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PC Magazine Editor Throws in the Towel on Vista

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the windows-dreams-dying-or-dead dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Makes sense to me, AC. Vista users are unhappy. by mmx87 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dude, what the hell!

  2. some people by deesine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    should really stick to their medication schedule.

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    damaged by dogma
  3. Re:Louderback is a good person to ask. by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Only tools from M$ talk about "hate"

    Just the "tools from M$", eh? Really?

    I've been meaning to ask you why you didn't submit this to the front page?

  4. Re:Yes, I hate M$. by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are allways like a breath of ass

    Well, fuuck you too.

    Have you ever said anyting nice to anyone?

    Sure, just not as often as you, obviously.

    Now for a significant distinction.

    Please don't insult my intelligence, or that of the people who waste their mod points on your incoherent FUD. If you're going to base one of your "let me tell you how it is" dollar fests on the premise that you have or have not said or done something, you need to make sure that's actually the case. It's quite edifying to nail you that way, but I'd rather you just exercise caution and avoid being embarrassed.

    I have not submitted the Vista failure log because it's a log, not news.

    You mean it has a whole lotta lies, misrepresentations, FUD, mondo dollar signs and "Windoze"s, not to mention links to retarded SomethingAwful kiddie images.

    Show me something wrong and I'll correct it.

    Um, a lot of people already did. You missed it in the comments?

    By the way, you should be proud of yourself for using a headline that implies the PC Mag editor is stepping down because of Vista, and for giving him the soapbox he needed to advertise his new Web2.0 startup. I'm sure he's going to laugh at sponsored flocktards like you all the way to the bank.

  5. Re:Yes, I hate M$. by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Have you ever said anyting nice to anyone?

    Actually I forgot this one. A true classic. Additional hilarity points when one realizes what it was that you were replying to. Just gold. Pure gold.

    Of course the true comedy here is the fact that there are literally thousands of gems like these littering your 7,000+ post Slashdot Via Crucis, yet you have the brass to actually act like a whiny little child and claim that people "insult you" when they question your opinion in a way you find uncomfortable.