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Is Vista a Trap?
logube writes "BBC has up an article about the trap of installing Vista in your existing desktop. Written by Tim Weber, a self-confessed 'sucker for technology,' this article is a good introduction to the pain and extra money required to get going with the newest version of Windows. See how you can spend an extra 130 british pounds, and still have no working webcam! Says Weber, 'It took me one day to get online. The detail is tedious and highly technical: reinstalling drivers and router firmware didn't work, but after many trial and error tweaks to Vista's TCP/IP settings, I had internet access. Once online, Creative's website told me that my sound card was a write-off. No Vista support would be forthcoming.'"
Focus your fire on that unsupported hardware!
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
WTF is wrong with this guy? It only took me 20 minutes to install Vista. It is without a doubt the best OS ever. Just another Microsoft bashing liberal SOB. And a Brit at that! Probably has blackish-yellow rotting teeth and breath that smells like dog crap.
Why do I get the feeling this was posted solely to let people use "itsatrap" as a tag?
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Vista won't recognise my C64 tape drive either! Those MS bastards! It's a conspiracy, I tell you!
So, it's like moving to Linux but with the additional pleasures of both paying $200.00 and still not getting any useful bundled applications?
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I concur. This guy has no one to blame but himself, since there's a link to the Vista upgrade adviser tool right on the Vista homepage. Why, if you're at all tech-savvy, would you perform a major OS upgrade without checking to see if it'll even run on your hardware? The answer: because you're an idiot.
also, by that logic, linux is a trap
At least you get the satisfaction of spending a whole day (or more) putting the elaborate, Rube Goldberg-esque trap together yourself first.
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I can't even do an "oblig"!!! The article title already did :(
Thanks to Windows Vista, I lost my job, my wife divorced me, my dog was brutally raped and murdered, I've been diagnosed with brain cancer, and I no longer find myself interested in sexual activity. I wish I had read the warnings on Slashdot prior to trying Vista. Thank you Slashdot for spreading the truth about the horrible contagion known as Windows Vista.
So, what you're saying it's kind of like installing an oddball wi-fi card on Linux. Except without the option of reading hundreds of pages of obscure documentation until you've transformed yourself into a mutant linux hotplugging guru.
In a nutshell, the differnce between getting things working in Linux and Windows seems to be this. Linux is like being parachuted into the wilderness with a hammer, forge, and load of pig iron. Windows is like being parachuted into the wilderness with an impressive looking knife that snaps in two if you don't use it very, very carefully.
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IT'S A TRAP
You are so right. And I had a Speak and Spell that included a voice synthesizer, and that ran off 2 C cell batteries! Vista sure does suck! Microsoft is stupid!
Why do I have the feeling that this whole story was written so that for once the "itsatrap" tag guy could be relevant?
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It doesn't matter whose fault it is, Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista or the hardware vendor, the fact of the matter is that people expect their computers to "Just Work"(tm). All my grandma is going to know is that under Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista, her sound card doesn't work, but under Windows XP it did. Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista needs to support this hardware out of the box, and until it does, Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista will never be ready for the desktop.
Seriously, you Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista fanboys need to stop living in denial and admit that Linux^H^H^H^H^HVista has some serious problems that make it unusable for most people.
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In point of fact, I think they're scrumptious.
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OMG why do you hate America?
And the circle of life continues to spin, occasionally wobbling on its axis thanks to the weighty presence of dumb.
That would be terrible, different companies effectively bouncing ideas off each other instead of wasting a huge amount of time and money desperately trying to keep their stuff secret. I mean, it could lead to customers getting the best possible drivers.
If you can read this you've gone too far.
Actually, it was a joke. If I was trolling, I would have used my "troll account."
The shift key seems to be sticking on your keyboard. I'm guessing Slashdot isn't the only site you've visited today.
Sounds like someone needs to switch to decaf.
I don't care why you're posting AC
Because in Soviet America, America hates you.
(sorry - couldn't resist)
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