren't-always-critical dept.

bradley fellows writes "Early feedback from testers already using Windows Vista RC1 (Release Candidate 1) report that the OS is more stable than expected, which bodes well for Microsoft's plan to have Vista out according to its current schedule." Mind you, "expected" is relative given how many users regard their frequent crashes as normal operation for a PC.

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  1. In other news... by WED+Fan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...Slashdotters still like to criticize betas.

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    Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong fix.
  2. Re:pithy comment necessary? by slashbart · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You generate a new install CD every month. Poor you. Shows exactly the kind of reliability people expect from Windows, even you, an experienced user.

    I've been a Mac user and developer for 15 years, and I only backup my data, and maybe once (I can't remember when actually) backed up my Applications. I don't think I've ever reinstalled a Mac because I had problems with it, not since System 7. When I buy a new one, I typically just copy the applications to the new machine, and ocassionally have to type in a serial number, that's it. No registry, no trouble.

    Your attitude is actually what drives people that are comfortable in multiple operating systems nuts. The assumption that Operating Systems should be treated with silk gloves because otherwise they get ill is what's wrong with you people. No you don't hear me say that XP crashes a lot. I doesn't, at least not on the computers I use. It's just that its whole handling of Applications and Application preferences sucks unbelievably. One of the other posters mentioned the old ini files. Those were heaven compared to the disaster that's called the Registry.

    Do you have any idea how Application Preferences work on a Mac. Let me tell you; Each application tries to find its preferences file in the 'Preferences' folder. If it is not found it will create a sensible default file. The file is nowadays xml, but that's really up to the application. Want to copy an application: just copy the application to another computer, and optionally copy the preferences file. Some applications store shared libraries in the apropriate directory, but fortunately not many; shared libraries are discouraged by Apple, that rightly says that applications should be selfcontained.


    You Windows people should try to look outside your own world, and see if there might be something better. Often there is.

    Bye