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Vista an Uneasy Sleeper

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-like-most-3-year-olds dept.

Emmy King writes "
One thing we just can't wrap our mind about is the terrible, broken, and completely pitiful support for waking Vista up from a Deep Sleep or hibernation.
Anytime you attempt to wake Vista up from Hibernation or "Deep Sleep" (S3-induced sleep mode), it dies. It's either a BSOD, or a driver error, or a broken network, no DWM, lack of sound... the list goes on, and on. So much for an operating system to "power" the future! (No pun intended!) That's with properly-signed drivers and no buggy software on multiple PCs..."

8 of 395 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Linux by WilliamSChips · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux: It doesn't suck.

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  2. And with 9 shut down options to boot... by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So which of those 9 shut-down options can we eliminate now? Probably all but the one that goes "shut the hell off"?

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    1. Re:And with 9 shut down options to boot... by Frumious+Wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

      They have to keep it, as it's an important usability option. Now your computer can act like you first thing in the morning. HAL, here we come!

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  3. "no buggy software" by woodhouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like to know where this completely bug free software comes from. The last completely bug-free software I saw was Hello World.

  4. Re:Linux by WindozeSux · · Score: 4, Funny

    How hard can it be?
    When Ballmer is throwing chairs all over the office, it is pretty hard to program ACPI stuff. :-)

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  5. Uneasy lies the head... by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose
    To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude,
    And in the calmest and most stillest night,
    With all appliances and means to boot,
    Deny it to a king? Then happy low, lie down!
    Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.


    -Henry IV. Part II.
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  6. Re:Press SHIFT to se all commands! by Fred_A · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can also press Alt, Super and Meta to see even more options such as doze, slumber, nap, snooze, relax, take a rest, nod off, or crash. I'm not sure what they do though.

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  7. Re:Why are you even putting it in sleep mode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sleep is for girls, n00bs, and douchebags. The rest of us leave 'em up on all the time. And fuck laptops. If you need to write code on holiday then you're not a real developer. Real developers don't *go* on holiday.