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Microsoft Admits Vista Has "High Impact Issues"
EggsAndSausage writes "Microsoft has granted, in a roundabout way, that Vista has 'high impact issues.' It has put out an email call for technical users to participate in testing Service Pack 1, due out later this year, which will address 'regressions from Windows Vista and Windows XP, security, deployment blockers and other high impact issues.' It's hard to know whether to be reassured that Service Pack 1 is coming in the second half of 2007, and thus that there is a timeframe for considering deployment of Vista within businesses, or to be alarmed that Microsoft is unleashing an OS on the world with 'high impact issues' still remaining." In other news, one blogger believes that Vista is the first Microsoft OS since Windows 3.1 to have regressed in usability from its predecessor (he kindly forgives and dismisses Windows ME). And there's a battle raging over the top 10 reasons to get Vista or not to get Vista.
"ui built for the era of video and photography"
...... or someone somewhere will just hack dx10 to work with xp and that will be all.
... no choice but to stupefy in the wake of my 10 reasons to get vista
JUST WHAT the hell does that mean ?!?!?!
"Image-based install"
god, WHAT is this ? im gonna make a critique, but i am speechless. WHAT is image based install ? and why is it good for us ? Were the installations of xp domino-based ? god, i cant establish relevancy - WHAT is that ?
"Up-to-date driver base and better driver handling on installation"
a driver base that will get old in the next 4 months with the coming of new graphics cards and mobos into the market. is that it ? so, it means that xp users were being left to fend for themselves until now ? and vista users will be so after they buy vista ?
"Desktop search and search folders built in"
what is a search folder ?
" Sleep mode that actually works. "
it already works under xp if you have an o.k. quality mobo ?!!
"Rock-solid laptop encryption"
anyone who is able to use encryption is already doing it for NO cost with free programs ?
"Better file navigation"
ehehehee. i read this, understood what the bloke is meaning there, and smiled. so just more shortcuts to display on left hand side eh ? great feature.
"Inbuilt undelete"
s/he who was afraid of deleting something by mistake was already using the recycling bin. SO ?
"9. DirectX10 OK, this isn't so much a benefit as your hand being forced: DirectX 10 will never be made for XP"
you just got that one right there, bloke, and this summarizes why there are no other features that microsoft needs to BULLY people into vista with the direct x 10 shit. they didnt need to put out a new directx version for a long time now, and just with the coming of vista suddenly a need for a new directx appears.
ill tell you what - we wont be playing games that force us to directx 10. im a gamer, not a moron. world of warcraft, age of conan are not forcing dx10 either, so, microsoft will have to shove it up their
"10. Face it, you have no choice"
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buying this M$ crap. Why is there even a discussion? When are we going to learn that these guys have been hosing the worlds computer users for over 20 years - its time to Stop. Pen and Paper has a clear advantage over Windows. Bloody hell, my CAT could write better software. Probably. Use Linux, use OSX, use anything you can, but STOP with this Vista M$ crappy fuc*wit rubbish.