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PC Magazine Editor Throws in the Towel on Vista
MacNN caught this incredible defection and loss of faith by a former Vista booster, PC Magazine editor-in-chief Jim Louderback, as he steps down from his position. "I've been a big proponent of the new OS over the past few months, even going so far as loading it onto most of my computers and spending hours tweaking and optimizing it. So why, nine months after launch, am I so frustrated? The litany of what doesn't work and what still frustrates me stretches on endlessly. The upshot is that even after nine months, Vista just ain't cutting it. I definitely gave Microsoft too much of a free pass on this operating system: I expected it to get the kinks worked out more quickly. Boy, was I fooled! If Microsoft can't get Vista working, I might just do the unthinkable: I might move to Linux."
I had feeling that I can express in words like these after unsuccessfully trying to use LCD projector with my T60p running Mandriva 2007
I've been a big proponent of the new OS over the past few years, even going so far as loading it onto most of my computers and spending hours tweaking and optimizing it. So why, nine months after launch, am I so frustrated? The litany of what doesn't work and what still frustrates me stretches on endlessly. The upshot is that even after many years, Linux just ain't cutting it. I definitely gave the FOSS guys too much of a free pass on this operating system: I expected it to get the kinks worked out more quickly. Boy, was I fooled! If FOSS guys can't get Linux working, I might just do the unthinkable: I might move to Windows 2000.
There's a simpler solution to all the bloody memory problems with PCs, buy a Mac or Linux machine. It's not meant to be flamebait just a simple fact. It's alwasy been the main reason Linux machines got such a foothold in the server market and now Mac is gaining ground because their new servers are very sweet and afordable. The memory issues have been around forever in Microsoft OSs and I don't see them going away. For the first time I see Microsoft starting to loose ground. They shot themselves in the foot with ME but managed to regain their footing with XP. Vista just blew a leg off. Apple is gaining ground at a rate no one could have predicted and now even hardcore PC people are looking hard at Linux. I never thought I'd see Microsfot loose their dominance in my lifetime but if they aren't careful I can see a combination of Linux and Max totalling more than PC sales. If vendors start balking at the exclusive deals and Mac mantains it's growth Microsoft could see a big chunk of their sales go away. The next OS is a make or break it for them. If it's another Vista dog then they'll loose their stranglehold. People can knock Mac all they want but Microsoft has a long way to go to match OSX Tiger and Apple will release three to four new versions before Microsoft can hack up another major release.