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.

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And now, it's Super High Impact!

[Anonymous Coward]

Oww, my knee!

it's a euphemism.

[User 956]

Microsoft has granted, in a roundabout way, that Vista has 'high impact issues.

I'm sure they're using the phrase "High impact" in much the same way as the NTSB.

Re:it's a euphemism.

[Michael Woodhams]

Actually NTSB tend to use phrases like "controlled flight into terrain".

"Inbuilt undelete"

[EvanED]

8. Inbuilt undelete
Or, depending on how you look at it, inbuilt rolling backup. Every time you make a change to a file or delete it, Windows keeps the previous version. As a result, the "oh !@#$ I just overwrote my entire PhD with Document1" feeling can be quickly assuaged. Read more...

But the read more link is broken. Maybe they need to restore it with undelete.

This sounds exciting... I've always wanted a filesystem that would act like CVS with each save. I don't know if this is doing quite that, but it's intriguing at least. (I think there's a Linux filesystem called Elephant that does something like this, but I haven't looked into it much.

(The other thing that I wonder why other file systems haven't adopted is NTFS's alternate streams. They seem like they could be really useful for some stuff...)

Re:"Inbuilt undelete"

[phoenix.bam!]

ext has aimed for stability and predictability as well as backwards and forwards compatibility. And Reiser seems to have murdered his wife and probably won't have much time to write any new code.

Re:"Inbuilt undelete"

[Penguinshit]

And Reiser seems to have murdered his wife and probably won't have much time to write any new code.

He'll have plenty of time; he'll just have to use a crayon...

One Site. Three slashdot links.

[mindstormpt]

That's just cruel.

not a llort

[anagama]

Before you mod me troll, RTFA #5. Then mod me troll.

I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with Vista file transfer performance? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a Vista box for about 20 minutes now while it attempts to copy a 17 Meg file from one folder on the hard drive to another folder. 20 minutes. At home, on my Color iBook G3, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this Vista compatible heavy duty hardware, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

In addition, during this file transfer, Explorer will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even Notepad is straining to keep up as I type this.

I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on my Vista beast, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a Vista machine that has run faster than my old C64, despite the latest dual core goodness and a $400 video card in this Vista box. My TRS-80 color computer with 16 KB (that's "kilo", not "mega") of ram runs faster than this core 2 duo machine at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the Vista is a superior OS.

Vista addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use Vista over other faster, cheaper, more stable systems.

Re:not a llort

[robogun]

Are you running an AV program, some seem to take their sweet, sweet time sniffing every file that crosses its path.

I should add in my experience, XP is slower than 2000 in transerring files, particularly from flash cards & such. So it wouldn't surprise me if this turns out to be an OS issue.

Re:not a llort

[melikamp]

I know nothing about Vista, but sounds like DMA might be disabled.

Re:not a llort

[nick_davison]

Who the fuck modded you +informative?

This is a joke based on an old anti-Paper troll that used to get posted here on /. a whole lot back in the day by Galileo Galilee (account number 37).

This should be +funny, but I guess a lot of people don't get the joke anymore and think you're serious.
Here's the Original BTW:

I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you paper fanatics? I've been sitting here at my freelance gig in front of a piece of paper for about 20 minutes now while I attempt to copy a 17 point annotated image of an ornithopter from one page on the easel to another. 20 minutes. At home, on my papyrus on a simple slanted desk, which by all standards should be a lot slower than this paper, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

In addition, during this image transfer, Guttenberg's press will not work. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even tic-tac-toe is straining to keep up as I type this.

I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working on various pieces of paper, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a paper that has run faster than its papyrus counterpart, despite the paper's higher linen content architecture. My clay tablet with week old clay runs faster than this paper at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that paper is a superior medium.

Paper addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use paper over other faster, cheaper, more stable mediums.

Re:Using Vista for a bit

[Anonymous Coward]

if you can't figure out why winmine.exe won't work in Linux, there's no hope for you...

Re:One blogger?

[Roadmaster]

The quality of the "news stories" that slashdot carries has gone downhill drastically in recent months. You're pretty new here, aren't you? :)

I'm just kidding ok, they have their days.

Re:NTFS's alternate streams

[Anonymous Coward]

So that a NO to crossing the streams right?

Re:Using Vista for a bit

[thegnu]

Is there a reasonable explanation why CD burning programs always end up broken?

It's because if the hackers gain control over the laser, they can hold your computer ransom. Or at least your Puff^h^h^h^hP Diddy CD. You wouldn't know it, but the Iraq war is entirely because Osama Bin Laden is holding Dick Cheney's autographed Toni Braxton CD for ransom.

Or maybe that's just what they want you to think....

Of course it's an upgrade

[MillionthMonkey]

It's the ME version of XP.

Vista Service Pack 1 is coming

[(Score.5, Interestin]

The APC article tells us:

Vista Service Pack 1 is coming

The byline to the title should be:

Consumers, open your mouths!

Re:I read the 'reasons' to get vista, and got stup

[RoboRay]

I just read your entire post and came to the conclusion that you can't spell.

Re:Using Vista for a bit

[Technician]

"Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card."

Wow, now Windows is having the same problems playing commercial DVD's as Linux. It's about time they caught up to Linux.

Thanks, I'll be here all week.

I'm using Vista and I LOVE it!

[Anonymous Coward]

Right now it's running perfectly fine, with no BSOD, no DRM issues, awesome graphics, and a wonderfully intuitive OS/desktop combination (that can't be matched by any other OS on the face of this earth) on my brand new Acer Ferrari 1000 laptop computer, that I got from my good friend Steve Ba.... wait, uh... Palmer.

Did I mention it's also runs blogging software without any problems?

Re:One blogger?

[nettdata]

Yes, but is that large mass benign, or malignant?

Re:Using Vista for a bit

[DrSkwid]

Mummy, I've done a poo poo in the potty, I'm a good boy.