HardOCP Spends 30 Days With Vista

boyko.at.netqos writes "Hardocp.com has published "30 days with Vista" — with the same author from "30 days with Linux" doing the evaluation. And he doesn't like it. From the article: 'Based on my personal experiences with Vista over a 30 day period, I found it to be a dangerously unstable operating system, which has caused me to lose data [...] Any consideration of the fine details comes in second to that one inescapable conclusion. This is an unstable operating system.'"

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Re:Yeah whatever

[benzapp]

No. I should be directing these comments to you, because you are making logic errors in your argument.

How could I possibly have made a logical error when I have not made an argument?

Your story doesn't make him wrong, any more than his would make yours wrong.

I didn't claim he was wrong.

Irrelevant. What we are talking about is how stable Vista is for the general public, on common hardware in typical scenarios. You claim never to have had a crash with any OS aside from DOS 6 -- so what? Does that mean no OS has ever crashed, except DOS 6?

I think you are reading a bit too much into my words, and you are making ridiculous claims. We are talking about an article, an article that does not cite any useful data to ascertain whether ot not Vista is stable for the general public. I think are simply being argumenative.

Further, read my post again - data corruption on a vast scale is pretty serious. You dig up a story about how Windows ME caused this, it's the first I've heard of it. As well, this article is the first I've heard of Vista causing data loss for anyone. Extraordinary claims require a bit more proof in this age of the internet.

You have said yourself that there is a *common* problem with sound card drivers. We both agree that faulty drivers cause problems. But should it be a *common* problem, especially for MS' flagship product, released to the public? Shouldn't MS make better drivers, or only allow well-tested, signed drivers? If faulty drivers are a *common* problem, doesn't that show some problem in MS' development or distribution methods?

I said moderately common - common enough that Microsoft acknowledges the problem. I'm sorry. I've just been using computers long enough that I don't expect any PC based OS to have perfect driver compatibility. There are simply too many vendors with too many types of products. If you want perfectly supported hardware, get a Mac.